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Incorporated as a town Oct. 15, 1684.
Population in 1860, 24,960; in 1865, 30,058.
Valuation in 1860, $17,626,453; in 1865, $19,701,244.
The city officers in 1861 were: Isaac Davis, mayor; Merrick Bemis, Harrison Bliss, Leonard W. Sturtevant, Chas. B. Pratt, Isaac Goddard, Stephen Taft, Samuel B. Heywood, George Hobbs, aldermen.
1862, P. Emory Aldrich, mayor; Merrick Bemis, Lucius W. Pond, Adam Harrington, Samuel D. Harding, Francis Strong, Charles B. Pratt, George Chandler, Benjamin Walker, aldermen.
1863, D. Waldo Lincoln, mayor; Merrick Bemis, Charles A. Wheeler, Harrison Bliss, Leonard W. Sturtevant, Frank H. Kelley, George Crompton, Charles B. Pratt, Elijah B. Stoddard, George Hobbs, aldermen.
1864, D. Waldo Lincoln, mayor; Charles A. Wheeler, Harrison Bliss, Calvin Dyer, Frank H. Kelley, George Crompton, Stephen Taft, Elijah B. Stoddard, George Hobbs, aldermen.
1865, Phineas Ball, mayor; Henry B. Hakes, Walter Bigelow, Calvin Dyer, Charles W. Rugg, E. C. Cleveland