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1829-George Colton, Charles Stearns, John B. Kirkham, Orange Chapin, Elijah Blake.
1830-John Howard, Elijah Blake, Allen Bangs, William Rice, Silas Stedman.
1831-William Bliss, Allen Bangs, Edwin Booth, Orrin Dim- mick, Downer Chapin.
1832-George Bliss, Allen Bangs, Orange Chapin, Orrin Dimmick, Edwin Booth.
1833-34-Allen Bangs, Orange Chapin, George Colton, James W. Crooks, Harvey Chapin.
1835-George Ashmun Stephen C. Bemis, Walter H. Bow- doin, William Childs.
1836-George Ashmun, Stephen C. Bemis, William Cadwell.
1837-William Dwight, Walter Warriner, Ephraim S. How- ard, Elihu Adams, William Chapin, Samuel Reynolds, Lewis Gorham.
1838-William Dwight, Sylvester Taylor, Gideon Gardner, James Christie, Samuel Reynolds, William Chapin, Thomas I. Shephard.
1839-William Dwight, Samuel Reynolds, Sylvester Taylor, Simon Sanborn, Silas Stedman, James Christie, Francis M. Carew.
1840-41-William Dwight, Samuel Reynolds, Simon San-
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born, Francis M. Carew, Otis Skeele, William Caldwell, Pliny Chapin.
1842-Otis Skeele, Chester W. Chapin, James W. Crooks, Ezra Kimberly, Benning Leavitt, John B. Kirkham, Albert Hayden.
1843-Otis Skeele, Chester W. Chapin, John B. Kirkham, Benning Leavitt, Albert Hayden.
1844-Giles S. Chapin, Charles Howard, Benning Leavitt, John B. Kirkham, Joseph Lombard, Rufus Chandler, Theodore Williams.
1845-Henry Morris, Allen Bangs, Titus Amadon, Austin Chapin 2d, Adolphus G. Parker.
1846-Henry Morris, Austin Chapin, Adolphus G. Parker, Titus Amadon, John B. M. Stebbins, Harvey Butler, Bildad B. Belcher.
1847-Adolphus G. Parker, Bildad B. Belcher, Titus Ama- don. Henry Vose, Harvey Butler, John B. M. Stebbins, Nathaniel Cutler.
1848-Solomon Hatch, Jonathan Pease, jr., William E. Mon- tague, Waitstill Hastins, Levi C. Skeele, Edward Renney, Philo F. Wilcox.
1849-Ephraim W. Bond, Erasmus D. Beach, Harvey Danks (voted this year to have three selectmen).
1850-Erasmus D. Beach, Ephraim W. Bond, Oliver B. Ban- non, Simon Sanborn, Henry Gray.
1851-Eliphalet Trask, William B. Calhoun, Theodore Steb- bins.
Town Clerks-Henry Smith, 1636-52; John Pynchon, 1652- 55; Elizur Holyoke, 1656; John Pynchon, 1657-60; Elizur Hol- yoke, 1661-76; John Holyoke, 1677-80; Daniel Denton, 1681; John Holyoke, 1682-95 ; John Pynchon, jr., 1696 ; Jonathan Burt, 1697-1700; John Pynchon, jr., 1701; John Holyoke, 1702-11; Pelatiah Bliss, 1712-15; Joseph Warriner, 1716; Pelatiah Bliss, 1717-27 ; William Pynchon, jr., 1728-46 ; Edward Pynchon, 1747- 72; Benjamin Day, 1773; Edward Pynchon, 1774-75; William Pynchon, 1776-1804 ; Edward Pynchon, 1805-29; William Bliss, 1830-38 ; Richard Bliss, 1838-41; Walter H. Bowdoin, 1841; Jos- eph Ingraham, 1842-52.
