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Framingham (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
863, $268.00; in 1864, $506.00; in 1865, $517.61. Total amount, $1,399.61. Framingham Incorporated June 25, 1700. Population in 1860, 4,227; in 1865, 4,681. V in passing through Baltimore on the 19th of April, many of the young men of Framingham enrolled themselves in the active militia, and by the end of April a full comsown and set it at defiance; therefore— Resolved, That we, the citizens of Framingham are ready to maintain our loyalty to the Government made by the sacrifice of ht thousand dollars to provide suitable outfits for the soldiers belonging to Framingham, and to furnish proper aid to their families while absent in the military ser be brought home and to be interred the bodies of all volunteers belonging to Framingham who may have died or shall hereafter die in the service of the country, the ezens passed at meetings held at various times, until the close of the war. Framingham furnished four hundred and twenty-six men for the war, which was a surplus of
Watertown (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
49; in 1863, $12,206.06; in 1864, $10.500.00; in 1865, $5,000.00. Total amount, $42,318.29. Watertown Incorporated Jan. 4, 1630. Population in 1860, 3,270; in 1865, 3,779. Valuation in 1860, unded soldiers of the United States Army by patriotic citizens of Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Watertown, and Roxbury. Have the kindness, sir, to accept my cordial thanks for your own courtesy in th November 4th, The selectmen were authorized to pay one hundred dollars to each inhabitant of Watertown who has enlisted in the navy, and to pay State aid to their families. At this time enlistmes return home. Several other meetings were held, but nothing of special interest was done. Watertown furnished three hundred and ninety-two men for the war, which was a surplus of six over and ab $4,400.00; in 1864, $5,200.00; in 1865, $3,300.00. Total amount, $18,293.13. The ladies of Watertown were not behind their sisters in other places in working for the benefit of the soldiers. The
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ereafter be, engaged in the service of the United States. A committee was appointed to superintendrepresented in the military service of the United States. Several acts of the Legislature amendatoor may go, to assist the Government of the United States in the maintenance of the Union, ten dollawho will volunteer into the service of the United States for the period of three years to fill the ter enlist, in the military service of the United States, and for aid to their families. It was alalso the two dollars bounty allowed by the United States. 1863. August 26th, The bounty was raisto aid in preserving the Government of the United States. Messrs. J. H. Abbott, George D. B. Bl into the naval or military service of the United States, and who shall be inhabitants of Malden. list, from said town in the service of the United States. The families of the enlisted men were toate the Government and institutions of the United States. The committee also recommended the ap[12 more...]
Middlesex County (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
Chapter 10: Middlesex County. Freetown, Bristol County, Mass.This county is the most populous in the Commonwealth, and next to Suffolk the most wealthy. It has a grand historic renown: within its limits are Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill. It is bounded north by New Hampshire, north-east by the county of Essex, south-east by Charles River, Boston Harbor, and Norfolk County, and west by the county of Worcester. Its rivers are the Merrimac, Charles, Mystic, Sudbury, Concord, and Nashua. Nearly every town is now intersected with a railroad. It contains fifty-four cities and towns. Since the war the town of Hudson, formed of parts of Marlborough and Stow, and the town of Everett, formed of a part of Maiden, have been incorporated as separate and distinct towns; the former, March 19, 1866, and the latter, March 9, 1870. Their war records form a part of that of the towns from which they were set off, and therefore do not appear distinct and separate in this volume. In old t
Brookline (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
the money. September 13th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to volunteers for nine months service; on the 17th it was increased fifty dollars. The following letter was read and recorded on the town books:— Executive mansion, Washington, Sept. 5, 1862. G. Twitchell, Esq: My Dear sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from you of a large amount of hospital stores, contributed for the use of the wounded soldiers of the United States Army by patriotic citizens of Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Watertown, and Roxbury. Have the kindness, sir, to accept my cordial thanks for your own courtesy in the matter, and convey to the generous donors the assurance of my grateful appreciation of their efforts for the health and comfort of those brave men to whom we are all so deeply indebted. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. Lincoln. November 4th, The selectmen were authorized to pay one hundred dollars to each inhabitant of W
