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OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS RESIDING IN NEW BEDFORD.
Commissioners to qualify Civil Officers-Eli Haskell, Rodney French, Joseph S. Tillinghast, James D. Thompson, William H. Tay- lor, J. H. W. Page.
Master in Chancery, E. L. Barney, office 42 North Water Street.
Justices of the Peace and of the Quorum, Eli Haskell, Paul Spooner, Oliver Prescott, Henry H. Crapo, Joseph S. Tillinghast, Benj. Coombs, Rodney French, Timothy G. Coffin.
Justices of the Peace, Abraham Barker, Thomas A. Greene, James Howland, 2d, Timothy G. Coffin, Benjamin Lincoln, John A. Parker, James B. Congdon, T. Dawes Eliot, J. H. W. Page, William H. Taylor, Thomas B. Bush, Wm. R. Rodman, Silas Stetson, Ephraim Kempton, Thomas Mandell, Jas. H. Collins, Ambrose Vincent, Wm. C. Taber, Edward W. Greene, Isaac D. Hall, James D. Thompson, Isaac Case, Jireh L. Ferguson,
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Seth H. Ingalls, A. L. West, Lincoln F. Brigham, Harrison G. O. Colby, A. D. Hatch, J. F. Dearborn, Edmund Anthony, Alanson Borden, E. L. Barney, F. L. Porter, Adam Mackie, Chas. D. Burt, C. T. Congdon, B. K. Sayer, Charles Almy, Geo. A. Bourne, Jos. C. Kent, Wm. Phillips, J. C. Stone. Notaries Public, Timothy G. Coffin, office over 40 North Water street ; John H. Clifford, 35 North Water street; T. Dawes Eliot, over 38 North Water street; Henry H. Crapo, 33 North Water st .; John H. W. Page, 42 North Water ; Wm. H. Taylor, 37 North Water ; Lincoln F. Brigham, 35 North Water ; Borden Wood, 38 North Water; Robert C. Pitman, over 38 North Water ; Augustus L. West, 58 Union st .; Chas. T. Congdon, 36 North Water; Charles D. Burt, County Jail, Morgan st.
Counsellors and Attornies, Timothy G. Coffin, office over 40 North Water ; John H. Clifford, 35 North Water; T. Dawes Eliot, over 38 North Water ; Oliver Prescott, 26 North Water ; John H. W. Page, 42 North Water ; J. F. Dearborn, 7 North Water ; Adam Mackie, 88 Union; Lincoln F. Brigham, 35 North Water; A. L. West, 58 Union ; J. C. Stone, 42 North Water ; Charles T. Congdon, 36 North Water ; Robert C. Pitman, 38 North Water ; H. G. O. Colby, office 35 North Water ; Alan- son Borden, 26 North Water; Francis L. Porter, 35 North Water ; John A. Hawes, over Mechanics Bank ; E. L. Barney, 42 North Water; Walter Mitchell, at T. D. Eliot's.
Deputy Sheriff's, John Baylies, office 26 North Water ; Jacob L. Por- ter, office Old Market Building ; John D. Hathaway, office 88 Union ; Henry S. Packard ; Charles D. Burt, office County Jail, Morgan street.
Coroners, William O. Russell, house 22 Third ; Shubael G. Edwards ; Benjamin Coombs.
City Officers.
Mayor-Office No. 2 City Hall.
WILLIAM J. ROTCH.
Aldermen-Room. No. 3 City Hall.
WARD No. 1 .- Thomas Nye, Jr. 66 60 2 .- Isaac M. West. $6 3 .- Wilmot Luce.
66 4 .- Mark B. Palmer.
5 .- Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
6 .- Henry H. Crapo.
Common Council-Room No. 4 City Hall. President, Matthew Howland. Clerk, I. M. Richardson.
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WARD No. 1 .- James Beetle, Warren Ladd, George A. Bourne, William Logan Rodman.
2 .- John Bryant, Francis W. Hatch, Edmund Maxfield, Frederick P. Shaw. 3 .- Asa R. Nye, John N. Barrows, Manasseh Kempton, Thomas Wilcox.
