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Precedent to its organization as narrated above, Chickasaw county was first created as a political subdivision of the State of
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Iowa, in 1851, by chapter nine of the act of the third general as- sembly, section that thirty-three of which reads as follows: "That the following shall be the boundaries of a new country which shall be called Chickasaw, to-wit: Beginning at the northwest corner of township 97, range 10; thence west to the northwest corner of township 97, range 14, thence south to the southwest corner of township 94, range 14; thence east to the southwest corner of township 14, range 10; thence to the place of beginning;" which act was approved on the 15th day of January, 1851.
A chapter one hundred and twenty of the acts of the fourth general assembly, the boundaries were changed as follows: "Sec- tion 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Iowa, that the north half of township 97, of ranges number 11, 12, 13 and 14, following the line of the United States subdivision thereof, shall be, and the same are hereby detached from Chickasaw county and attached to Howard.
By the act of the fourth general assembly, chapter twelve, ap- proved January, 1843,, Chickasaw county, "attached to Fayette county for election, revenue and judicial purposes," and it was by Thomas Woodle, county judge of Fayette county, that the order appointing John Bird organizing sheriff of Chickasaw county, was issued June 30th, 1853, as related in preceding pages.
And here it will be in order to present a record of the SUCCEEDING COUNTY ELECTIONS
in Chickasaw county, beginning with the first canvass of election that appears of record in the election book in the office of the county auditor :
AUGUST, 1856.
The first canvass of election recorded is that of the election held in August, 1856. For State Senator, 34th District, 296 votes were cast, of which Jeremiah T. Atkins received 219 and Edward Ellis seventy-seven votes; for Representative, 48th District, E. R. Gillett received 205 and William Pattee ninety-two votes. Timothy Davis and Shepherd Leffler were opposing candidates for Congress from this, then the 2d Congressional District. Davis received 225 votes, Leffler eighty-one. For Secretary of State, Elijah Sells, 224 votes; George Snyder, [seventy-nine; scattering, three. Clerk of district court, George, W. Reed, 166; Wesley Swazee, 140. Prosecut- ing attorney, Frederick Hall, 219; A. G. Case, ninety-two.
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For county surveyor, C. M. Webster received 164 votes out of a possible 303, H. H. Shaffer, being his unsuccessful competitor. Edwin Cudworth was elected coroner, receiving 168 votes, Elijah Gunn receiving ninety-one and C. M. Webster forty-seven votes for the same office. Forty-five votes were cast against the "hog law" to 236 in its favor, this beneficent measure being thus carried by a rattling majority.
SPECIAL ELECTION, OCTOBER 15, 1856.
A special election in aid of McGregor, St. Peter and Mississippi railroad. Total vote, 536; "for the railroad stock;" 352 "against the railroad stock," 176; ballots incorrectly worded, eight.
APRIL 6, 1857.
At this election D. A. Jackson was elected assessor by a vote of 381 out of a total of 579 votes, M. B. Taylor receiving 195, J. Jack- son one and F. Padden two. At the same election 309 votes were . cast in favor of granting aid to the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska railroad and 216 votes against granting such aid. L. H. Bugsbee. received 329 votes for superintendent public instruction, Maturin L. Fisher seventy-nine. For commissioner of Des Moines river improvement. Edwin Manning received 329 votes to Gideon S. Bailey's eighty-nine. For Register State Land Office. W. H. Holmes, 328; T. S. Parvin, eighty-nine.
AUGUST 3 1857.
Lorenzo Bailey was elected county judge, receiving 438 votes against I. C. H. Miller's 338. F. D. Bosworth was elected recorder and treasurer, the vote standing 421 for Bosworth to 353 for Wesley Swazee. For Sheriff, Frederick Padden, 414; A. E. Bigelow, 350. Surveyor, C. M. Webster, 430; H. H. Shaffer, 349. F. K. Figons was elected coroner and E. D. Filer, drainage com- missioner. On the question of the adoption of the new constitu- tion 685 votes were cast, 389 in favor of, and 296 against. On. striking out the work "white" from the suffrage clause-ninety-one_ votes "yes," 109 votes "no."
