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November 4th (search for this): chapter 13
nhabitants is with the fisheries; therefore few town-meetings were held to act upon matters relating to the war, the main object of the people being to keep their quotas full. 1862. July 28th, An agent was appointed to enlist recruits for three years service, and to pay each a bounty of one hundred and fifty dollars. The treasurer was authorized to borrow one thousand dollars for that purpose. August 28th, The same bounty was directed to be paid to volunteers for nine months service. November 4th, The selectmen were directed to pay State aid to soldiers' families. 1864. April 6th, Voted, to pay six men each a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to fill the quota of the town. August 10th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow seven hundred and fifty dollars for the payment of bounties, and the selectmen were directed to deposit two hundred and fifty dollars with the State Treasurer for two men. Hull furnished thirty-one men for the war, which was a surplus of four
November 6th (search for this): chapter 13
n. The town-clerk and town-treasurer during all of these years was Albert Stetson. 1861. The first meeting to act upon questions connected with the war was held on the 4th of May, at which it was voted to raise five hundred dollars to be paid to needy families of soldiers who have gone to the war. May 18th, Appropriated two hundred and fifty dollars to purchase uniforms for soldiers who may volunteer from Hanover. It was also voted to pay each soldier a dollar a day for drilling. November 6th, Voted, to raise six hundred dollars for State aid to soldiers' families. 1862. August 4th, Voted, to raise six thousand six hundred dollars to pay a bounty of two hundred dollars to each volunteer who shall enlist for three years to the credit of the town within one week. August 23d, The bounty was fixed at one hundred and fifty dollars to all who may enlist from Hanover for three years service. It was also voted to borrow five thousand dollars in anticipation of the ordinary revenu
April 24th (search for this): chapter 13
Zaccheus Parker, Charles H. Perkins, Ira S. Holmes; in 1862, Isaiah Churchill, Charles H. Perkins, Alexander Harvey; in 1863, Charles H. Perkins, George W. Sherman, S. Briggs; in 1864, Charles H. Perkins, John Sherman, George W. Sherman; in 1865, William Perkins, George W. Holmes, John Sherman. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was William Perkins. The town-treasurer in 1861 was John P. Ellis; in 1862, 1863, 1864, and 1865, William Perkins. 1861. A town-meeting was held April 24th, at which it was voted to pledge the credit of the town to those men belonging to Plympton who had left as volunteers in Company H, Third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia; This Company left the State in a transport from Boston with the Third Regiment, April 17th, under Colonel Wardrop, and landed at Fortress Monroe, Va., April 20th. It served three months. and also to those who may hereafter either volunteer or be drafted to fight in defence of our Government, in a sum sufficie
April 23rd (search for this): chapter 13
selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty to each volunteer for nine months service who should enlist and be credited to the quota of the town, and to borrow money to pay the same. R. N. Jones, Noah Prince, and Philander Cobb were appointed to assist the selectmen to procure volunteers. 1863. No special action appears to have been taken by the town in its corporate capacity in regard to the war during this year, although recruiting and the payment of State aid were continued. 1864. April 23d, The selectmen were directed to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer belonging to Kingston who had enlisted previous to that time and had received no bounty, and two thousand dollars to be raised by taxation were appropriated to meet the expenditure. May 31st, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who should enlist and be credited to the town up to March 1, 1865. The treasurer was authorized to borrow the money.