66 4 .- Joseph Brownell, Nathan Chase, James Munroe, Robert C. Pitman.
5 .- Matthew Howland, Henry P. Willis, Isaac D. Hall, Joseph G. Grinnell.
6 .- Willard Mason, William H. Reynard, Josiah S. Bon- ney, Weston Howland.
City Clerk-Office No. 1 City Hall .- Luther G. Hewins.
Treasurer and Collector-Office No. I City Hall .- Frederick Bryant- City Messenger .- James Harper.
Assessors-Office No. 2 City Hall.
WARD 1 .- Isaac C. Case. WARD 4 .- Daniel Davis.
2 .- George M. Bunker.
5 .- James Cannon.
3 .- Ezra K. Delano. 66 6 .- Nathaniel Gilbert.
Overseers of the Poor-Office 12 Market Square.
William J. Rotch, Chairman, ex. officio.
Obed Nye, Sylvanus Thomas, Ezra S. Kempton, William A. Gordons James Cannon, Alanson Williston.
School Committee-Office No. 2 City Hall.
Àmasa L. Gleason, Chairman. William Howe, Secretary. WARD 1 .- Lineas Wood, Daniel C. Burt, Alanson Borden.
66 2 .- Horatio A. Kempton, Henry R. Wilcox, Geo. H. Dunbar.
66 3 .- Amasa L. Gleason, Wm. G. White, Luther G. Hewins.
6 6 4 .- Robert C. Pitman, Alexander H. Seabury, Wm. G. Baker.
5 .- Joshua C. Stone, Wm. Howe, Charles Haffards.
66 6 .- Wm. P. Howland, Henry T. Wood, Henry T. Leonard.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Police Office,-Old Market.
City Marshal-Jacob L. Porter.
Assistant Marshals-S. G. Edwards, Ist assistant ; Eliphalet Robbins, Joshua P. Dunbar, Lewis G. Allen, Daniel Ripley, Andrew B. Grinnell, Charles W. Underwood, Wm. S. Cobb. The Marshal and Assistant Marshals have the power of Constables. Superintendent of Streets-Calvin Staples. Superintendent of Burial Grounds-Charles Grinnell.
Clerk of the Market-Richard Davenport. Register of Dogs-Jacob L. Porter.
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Field Drivers-Isaac H. Borden, Allen Durfee, Ichabod Coggeshall, Alfred Weaver, Jonathan Spooner, Benjamin R. Dunlap, Andrew B. Grinnell, Lemuel Gammons, Jr., Isaiah Chase, Philip T. Davis.
Pound Keepers-Warren Tripp, Reuben Washburn. Warren Mosher. William Chappell, Stephen Peckham, Isaiah Parlow.
Fence Viewer-Philip T. Davis.
Night Watch-Daniel P. Lewis, Captain ; Sidney Kelley, John C. Murphy, Edward P. Spooner, William Duffy, Lewis S Jen- nings, Daniel Hervey, George R. Hurlburt, George Bowker Wm. M. Howard, Alexander H. Sowle.
Special Watchmen-James M. Sampson, William H. Skiff, John S. Russell.
SURVEYORS, ETC.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-David Baker.
Sealer of Coal Baskets-S. G. Edwards.
City Weighers-Humphrey H. Nye, Gideon B. Spooner, 2d, Louis Congdon.
Surveyors of Lumber-Leonard Jenney, John K. Cushing, Eliphalet Daggett, Seth K. Akin, Samuel Bonney, Obed Nye, Timothy D. Cook, Robert C. Topham.
Surveyors of Shingles and Clap Boards-Leonard Jenney, Timothy D. Cook, Seth K. Akin, Ephraim, W. Kempton.
Surveyors of Timber and Plank-William Andrews, Frederick Homer, Leonard Jenney.
Cullers of Hoops and Staves-James Luscombe, Abraham Delano, Caleb L. Ellis.
Measurers of Wood and Bark-Bradford G. Hatheway, George Perry, Andrew B. Grinnell, Henry S. Packard.
Special Measurer of Wood and Bark-Calvin Staples.