OCTOBER 31, 1857.
In question of railroad tax-whole number of votes cast, 644 ;- "yes," 270; "no," 375.
APRIL 5, 1858.
School fund commissioner, whole number of votes cast, 829; C. A. Orvis was elected. A. W. Billings, was elected surveyor;
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Dr. J. Mack coroner; P. Green, drainage commissioner. On the question of locating county seat, 823 votes were cast the returns showing that Forest City received 432 votes and New Hampton 391. At this election a vote was taken on the question of rescinding the votes in aid of the McGregor, St. Peter and Mississippi and the Cedar Valley Branch of the Chicago, Iowa, and Nebraska railroads, the opponents of railroad aid coming out victorious by decided majorities. A proposed tax to the amount of $1,300 to aid in the construction of a bridge across the Big Cedar at Nashua was defeated.
OCTOBER 12, 1858.
C. O. Case was elected county clerk and William Tucker, drain- age commissioner. The vote for secretary of state was as follows : Elijah Sells, 427; Samuel Douglass, 322; total vote, 749. For member of Congress, 2d congressional district, William Vandever received 477 votes and W. E. Leffingwell, 322.
OCTOBER 11, 1859.
There were 730 votes cast for county judge, E. H. Dore receiv- ing 397, C. A. Orvis 333; W. E. Beach was elected recorder and treasurer; Patrick Gilligan, sheriff; G. J. Tisdale, superintendent; E. W. Davis surveyor, A. E. Bigelow, drainage commissioner and A. J. Smith, coroner.
NOVEMBER, 1860.
C. O. Case was elected clerk of district court, receiving the entire vote, 854. The following gentlemen were elected members of the first board of county supervisors: C. D. Johnson, F. D. Bosworth, Vinal Thayer, E. Perry, E. W. Davis, Gideon Gardner, E. Darst, William Tucker, Almon Harris, J. H. Vantassell, M. L. Palmer, D. R. Kerby.
OCTOBER 8, 1861.
There were 700 votes cast for county judge, Caleb Arnold receiv- ing 483, W. C. Mitchell 217. Other county officers were elected as follows: Charles Fitch, surveyor; J. A. Sawin, superintendent; Buell Sherman, coroner; Edwin Cudworth, drainage commissioner. For representative 685 votes were polled, of which J. F. Wilson received 440, William Tucker 244, and one "scattering."
FEBRUARY 25, 1862.
This was a special election for state senator, 40th senatorial dis-
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trict. But 294 votes were cast, of which G. W. Howard received 223, A. G. Case thirty-eight, scattering thirty-three.
OCTOBER 14, 1862.
C. O. Case was elected clerk of the district court and Samuel H. Young, surveyor. There were 112 votes cast by Chickasaw county volunteers in the service in various regiments.
OCTOBER 13, 1863.
For representative, 49th district, 927 votes were cast, Henry C .. Vinton receiving 666 and Daniel Powd 261. S. G. Meriam was elected county judge his competitors being Caleb Arnold and B. E. Morton. The other officers elected were, Samuel H. Young, sur- veyor, F. D. Bosworth, superintendent; Buell Sherman, coroner; Edwin Cudworth, drainage commissioner.
NOVEMBER 8, 1864.
C. O. Case was elected clerk of district court, receiving 772 votes, , the entire number cast. B. E. Morton was elected recorder. One hundred and 35 votes were cast by soldiers in the field. The · question to appropriate funds to build county building was de- cided affirmatively by a vote of 497 to 270, and it was also voted to appropriate funds to build bridge at Nashua, there being 445 votes for, to 336 votes against.
OCTOBER, 10, 1865,
The total vote for representative, 49th district, was 908, as follows: G. J. Tisdale 489, D. A. Babcock 409, A. G. Case nine, W. A. Pitts 1. G. A. Hamilton was elected county judge, his- competitors being M. C. Ayres and John Mays. John Dixon was elected sheriff, J. C. Johnson superintendent, S. H. Young surveyor, John A. Green drainage commissioner, L. H. Weller coroner.