April 30th (search for this): chapter 13
in 1865, $2,714.01. Total amount, $12,633.89. Hingham Incorporated Sept. 2, 1635. Population in 1860, 4,351; in 1865, 4,176. Valuation in 1860, $2,481,366; in 1865, $2,391,437. The selectmen in 1861, 1862, and 1863 were Seth Sprague, Edward Cazneau, Demerick Marble; in 1864 and 1865, Seth Sprague, Demerick Marble, George Hersey, Jr. The town-clerk during all the years of the war was Charles N. Marsh. The town-treasurer during the same period was William Fearing, Jr. 1861. April 30th, The town appropriated six thousand dollars to furnish supplies for the families of those who have been or who may be called into the service of their country. John Todd, David Cain, John Stephenson, Demerick Marble, Joseph Jacobs, and Albert Whiting were chosen a committee to have charge of the expenditure of the money, with instructions that should more troops be called for from this town, to furnish them with clothing and other necessaries. November 16th, Captain John Stephenson repor
April 29th (search for this): chapter 13
clerk and town-treasurer during the same period was Lewis Holmes. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to consider matters relating to the war was held on the 29th of April, at which it was voted to hold in reserve fourteen hundred dollars appropriated at a previous meeting for the improvement of highways; that the selectmen requt the annual town-meeting held on the 7th of March, it was voted that the income of the Hatch fund be appropriated for the benefit of soldiers' widows. On the 29th of April the town voted to assess a tax of twenty-five hundred dollars for the purpose of promoting enlistments; and on the 16th of June the town voted to pay a bounty 61, 1862, 1863, and 1864 was Rufus P. Kingman; in 1865, Oakes S. Soule. 1861. The first town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 29th of April, at which five thousand dollars were appropriated to clothe and equip volunteers belonging to North Bridgewater and to assist their families. Benjamin Kingman
April 28th (search for this): chapter 13
ready for service. June 13th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow five thousand dollars for aid to soldiers' families, and one thousand dollars to fulfil any contract entered into with Captain Blanchard's company at East Abington. 1862. April 28th, Resolutions were presented by Hon. Levi Reed, in regard to the death of Corporal John M. Sewall, Company E, Twenty-third Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, who died at Newbern, North Carolina, April 9, 1862. He was the first citizen of AbingtVoted, to pay the same aid to the families of drafted men that is paid to the families of volunteers. 1864. March 14th, The selectmen were directed to pay State aid to the families of volunteers from the time they leave town and go to camp. April 28th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow seven thousand dollars for war purposes. June 10th, The selectmen were authorized to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to each volunteer who should enlist for three years and be credite
April 27th (search for this): chapter 13
e years of the war was Isaac N. Nutter. The town-treasurer in the years 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864 was Bartlett R. Alden; in 1865, Isaac N. Nutter. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 27th of April, at which on motion of Hon. B. W. Harris it was unanimously— Resolved, That this town will raise what money is necessary to uniform a volunteer company and properly provide for the family of each member. Four thousand dollars were apporge A. Collamore; in 1862, 1863, and 1864, John W. Howard; in 1865, Austin Packard. The town-treasurer during all these years was George M. Pratt. 1861. The first legal town-meeting to act upon matters relating to the war was held on the 27th of April, at which it was voted to pay each volunteer belonging to the town while in actual service eight dollars a month, and one dollar and twenty-five cents a day spent in drilling, and money sufficient for the comfortable maintenance of his family
November 16th (search for this): chapter 13
loan the sum of three hundred dollars to each drafted man, and take his note for the same at one mill on the one hundred dollars as interest. Voted, that the families of drafted men receive the same State aid as the families of volunteers. November 16th, A committee of one from each school-district was chosen to help the selectmen to recruit to fill our quota. 1864. March 7th, Voted, to direct the selectmen to give those nine-months men who paid their poll tax in 1862 an order on the treack Marble, Joseph Jacobs, and Albert Whiting were chosen a committee to have charge of the expenditure of the money, with instructions that should more troops be called for from this town, to furnish them with clothing and other necessaries. November 16th, Captain John Stephenson reported that one thousand tree hundred and thirty-one dollars and twenty-seven cents had been expended in furnishing uniforms and other necessaries to the Lincoln Light Guards, while in the three-months service at Fo
April 6th (search for this): chapter 13
authorized to borrow one thousand dollars for that purpose. August 28th, The same bounty was directed to be paid to volunteers for nine months service. November 4th, The selectmen were directed to pay State aid to soldiers' families. 1864. April 6th, Voted, to pay six men each a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to fill the quota of the town. August 10th, The treasurer was authorized to borrow seven hundred and fifty dollars for the payment of bounties, and the selectmen were pointed to assist the selectmen in recruiting. October 11th, The bounty to each nine-months volunteer was raised to one hundred and fifty dollars, and the treasurer was authorized to borrow thirty-five hundred dollars to pay the same. 1863. April 6th, Voted, to appropriate two thousand dollars for State aid to soldiers' families. August 15th, The selectmen were authorized to pay the same amount of State aid to the families of drafted men that is paid to the families of volunteers. 1864.
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