Superintendent of City Clock-Nathaniel Shepherd.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Board of Firewards-Ezra K. Delano, Chairman ; Elisha W. Kemp- ton, George Perry, Robert C. Topham, Tilson Wood, Zacha- riah Hillman:
Engineers-Ezra K. Delano, George Perry, Zachariah Hillman.
Prudential Committee-Zachariah Hillman, Ezra K. Delano, Tilson Wood.
MEMBERS OF THE FIRE COMPANIES .*
Engine No. 2-CITIZEN-Acushnet Village. Simeon Hawes, Foreman. James Williams, First Assistant.
* These Lists are copied from the annual returns made by the Clerks of the several companies.
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Mark Snow, Second Assistant. Thomas A. Clark, Third Assistant. Reuben Washburn, Thomas P. Terry, Levi Shorey, Hosemen. Edwin Payson, Clerk.
Andrew B. Grinnell,
Amos Braley,
Peter Taber,
Silas Stetson,
James Warren,
Jonathan P. Lund, Jr.
Isaiah Parlow,
Charles R. Smith,
Jeduthan Spooner,
Halseh Hall,
Lemuel M. Armsby,
Ira E. Peirce,
Asa Reynolds,
Hunnewell Hathaway,
Elisha Reynolds,
Daniel Cunningham,
William Mickell,
Jonathan P. White,
Obed Gifford,
George F. Parlow.
Engine No. 3-OHIO-North Second Street Henry R. Wilcox, Foreman. Nathaniel Johnson, First Assistant. Frederick P. Chase, Second Assistant. George W. Paine, Clerk.
Josiah Coggeshall,
Enoch Crocker,
Wm. F. H. Clapp,
James Conway,
James C. Divine,
Gorton Cressey,
James McKenney,
Cornelius Smith,
Samuel Johnson,
Joseph Hoyle,
Edward Hicks,
James H. Hood, Valentine Francis,
William Lavers,
Leander Manchester,
Joseph M. Shiverick,
Bernard McGurk,
Patrick Mead,
Michael H. Elliott,
Wm. H. Dammon,
George G. Peck,
Michael Ryan,
Jacob Moores,
Thomas Cross.
Benjamin Tripp,
Michael Divine,
George Young,
Patrick Divine,
Charles Westgate,
Charles J. Place,
Job Slocum,
William B Hathaway,
Benjamin Crocker, Ezra Tew,
Lemuel R. James,
Daniel P. Devoll,
Thomas Cranston,
Richmond M. Taber,
James Warren,
Benjamin S. Brownell,
Maltiah J. Bourne,
Andrew Harper,
Richard T. Durfee,
Timothy Blanchard.
Engine No. 5-COLUMBIAN-Purchase Street. Israel T. Bryant, Foreman. George Hinckley, First Assistant. James L. Borland, Second Assistant. Giles S. Fales, Clerk.
Samuel Haven,
James Durfee, Jr.
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Perez Jenkins, Thomas S. Palmer, Wm. R. Underwood, Charles H. Bisbee, Charles W. Keene, Parker Faulkner, Allen Almy, James E. Blake,
Obed C. Nye, Luther Brownell,
Francis Bowman, Jr. Job W. Sherman, Henry F. Hadley,
John A. Davis,
John R. Jewett,
John B. Hyde,
Daniel Livingston,
Alexander Groves,
Edward P. Shiverick,
Benjamin Weaver,
Henry Goodwin,
George W. Fisher,
Seth R. Thomas,
George H. Swan,
Wm. A. Dunbar,
Wm. G. Pitman,
Horace King,
Nehemiah Baker,
Wm. S. Clark,
George B. Norton,
John Hines,
John L. Manchester, Alexander G. Davis,
Wm. R. Palmer,
Eugene H. Gifford,
Edward N. Burt,
John H. Hathaway,
Wm. A. Leonard,
Samuel E. Gabriel,
George R. Phillips,
Abraham H. Gifford,
Pliny B. Sherman,
Wm. Cook,
John W. Lewis,
Jeremiah Shay, George D. Bisbee.
Engine No. 6-MECHANIC-Purchase Street.