OCTOBER 9, 1866.
C. O. Case was unanimously elected clerk of district court, total vote 1,085; B. E. Morton was elected recorder, and C. M. Webster, treasurer. The proposition to devote the swamp land fund to the erection of bridges and to public improvements, carried.
OCTOBER, 1867. .
The total vote cast for representative, 4th district, was 1,074, of which William Tucker received 493. His unsuccessful competi- tors were G. J. Tisdale and L. H. Weller. G. A. Hamilton was elected county judge, James A. Albertson, sheriff, W. W. Birdsall, treasurer, J. C. Johnson superintendent, H. H. Potter surveyor, William Everingham coroner, J. H. Powers drainage commis- sioner.
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NOVEMBER, 1868.
The Iowa Republican presidential electors received 995 votes; Democratic presidential electors, 520; total votes, 1,515. For Sec- retary of State, Ed. Wright received 1,023 votes; David Hammer, 492. William B.Allison received 960 votes for congress (3d con- gressional district); William Mills 529, and L. A. Thomas 4, "For the tax," 725; "against the tax," 619." Zelotes Bailey was elected clerk of district court and B. E. Morton county recorder.
OCTOBER, 1869.
Representative, 57th district, total vote, 1,268; G. W. Butterfield 506, D. B. Hanan 441, William Tucker 311, one "scattering." The "stock act" was carried. W. W. Birdsall was elected county treas- urer, G. A. Hamilton auditor, E. W. · Beach sheriff, H. H. Potter surveyor, W. P. Bennett superintendent, Dr. Amos Babcock, coroner.
OCTOBER, 1870.
At this election 1,480 votes were polled, of which W. G. Don- nan received 967, and J. T. Stoneman 517, for congress ; C. C. Cole, William E. Miller and James F. Day received majorities for judges of the supreme court; Ed. Wright received 988 for secretary of state, and county officers were elected as follows: C. A. Harris recorder, Joseph F. Grawe superintendent. Zelotes Bailey was elected clerk of district and circuit court. The proposition to es- tablish a high school at Bradford was voted down.
OCTOBER 16, 1871.
For governor C. C. Carpenter received 1,001, and J. C. Knapp 694; for representative, 57th district, 1,677 votes were cast, of which D. B. Hanan received 889, his competitor being G. W. Butterfield. John Foley was elected treasurer, G. A. Hamilton auditor, R. O. Sheldon sheriff, C. Seeber Surveyor, J. F. Grawe su- perintendent, Dr. A. Babcock coroner, John A. Green members of board of supervisors. The proposition to restrain stock from run- ning at large was voted down. The proposition to levy a tax of two mills to purchase a county poor farm, was decided affirmatively by a vote of 1,003 to 435.
NOVEMBER 12, 1872.
Total number of votes cast 1,660. For president, Grant received 1,122 and Greeley 501. Z. Bailey was elected clerk of courts, C.
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A. Harris recorder, W. D. Stafford member of the board of super- visor.
OCTOBER 14, 1873.
For representative, total vote 1,832; D. B. Hanan received 894 votes, F. D. Bosworth 641, William Tucker 296, and Daniel Pond one. George A. Hamilton was elected auditor, John .Foley treasurer, R. O. Sheldon sheriff, J. F. Grawe superintendent, W. R. Geeting surveyor, Dr. I. K. Gardner coroner, E. R. Dickinson and E. C. Abbott member of board of supervisors. The county jail tax was defeated by a vote of 1,018 to 176.
OCTOBER 14, 1874.
Total vote, 1,500; J. M. Gilliland was elected clerk of the courts, C. A. Harris Recorder and E. C. Abbott member of Board of Su- pervisors.
OCTOBER 18, 1875.