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CHAPTER IV
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD-MUNICIPAL HISTORY
For fully ten years previous to the act granting the city charter Springfield frequently was involved in political disturb- ances growing out of the selection of public officers, for it appears that the village and country districts were arrayed against one another, on the question of improvements more than on party lines. The measures most calculated to promote the local inter- ests of the villages of Springfield and Chicopee, and which in fact were really necessary for the good order and protection of those localities, could not directly extend their benefits throughout the entire town, hence not deriving direct advantage therefrom the inhabitants of the rural districts naturally opposed any proposi- tion which would put increased taxes upon their lands. An examination of the records during the period referred to discloses the fact that at the annual town meetings the conflicting elements were so earnest in their endeavors that important offices fre- quently were left vacant for some time, and were filled only when public necessity made such action imperative and after some sort of temporary compromise had been "patched up." Usually the ยท compromise was reached when the people of the villages consent- ed not to insist on expenditures which affected their localities, which meant that unless some remedy was provided Springfield always would remain a non-progressive town. This principal village required increased fire and police protection, better schools, a good water supply system, street lighting and other necessary adjuncts of municipal existence, but the inhabitants of the outlying districts failed to appreciate the need of these things, hence they opposed them with their votes.
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In the election of town officers, especially the board of select- men, there was more or less rivalry between Springfield and Chic- opee, the population of the places being about the same, with the advantages, if any, in favor of the former ; and if the one sought to secure any appropriation for improvements the other was quite apt to oppose it successfully with the aid of the votes from the agricultural regions, which always could be relied on to reject a measure that must be paid for by taxation. At the annual town meeting in 1842 only two selectmen were agreed on and voted into office. On April 18 following five others were chosen. In the next year only one was chosen at the regular meeting, but later on, after a compromise had been effected, the remaining five were selected. In 1847 it was determined to choose seven selectmen, but at the regular meeting only three- Adolphus G. Parker, Bildad B. Belcher and Titus Amadon- were elected. At an adjourned meeting, after a truce had been agreed on, Henry Vose, Harvey Butler, John B. M. Stebbins and Nathaniel Cutler were elected to complete the full board.
About this time, perhaps a year or two earlier, the inhab- itants of the principal villages demanded a division of the town and the creation of a new jurisdiction from the northern portion. Chicopee was the result, the enabling act therefor being passed by the legislature April 29, 1848. There appears to have been no real opposition to this measure, which was regarded both as a convenience and a necessity; but after it was accomplished Springfield's progress still was opposed by certain influences, now in part of a purely political character. In 1849 Ephraim W. Bond and Simon Sanborn were chosen selectmen at the reg- ular meeting, leaving three vacancies. A little later Harvey Danks was added to the board, and still later it was voted to have but three selectmen. In 1850 a full board of five members was chosen, but in 1851 Eliphalet Trask was the only member at first elected. Then William B. Calhoun and Theodore Stebbins were added. At a subsequent meeting it was decided that the board as then constituted was illegal, and a vote ordered that the board of the preceding year be recognized and continued in office. However, by some arrangement of matters, the board of the cur- rent year transacted the business of the town.
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For a year or two the leading men of both political parties had been discussing the situation of affairs in the town and arrived at the conclusion that a city charter for Springfield would have the effect to remove the old elements of opposition that had retarded growth and advancement in earlier years. At a town meeting held March 1, 1852, at which Samuel Day was moderator, it was voted "that in the opinion of the inhabitants of the town an organization under a city charter would conduce to the welfare and prosperity of the town, and that such organi- zation ought to be adopted." And it was then further voted "that application be made to the legislature to grant the town a city charter, and that a committee of five be appointed to make such application and procure the passage of such charter;" and voted "that said committee of five shall be appointed by the moderator."
In accordance with the determination of the meeting the moderator appointed Henry Vose, John Mills, Stephen C. Bemis, George Dwight and Henry Gray as the representatives of the town in securing the passage of the charter act; and it is quite evident that the worthy commission was in full harmony with the spirit of the movement, for on April 12 of the same year the legis- lature passed "An act to establish the City of Springfield," the creative sections of which were as follows:
Sec. 1. "The inhabitants of the town of Springfield shall continue to be a body politic and corporate, under the name of the City of Springfield, and, as such, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations now incumbent upon, and apper- taining to, said town as a municipal corporation."