Nathan Barker, Foreman. Joseph Hammond, First Assistant. Charles W. Dyer, Second Assistant. Thomas Paul, Third Assistant. Sanford Almy, Clerk and Treasurer.
Thomas C. Allen,
John Murphey,
George Bennett,
Daniel Ripley,
Wm. H. Sherman,
John Pierce,
Thomas N. Tobey,
Thomas McGee,
Ebenezer J. Kempton,
Michael Cory,
Wm. E. Watson, John H. Young, Wm. Rounseville,
James Anthony, Mathias Pease,
Frederick Plummer,
James Lewis,
Jos. Aug. Brownell,
James R. Martin,
John Stokesbury, Leonard Doty, Wm. Aug. Church,
Wm. E. Starbuck,
Moses H. Vinal,
John Murdock,
Benj. R. Watson, David Sherman,
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Alexander McKim,
John Taylor, Jr.
Wm. A. Lovell,
Alonzo Bosworth, Joseph Lavers, Gustavus Cushman, Edward Raymond, Geo. F. Sears, Thaddeus Betts,
Henry Palmer,
Charles H. Sanford, John Duffy, Jonathan Tripp,
Frederick A. Sullings,
Thomas Williams,
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Albert Bowles,
Robert Dillingham,
Charles Barker,
Isaac W. Benjamin,
Wm. B. Dwight,
Charles Seargeant,
Wm. McKim,
Michael Canady,
John Hewit,
Whitman Vinal,
Thomas Doughty,
George Devoll,
George Swarl,
Wm. Potter,
Eli Sherman,
Thomas J. Ellsworth,
James W. Clark,
E. E. Shepardson.
Edward N. Slocum,
Engine No. 7-PHILADELPHIA-Fourth Street,
Henry F. Clark, Foreman. George Baylies, First Assistant. William O. Tripp, Second Assistant. Thomas G. Bates, Clerk.
Albert Brightman,
Robert T. Barker,
Wm. B. Cook,
Benjamin Paun,
Charles H. Lobdell,
Samuel Barker,
Albert D. Thatcher,
Sylvanus Parker,
Thomas L. Clark,
Charles A. Mitchell.
Nathan S. Ellis, Wm. H. Willis,
George Knights,
Geo. B. Almy,
George Hall,
Wm. E. Mason,
Theodore Tripp,
David H. Brown,
Charles C. Dunbar,
Charles F. Brightman,
John A. Rodgers,
Holder Tripp,
Cornelius Tripp,
William West,
George H. Davis,
Charles A. Rodgers,
Henry Cowen,
Christopher Dantsizen,
David Wardrop,
John Haraty,
John C. Maul,
John W. Wood,
Nelson Orcutt,
John Upham, Joseph Read,-
Alexander Dowell, Hiram L. Elsbree,
Stephen Robinson,
Wm. G. Thompson,
John West,
Solomon Thomas,
Daniel S. Eaton,
George Booth,
Nathan Sears,
Otis A. Sisson.
Engine No. 9-HANCOCK-Foster Street.
Tillinghast P. Tompkins, Foreman. Horatio N. Bly, First Assistant. Elazarus S. Morton, Second Assistant. James M. Doane, Clerk.
John Wrightington, Silas Taber,
Willard H. Snow,
Nathan Phinney, William Huddy, Wally R. Jenkins, J. C. Haskins, Charles Taber, Benjamin Gage, William Backman,
Stephen P. Sawyer, William Weeks,
Thomas Cooper,
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Nathaniel Jenney, Thomas A. Howland,
Robert Luscomb, Ephraim Cheney,
William James,
Henry Deane,
Joseph A. Parker,
Ezra Jenney,
Horace S. Tower,
George M. Ripner,
Thomas E. Borden,
George A. Poole,
Samuel Mitchell,
Lysander Cushman,
William H. Chapell,
Isaac Snell,
Ainsworth Dexter,
Henry F. Tripp,
William Hubbard,
Clark Peterson,
Lemuel R. Eldridge,
Edwin Gage.
Charles H. Walker,
Nathaniel Andrews,
Charles H. Phinney,
J. W. Grace,
Francis W. Hatch,
Gideon Taber.