The total vote for representative, 63d district, was 1,811; John McHugh was the successful candidate. Lee Chapman was elected auditor, John Foley treasurer, R. O. Sheldon sheriff, W. D. Col- lins superintendent, W. R. Geeting surveyor, I. K. Gardner coro- ner, Thomas Kenyon member of board of supervisors.
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NOVEMBER 7, 1876.
J. M. Gilliland was elected clerk of the courts, C. A. Harris re- corder, W. A. Eastman surveyor, E. R. Dickinson member of supervisors.
OCTOBER 9, 1877.
William B. Perrin was elected representative, 63d district; total vote polled, 2,471. The following county officers were elected: Lee Chapman auditor, John Foley treasurer, R. O. Sheldon, sher- iff, W. D. Collins superintendent, W. A. Eastman surveyor, I. K. Gardner coroner, John Houser member of the board of super- visors.
OCTOBER 8, 1878.
Total vote, 2,539. J. M. Gilliland was elected clerk of the courts, C. A. Harris recorder, George W. Cotant surveyor, Thos. Kenyon supervisor. *
OCTOBER 14, 1879.
Total vote, 2,974. W. B. Perrin was elected representative, 67th district; E. P. Sheffield auditor, John A. Green treasurer, R. O. Sheldon sheriff, Henry A. Simons superintendent, A. E. Quaife surveyor, I. K. Gardner coroner. At this election .it was
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voted to increase the members of the board of county supervisors from three to five.
NOVEMBER 2, 1880.
Total vote, 2,758. J. M. Lynch was elected clerk of the court, A. H. Wight recorder, John Hauser, Hiram Bailey and Charles Cummerford supervisors. The act restraining stock from running at large was voted down.
OCTOBER 11, 1881.
The total number of votes cast for representative, 67th district, was 1,763, of which James F. Babcock received 1,005, and Buell Sherman 758. E. P. Sheffield was elected auditor, John A. Green treasurer, Horton Mandeville sheriff, J. A. Lapham superinten- dent, C. L. Gabrilson supervisor, Geo. W. Cotant surveyor, I. K. Gardner coroner.
JUNE 27, 1882.
The vote on the Prohibition Amendment in Chickasaw county was as follows: Total vote, 2,450; for the amendment, 1,382; against the amendment 1,068-majority in favor of the amendment, 314.
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CHAPTER III.
FIRST THINGS ; FIRST SETTLERS ; FIRST BIRTHS ; FIRST SERMONS ; FIRST STORE ; FIRST COURT ; FIRST MARRIAGE LICENSE ; FIRST ROAD ; FIRST TAX LEVY ; FIRST NATURALIZATION PAPERS ; EARLY TREASURER'S REPORT ; FIRST BOARD OF COUNTY SUPER- VISORS ; FIRST COUNTY OFFICERS ; RECORDS FROM MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ; BUILDING OF COURT HOUSE.
While the question of who has the honor of being the first white settler within the borders of what now constitutes the county of Chickasaw, lies clothed in doubt, misty tradition hath it, that several parties during the year 1840, came to the Indian Reserva- tion, at or near where Bradford now stands, and staid all summer, breaking land, fencing, etc, (SEE BRADFORD TOWNSHIP). Still, as they did not remain permanently, they can hardly be considered in the light of first SETTLERS. The balance of evidence 'seems to point to the fact that Truman Merritt, who settled near Greenwood in the year 1848, is entitled to the name of being the first who brought his family into the county with the intention of re- maining.
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The first child born was a daughter of the above Merritt, who first saw light during the year 1850.
The first male child. however, was Elmer Case, whose birth in 1851, near Greenwood, brought joy to his family and a prospective . voter to the county.
The first sermons preached were delivered in the year 1853, by a Mr. Ingam, at the house of Mr. John Bird, at the village of Bradford.
The first store ever opened in the county we are credibly inform- ed was owned by J. A. J. Bird at Bradford and the date of its initia- tion was probably 1853.
.For fuller particulars of all these events, we would respectfully refer our readers to the history of Bradford township, where, as that being the first settled portion of the county, these matters have been treated more in detail.