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
loan fifteen hundred dollars to the Government, to be paid on application of the Governor of Massachusetts. It was then voted that each volunteer shall be provided with a revolver, a bowie knife,committee, which reported as follows:— Whereas a call has been made upon the Governor of Massachusetts by the President of the United States for fifteen thousand volunteers, the proportion of theGovernor to call an extra session of the Legislature to take measures to secure the quota of Massachusetts. The recruiting committee was authorized to expend whatever money was necessary to fill thed in this city. May 3d, A special committee was appointed to receive the remains of the two Massachusetts soldiers (Ladd and Whitney) belonging to Lowell, who fell at Baltimore, and to make all necek Volunteers, and were credited to that State, there being at the time no demand for them in Massachusetts. Captain Ingalls was killed in battle. The whole amount of money appropriated and expended b
Roxbury, Mass. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
bounty of one hundred dollars to volunteers for nine months service; on the 17th it was increased fifty dollars. The following letter was read and recorded on the town books:— Executive mansion, Washington, Sept. 5, 1862. G. Twitchell, Esq: My Dear sir,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from you of a large amount of hospital stores, contributed for the use of the wounded soldiers of the United States Army by patriotic citizens of Brookline, Brighton, Newton, Watertown, and Roxbury. Have the kindness, sir, to accept my cordial thanks for your own courtesy in the matter, and convey to the generous donors the assurance of my grateful appreciation of their efforts for the health and comfort of those brave men to whom we are all so deeply indebted. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. Lincoln. November 4th, The selectmen were authorized to pay one hundred dollars to each inhabitant of Watertown who has enlisted in the navy, and
Central Hall (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
Carter, William A. Ames, Henry H. Blood; in 1862 and 1863, John Loring, Albert Leighton, Henry D. Shattuck; in 1864, Sumner Carter, Henry D. Shattuck, Jacob Miller; in 1865, Sumner Carter, Henry D. Shattuck, Putnam Shattuck. The town-clerk in 1861, 1862, and 1863 was Charles Crosby; in 1864, Levi Wallace; in 1865, David W. Jewett. The town-treasurer in 1861, 1862, and 1863 was Charles Crosby; in 1864 and 1865, Levi Wallace. 1861. On the 22d of April a citizens' meeting was held in Central Hall, at which several patriotic speeches were made, and a series of resolutions adopted. A legal town-meeting was held on the 30th of April, when Deacon Charles Crosby, from the citizens' meeting of April 22d, presented a preamble and resolutions, which were discussed at length and unanimously adopted. One of the resolutions was as follows:— Resolved, That as citizens of the United States we assert our unwavering attachment to our National Union, made sacred by the blood of our fathers
Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
ved of the attack upon the Sixth Regiment in Baltimore (April 19th), great indignation was expressed in the march of the Sixth Regiment through Baltimore on the 19th of April. 1862. March 3d, Thepon the Seventh Regiment, in passing through Baltimore on the 19th of April, many of the young mennies. The attack upon the Sixth Regiment in Baltimore caused intense excitement in Lowell. New cond Whitney) belonging to Lowell, who fell at Baltimore, and to make all necessary arrangements for her Ladd and Addison O. Whitney (who fell in Baltimore, April 19th, 1861), to be erected in some pu after the attack upon the Sixth Regiment in Baltimore, at which it was— Resolved, That we beli Sixth Regiment (April 19th) was attacked in Baltimore, the selectmen issued a warrant for a town-me April 17th, and was attacked by the mob in Baltimore, April 19th, and the captain and first lieuteen, so on April 19th, 1861, the streets of Baltimore were baptized with the blood of her sons; an[1 more...]
Boxford (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 10
iated for aid to soldiers' families. July 17th, Voted, to pay each volunteer who enlists for three years and is credited to the quota of the town a bounty of one hundred dollars. August 26th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars to each volunteer for nine months service. September 15th, This bounty was directed to be paid to each man, not exceeding fifty-five, who shall enlist in the Reading Company, Company D, Fiftieth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, then in camp at Boxford. 1863. Abiel Holden, Esq., bequeathed five hundred dollars for the erection of a monument to the memory of Reading men who had died or might die in the military or naval service of the country during the war, on condition that the town appropriated the same amount for that purpose. The town on the 6th of March, 1865, appropriated one thousand dollars to be added to the bequest of Mr. Holden. The monument was erected and dedicated with appropriate solemnities, October 5th, of the same
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