Joseph Wheaton,
George W. Maker,
John Caswell,
Lott Tripp,
Harry Leach,
Benjamin Burt.
Engine No. 10-FRANKLIN-Third Street.
Robert C. Topham, Foreman. George W. Jennings, First Assistant. Andrew J. Jennings, Second Assistant. Charles D. Tuell, Clerk.
Wm. Gibbs,
Jamcs Hamilton,
Benj. W. Spooner,
Wm. W. Jennings,
Marshall G. Sears,
Charles Hyde,
Samuel Eldridge,
Daniel D. Tripp,
John Wing,
Ezra S. Bliss,
Lewis Jennings,
Marshall Skiff,
Davis Landers,
Robert H. Taber,
Wm. Murphy,
Asa R. Sherman,
John D. Landers,
Lysander Remington,
Lysander W. Baker,
Isaac S. Crowell,
Benjamin C. Warren,
Leander Williston,
Daniel McDonnell,
Charles F. Folger,
Thomas Remington,
Jethro C. Brock,
Wm. Card, Jr.
Charles A Lawton2
Robert A. Sherman,
Asa T. Gifford, Browning Swift,
Robert S. Cornell,
Barak E. Matthews,
James A. Davis,
James C. Lawrence,
Geo. A. Taylor, Wm. Howland.
Geo. Hurlbert,
Thomas Albert. Jr."
Engine No. 11-OREGON-Middle Street.
Andrew G. Pierce, Foreman. John C. Wilson, First Assistant. Charles F. Tripp, Second Assistant. William J. Chadwick. Third Assistant. William B. Whiting, Clerk.
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Warren G. Pierce,
Thomas Murphy,
Benjamin F. Sowle,
George W. Perry, Asa Pierce,
John Waite,
Philip H. King,
Sanford Booth,
Samuel S. Gifford,
Albert Thomas,
Wellington Bucklin,
Andrew Brown,
Richard James,
Jacob Brightman,
Benjamin O. Sutton,
Charles Thomas,
George Davis,
Francisco Flinn,
John H. Gray,
William B. Devoll,
James Presby,
Charles Gifford,
John Mathews,
Franklin Nye,
Thomas P. Swift,
David Taber,
William S. Brown,
George Nye,
Gifford Taber,
Ebenezer Maxson,
Alvin B. Tripp,
David Holmes,
William A. Pease,
James E Inman,
William P. Sowle,
Josiah F. Perkins,
Francis H. Slocum,
George Maxfield,
George H. Chadwick,
Cyrus W. Richmond,
Wm. H. Casewell,
Gibbs Taber.
Gideon Maxfield,
HOOK AND LADDER-Purchase Street.
Nathan B. Gifford, Foreman. Henry Francis, Assistant Foreman. E. F. Slocum, Clerk,
Nathan B. Gifford,
Isaac A. Jennings,
Henry Francis,
Jones L. Snow,
E. F. Slocum,
George W. Young,
Caleb Hammond,
Wm. H. Eagleston,
Rowland W. Snow, Wm. Hatch,
John Francis, David Chadwick,
David H Wood,
Joseph Wilbour,
John M Davenport,
Philip Taber,
'Thos. A. Shearman,
James Gilliland.
PROTECTING SOCIETY-Place of Meetings, No. 2 City Hall. President-H. P. Willis. Vice President-C. Chandler.
Secretary and Treasurer-William C. Macy. Directors -- W. Tallman, Jr., H. C. Kelley, A. Russell, G. F. Barker. Henry P. Willis, William G. Wing, William P. S. Cadwell, William Tallman, Jr. - Edmund Rodman, Nathan Lewis,
Henry C. Kelley, Edward Russell, William C. Macy,
Artemas Prouty, Jr.
George C. Russell,
Joseph F. Dearborn, Edward Knights, Henry Childs,
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George F. Kingman,
Charles Almy,
Nathaniel H. Nye,
Abraham Russell,
James Macomber,
William H. Knights, Sanford Almy, George F. Barker.
Number of Men allowed to the different Companies of the Fire Department.