The first entry in the records of the county judges of Chickasaw county describes the boundaries of the county, and recites the or- der for organization and the appointment of John Bird "organizing Sheriff" in the election held on the 13th day of August, A. D., 1853. This, together with the entry recording the session of court " held Sept. 5th, 1853, at which no business was transacted, signed by J. Lyons as county judge, and attested by S. C. Goddard as clerk, has been already quoted.
On the 5th of September, 1853, appears the first record of a marriage license granted, the contracting parties being Joseph Aving and Elizabeth Jarrard.
October 10, court again convened, but no business was trans- acted. At the session held November 7th, a petition signed by John Bird, Andrew Sample, E. A. Haskell and others, for a county road, to be called the West Union and Bradford road, was refer- red to E. A. Haskel as commissioner, to report at the next term of court.
On the 31st of December, 1853, a marriage license was granted to John Kerr and Loraine Philps.
On the 2d of January, 1854, Joseph Andrews was appointed se- lecting agent for swamp lands. On the 10th of February, 1854, S. E. Hackleton was granted license to peddle for three months, and on the same date a marriage license was granted to C. Rowley and Mary A. Thouraman. After this date matrimonial permits are of increasingly frequent occurrences.
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At the April term, 1854, a petition of D. A. Babcock, S. C. Haynes and Joseph Andrews for a county road, to be called the West Union and Greenwood road, was referred to Samuel Thompson as commissioner ; road petitions and proceedings consequent there- on, forming a very considerable portion of the business transacted from and after this date. At the May term it was "ordered that the West Union and Bradford road become a road sixty-six feet wide, and that all roads hereafter be of the same width."
At a special term, August 28th, 1855, [From the connection of this paragraph with others, it is evident that this date should be 1854,] it was ordered that a tax on the taxable property in this county should be levied as follows : for state purposes, 3 mills ; for county purposes, 4} mills ; for school purposes, } mill ; and a poll of 50 cents on each person liable thereto.
August 29th, 1854, "ordered that E. A. Haskell receive the ap- pointment of recorder and treasurer."
Applications for county roads were especially numerous during the year 1855.
At a special term held July 23d, 1855, the following tax rates were established for the current year: for state purposes, 1} mills; for county, 6 mills; for schools, 1} mills; for roads,. 3 mills; and a poll tax of 50 cents. An order was issued for an election of county officers, a vote for or against restraining hogs from running at large after April 1st, 1856, and a vote for or against vacating Green- wood village, the election to be held on the first Monday in Au- gust; and that Brink precinct be attached to Chickasaw for elec- tion purposes.
On the 20th of August the village of Greenwood was ordered vacated. On the same date appear the following entries:
"Ordered that Hazzard Green be appointed to sell intoxicating liquors for medicinal, sacramental and mechanical purposes only, for the salary of $50 per year, to sell in the Obispo precinct only;" and a similar entry with reference to J. A. J. Bird in the town of Bradford.
The first entry of B. E. DePuy as county judge, is of date Octo- ber 1st, 1855, and has reference to the appointment of a commis- sioner to locate a road to be known as the Waucoma road.
November 5th, 1855, James Lyons qualified as a justice of the peace.
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At the February term, 1856, a petition was presented by Osgood Gowen from J. C. H. Miller and 224 others, for the selection of the county seat at New Hampton, in the geographical center of the. county, and an order was granted for a vote to be taken at the April election.
At the May term, 1856, W. E. Andrews, county judge ex-officio, "Samuel P. Elder was appointed liquor agent for the town of. Bradford, at an annual salary of $100, and it was ordered that any liquor agent now acting in said county, or hereafter appointed, shall charge 25 per cent. profit on the cost of any intoxicating liquor sold by any such agent, until otherwise ordered by the court."
At the July term, 1856, it was ordered that a "road poll tax of $2 be laid on each person liable to pay county poll tax." The total tax levy for 1856 was 8} mills. One mill of the tax levied for road and bridge purposes, was "for building bridges too expen- sive to be constructed from the ordinary road tax.
"In pursuance of the code of Iowa, and by request of the people of Chickasaw county, an election was called for the 15th day of October, 1856, to vote upon the following question : "Whether the. said county of Chickasaw will take $100,000 of the stock of the McGregor, St. Peters and Missouri river railroad company; said road to run by the way of Bradford; and issue bonds in payment therefore, bearing interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum, the principal sum payable in twenty years; and that a tax be levied on the taxable property of said county, for the payment of interest and principal; said railroad company to pay the interest on said bonds until said road is in operation to the west line of said county. The form of the vote shall be: 'For the railroad stock,' or, 'Against the railroad stock.' "
By reference to the record of elections, it will be seen that at the election called for the above purpose, the question was decided in the affirmative, by a vote of 356 to 176; but at a subsequent elec- tion, held April 5th, 1858, this vote was rescinded by a majority as decisive.
The first record of naturalization is of date October 22d, 1856, when James Prior, a native of England, declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.
At the November term, 1856, S. B. Carpenter was appointed
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liquor agent for Richland and adjoining townships, at a salary of $70.
The following is a copy of the settlement with the county treas- urer of Chickasaw county, from September 1st, 1865, to March 18th, 1856:
G. W. Howard, County Treasurer,
To Chickasaw County, Dr.
To tax-list for 1855
$ 5,853 14
281 polls.
140 50
marriage fees. 10 00
fines
10 00
balance for 1854
183 43
Total $ 6,197 07
Cr.
By delinquent tax.
$ 1,635 72
county warrants paid
787 97
road
212 77
error in tax list
21 83
payment to state treasurer.
500 00
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school fund commissioners
486 65
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15 00
Total ... $ 3,659 94
The amount of taxable property as returned by the assessors for 1856, was $1,071,726.
There was placed in the hands of the county treasurer for collec- tion, on the 15th day of September, 1856, the sum of $9,045.74, divided as follows: Amount of tax on property, $8,841.74; amount of poll tax, $204.00.
At the March term, 1857, a proclamation was issued, calling an election, to be held on the 6th day of April, 1857, to vote upon the question of taking $100,000 of stock of the Cedar Valley branch of the Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska railroad company; said road to be run on the east side of the Little Cedar river, from a point near Bradford to a point at or near the village of Chickasaw; issuing bonds bearing 10 per cent. interest and running twenty years therefor. This proposition prevailed at the election by a vote of 309 to 216, but was also subsequently rescinded.
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At the May term, 1857, the commissioners appointed by an act. of the legislature to relocate the county seat of Chickasaw county, reported in favor of the geographical center at New Hampton.
The total tax levy for 1857 was 11} mills. A road poll of one dollar was levied, in addition to a poll tax of fifty cents, for county purposes.
We find under date of June 2d, 1857, that the county judge is- sue two marriage licenses, one to C. W. Taylor, and one to Geo. B. Holcomb, both to marry the same lady, and tradition hath it that . the old adage in regard to two stools was borne out in this case as. the lady remains unmarried to this day.
The first mention of Nashua in the county judge's record is, under date of December 15th, 1857, as follows: "Ordered that $1,000 of the special property tax be expended to construct a bridge across the Big Cedar at Nashua."
At Forest City, May 12th, 1858, the board of equalization reduc- ed the assessment of 1857 upon real estate fifty per cent. The tax levy for 1858 was 9} mills.
Frederick Padden resigned as sheriff November 3d, 1858, and Charles E. Zwicks was appointed to fill the vacancy. W. S. Mower was appointed deputy sheriff and E. M. Aiken was appointed deputy clerk by. C. O. Case. For 1859, a county tax of 4 mills, and a school tax of 1 mill were levied. On the 27th of October, 1859 the official bond of the county treasurer was placed at $8,000. For 1860, the tax rates for county and school purposes were the same as for the previous year.
The records of the board of county supervisors begin with the first meeting held at New Hampton on the 7th day of January, 1861. The following is a list of the
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