Engine Company No. 2
Thirty men.
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Sixty men.
66 66 6.
Sixty men.
7.
Fifty men.
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9.
Fifty men.
10 . Fifty men.
11.
Fifty men.
Hook and Ladder Company
Thirty men.
Protecting Society. Fifty men.
The apparatus for blowing up buildings is under the control and direction of the Board of Engineers.
A Red Staff is the distinguishing badge of the Engineers. The other Firewards carry a trumpet painted red, with the word "Fire- ward," in gilt letters upon a black ground, placed on the bowl thereof.
In case of fires occurring in any of the neighboring villages, the following Engines, and no others, may leave the town without the special permission of one of the Engineers.
To Acushnet Village,. No. 9.
To Fairhaven Village,. Nos. 6 and 7.
To Smith's Mills and Padanaram Village. Nos. 10 and 11.
RESERVOIRS.
There are twenty-eight Public Reservoirs in New Bedford, located as follows :
One on the north side of Willis street, corner of State.
One on Smith street.
One on County street, corner of Maxfeld.
One on Maxfeld street, corner of Pleasant.
One on Hillman street, south side, a few feet west of Purchase.
One on Pleasant street, corner of North.
One on Kempton street, west of County, and near Isaac Brownell's, One on Charles street, corner of Foster. This is of brick, and is supplied with water from the roof of the Public School House. One on Purchase street, corner of Middle.
One on County street, corner of Middle.
One opposite the Custom House on William street, corner of North Second.
One on Market Square, west of the City Hall-very large.
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3. . Fifty men.
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One on Purchase street, south of William, and under the building occupied by Samuel Bennett.
One on County street, corner of Union.
One on Spring street, corner of South Sixth. This is of wood, and
is supplied with water from the roof of the Friends' Meeting House.
One on South street, corner of First.
One on Washington street, corner of Crapo.
One on Middle street, High School Yard, brick.
One on Middle street, east of Purchase, brick.
One on Third street, corner of Spring.
One on Walnut street, corner of South Sixth.
One on Fourth street, near the corner of Bush, and partly upon the School House Lot.
One on Third street, corner of Russell.
One near the west end of Russell street, on the north side.
One on Bedford street, corner of Fifth.
Onc on Wing street, corner of South Sixth.
One on Third street, corner of Grinnell.
One on Mill street, corner of Purchase.
Quantity of Hose attached to the several Engines.
No. Two, 700 feet.
No. Seven, 700 feet.
No. Three, 700 feet.
No. Nine, 700 feet.
No. Five, 700 fect. No. Ten, 700 feet.
No. Six, 700 feet. No. Eleven, 700 feet.
Also, about 1000 feet of new Hose which is not attached to any Ehgine.
QUARANTINE.
Boarding Officer-William S. Cobb.
Quarantine Physician-A. Mackie.
The Quarantine Ground is bounded as follows :- Butler's Flats on the South, the east shore of Clark's Point on the West, the Eleven- Foot Bank on the North, and the Egg Islands on the East.
Banking Institutions.
The Banks in New Bedford declare their dividends on the first Mondays of October and April.
BEDFORD COMMERCIAL BANK-35 North Water Street.
Incorporated February 9th, 1816-Capital $600,000.
Edward M. Robinson, President. Thomas B. White, Cashier.
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James R. Ricketson, Book Keeper. George Henry Howland, Second Book Keeper.
DIRECTORS.
E. M. Robinson, Wm. Hathaway, Jr. William C. N. Swift,
James Arnold, Thomas Nye, Jr. Charles L. Wood.
Thomas S. Hathaway, George Hussey,
Discount Days-Mondays and Thursdays, at 83 A. M. in summer, and 9 o'clock in winter.
Annual Meeting for the choice of Officers-First Monday in October.
MERCHANTS BANK-50 North Water.
Incorporated June, 1825-Capital $600,000.
Jolın A. Parker, President.
James B. Congdon, Cashier.
Peleg C. Howland, Ist Clerk. Fred'k. A. Washburn, 2d Clerk.
DIRECTORS.
John A. Parker, Abraham Barker, Edward L. Baker,
Dennis Wood, .
David R. Greene, Charles R. Tucker.
Job Eddy, Gideon Allen, Wm. Penn Howland.
Discount Days-Thursdays and Fridays, 9 o'clock, A. M.
Annual Meeting-First Thursday next after the first Monday in October.
MECHANICS BANK-56 North Water.
Incorporated June 10, 1831-Capital $200,000.
Thomas Mandell, President. Joseph Congdon, Cashier.
Louis Congdon, Book Keeper.
DIRECTORS.
Thomas Mandell, Edmund Gardner, Jireh Swift, Jr.
Joseph R. Shiverick, James H. Collins, Edmund Taber,
Pardon Tillinghast, John R. Thornton.
Discount Days-Wednesdays and Saturdays, 9 o'clock, A. M.
Annual Meeting-First Wednesday next after the first Monday in October,
MARINE BANK-90 Union, corner South Second.
Incorporated March 3, 1832-Capital $500,000. Joseph Grinnell, President. John P. Barker, Cashier
Harrison G. Lowell, Book Keeper. Eliphalet Hervey, Second Book Keeper.
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DIRECTORS.
Joseph Grinnell,
Ward M. Parker, Lemuel Kollock,
Ephraim Kempton,
James Howland, 2d.
Edw. W. Howland, William Gifford.
Discount Days-Tuesdays and Fridays, 9 o'clock, A. M.
Annual Meeting-First Tuesday next after the first Monday in October.
NEW BEDFORD INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS.
21 Hamilton Street.
Amount invested-about $1,200,000. Annual Meeting-Second Monday in January. Office open every day except Sundays, from 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. Abraham Barker, President. Thomas A. Greene, Edmund Gardner, Vice Presidents. Edmund Taber, Clerk. William C. Coffin, Treasurer.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Mandell, Isaac C. Taber,
William J. Rotch,
Pardon Tillinghast,
Thomas Nye, Jr.
William Watkins,
Wm. C. Taber, Joseph Ricketson,
Edward D. Mandell,
Benjamin Rodman, Edward L. Baker,
James B. Wood,
George Howland, Jr. Wm. Hathaway, Jr. Benj. T. Ricketson,
Richard A. Palmer, Charles L. Wood,
Charles R. Tucker,
Edmund Taber,
Wm. P. Howland,
Joseph R. Shiverick,
John R. Thornton,
Edw. W. Howland,
Henry Taber,
Wm. G. E. Pope,
Matthew Howland.
Abm. H. Howland,
George A. Bourne,
BOARD OF INVESTMENT.
Thomas Mandell, Chairman ; E. L. Baker, Secretary ; Wm. C. Taber, Pardon Tillinghast, Thomas Nye, Jr.
Insurance Offices. UNION MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 38 North Water Street. Capital $200,000. Thomas S. Hathaway; President. B. Wood, Secretary.
William H Taylor,
William C. Taber, Edward C. Jones,
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DIRECTORS.
Thos. S Hathaway, Charles L. Wood, Jonathan Bourne, Jr. George O. Crocker, Edward C. Jones, William Phillips, Isaac D. Hall,
James D. Thompson,
Joshua Richmond, William Watkins, Franklin K. Swift,
Thomas Knowles, Edw. W. Howland, William J. Rotch.
Otis Seabury, Dennis Wood,
Abraham Ashley, 2d.
Edward L. Baker, Joseph Clarke, Wm. P. Howland,
Thomas Cook, Thomas Willcox, Isaiah F. Terry, George Barney, Simpson Hart,
BEDFORD COMMERCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COM- PANY .- 33 North Water Street.
Capital $150,000.
James Howland, 2d, President. Henry H. Crapo, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
James Howland, 2d, William C. Taber, Edward L. Baker,
William R. Rotch,
Frs. S. Hathaway,
Wanton Howland,
William Hathaway, Ward M. Parker, J. H. Clifford, John H. W. Page, Charles Taber.
Charles R. Tucker,
Wm. G. Blackler,
E. M. Robinson,
David R. Greene,
Edward C Jones,
Willard Nye, Alanson Gooding, F. R. Whitwell, Stephen Taber,
WHALING INSURANCE COMPANY-38 North Water.
Incorporated January, 1841-Capital $100,000.
Thomas S. Hathaway, President. Borden Wood, Secretary. Clifford & Brigham, Solicitors. Discontinued taking risks, and closing up business.
PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY-28 North Water.
Incorporated 1839-Capital $100,000.
Gideon Allen, President. S. Lumbard, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Gideon Allen, Abm. Gifford, Benj. T. Ricketson,
James B. Wood, Cornelius Howland, Alexander Gibbs,
John R. Thornton, Stephen N. Potter, Henry Wilcox,
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Abraham Barker, Franklin K. Swift, Joseph Grinnell, George O. Crocker,
Thomas Mandell,
Charles L. Wood,
Eben Perry,
Thomas A. Greene,
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CITY REGISTER.
Edward C. Jones, Frederick Parker, Jireh Swift, Jr.
R. A. Palmer, Pardon Tillinghast, Caleb Anthony,
Joseph C. Delano, Asa R. Nye, Eben Perry.
MUTUAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY-37 N. Water.
Incorporated March 24, 1843-Capital $200,000.
Henry Taber, President. Pardon Tillinghast, Vice President. William H. Taylor, Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
Henry Taber,
Wm. H. Reynard,
Charles R. Tucker,
Pardon Tillinghast,
Abm. Ashley, 2d.
Isaac D. Hall,
Zachariah Hillman,
Benjamin Clark,
Robert Gibbs,
Oliver Crocker, Joshua Richmond,
John R. Thornton,
George Hussey,
Edmund Gardner,
Jireh Swift, Jr.
Lemuel Kollock,
James B. Wood, Thomas Cook,
Wilmot Luce,
Edward C. Jones,
Dennis Wood,
Cornelius Howland,
Latham Cross,
William Hathaway,
John P. Knowles.
BRISTOL COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COM- PANY-Office 58 North Water.
Incorporated February 13, 1829-Present amount of property in- sured-upwards of $4,000,000. Henry H. Crapo, President. . Jos. S. Tillinghast, Secretary and Treasurer.
TRUSTEES.
Henry H. Crapo, Wm. H. Taylor,
Edmund Gardner.
Henry H. Capo, William H. Taylor,
DIRECTORS. Edmund Gardner, Charles L. Wood,
Thomas Cook.
Other Corporations. NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN BRIDGE COMPANY.
Incorporated 1796.
William R. Rotch, Treasurer. -
William J. Rotch, Secretary.
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CITY REGISTER.
DIRECTORS. Paul Spooner, Wm. L. B. Gibbs,
Wm. J. Rotch,
Gideon Allen,
Thos. S. Hathaway, F. R. Whitwell,
NEW BEDFORD AND TAUNTON RAIL ROAD CORPORA- TION-Office 52 North Water.
Incorporated 1838-Maximum Capital $400,000.
Joseph Grinnell, President.
Lawrence Grinnell, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Grinnell, David R. Greene, Thomas Mandell,
Geo. Howland, Jr.
Ward M. Parker, Thos. S. Hathaway, Edward L. Baker. Warren Ladd, Superintendent Transportation.
WAMSUTTA MILLS CORPORATION-Office 52 North Water.
Incorporated April 9, 1846-Maximum Capital $300,000.
Joseph Grinnell, President. Edward L. Baker, Treasurer.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Grinnell, Thomas Mandell, Pardon Tillinghast.
David R. Greene, Joseph C. Delano, Thomas Bennett, Jr., Superintendent
These Mills run 13,600 spindles, and turn out 30,600 yards fine 40 Inch sheeting per week.
NEW BEDFORD CORDAGE COMPANY.
Office Rotch's Square.
Incorporated 1846-Capital $75,000.
Joseph Ricketson, President. William J. Rotch, Treasurer. Leander A. Plummer, Clerk.
DIRECTORS.
Joseph Ricketson, William J. Rotch, Benjamin S. Rotch, Leander A. Plummer. Factory-Morgan Street.
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