Sec. 2. "The administration of the fiscal, prudential and municipal affairs of said city, and the government thereof, shall be vested in one principal officer, to be styled the mayor, one council of eight, to be called the board of aldermen; and one council of eighteen, to be called the common council, which boards, in their joint capacity, shall be denominated the city council," etc.
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On April 21, 1852, in less than ten days after the act was passed by the legislature, and as soon as the "warning" neces- sary for a legal meeting could be given, the inhabitants again assembled to act upon the adoption or rejection of the new char- ter. On this occasion William B. Calhoun was appointed mod- erator, after which the electors proceeded to vote on the question, "'Shall the act entitled 'an act to establish the city of Springfield' be adopted?" The whole number of votes cast was 1,423, of which there were 969 yeas, and 454 nays.
Having ratified the action of the legislature, the meeting next proceeded to designate the five men who, under the act, were to divide the town into eight wards, and made choice of William B. Calhoun, John B. Kirkham, Theodore Stebbins, Eliphalet Trask and Joseph Ingraham for that duty. In due season the work was accomplished, upon which it was found that the several wards thus created contained a population as follows: Ward 1, 2,222 ; ward 2, 2,294 ; ward 3, 2,120 ; ward 4, 1,711 ; ward 5, 1,935; ward 6, 710; ward 7, 688; ward 8, 730.
The first city election was held May 13, 18521, the principal contestants for the mayoralty being Caleb Rice and William B. Calhoun. Mr. Rice was elected, having received a total of 691 votes, against 642 for his opponent. Among the other prominent citizens who received complimentary votes for the same office were Erasmus D. Beach 17, Chester W. Chapin 11, John Mills 3, and J. M. Thompson, R. Cleveland, George Dwight, S. B. R. Leavis, Captain Thompson, Ethan Chapin, George Haynes and John Barber, one vote each. The total vote for city clerk and treasurer was 1,356, of which Joseph Ingraham received 1,355 and Henry Vose (who was not a candidate for any office but re- ceived one vote for each, except that of mayor), one vote. The total vote for aldermen was 1,370.
On the last used page of the last of the record books of town meetings, in the characteristic handwriting of the town clerk, there appears this entry :
"Springfield, May 25, 1852.
"This day ends the Town and commences the city govern-
1The city government was organized May 25, 1852.
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ment-Having been a town just two hundred and sixteen years, to a day-And now we go from an old town to an infant city.
"Joseph Ingraham,
last town and first city clerk and treasurer of the old town and the new city of Springfield."
Occasionally during the half century of Springfield's exist- ence as a city, the charter has been amended to meet new con- ditions and to provide for them in accordance with modern sys- tems of municipal management, but there has not been at any time a radical revision of the charter provisions, which fact at- tests the genius of the framers of the original act. The aldermen now as formerly are voted for at large, but are chosen one from each ward. The common councilmen are elected by wards. Orig- inally the offices of city clerk and treasurer were filled by a single person, but in 1888 they were separated and an incumbent was elected for each.
Under the charter the board of aldermen, the common coun- cil and the joint body-the city council-have been clothed with ample power to provide for the selection of subordinate officers and for the maintenance of the several departments of city gov- ernment ; and the generally healthful and prosperous conditions which are so apparent on every hand are evidence that the "city fathers," and the people who elect them, have not been miserly in the distribution of the public funds. Still, there is nothing to indicate lavish or unwarranted expenditures, each board having a watchful eye upon the actions of the other, and the "negative" power occasionally has been exercised.
MUNICIPAL CIVIL LIST
Mayors-Caleb Rice, 1852-53; Philos B. Tyler, 1854 ; Elipha- let Trask, 1855; Ansel Phelps, jr., 1856-58; William B. Calhoun, 1859 ; Daniel L. Harris, 1860; Stephen C. Bemis, 1861-62; Henry Alexander, jr., 1863-64; Albert D. Briggs, 1865-67; Charles A. Winchester, 1868-69; William L. Smith, 1870-71; Samuel B. Spooner, 1872-73 ; John M. Stebbins, 1874 ; Emerson Wight, 1875- 78; Lewis J. Powers, 1879-80; William H. Haile, 1881; Edwin W. Ladd, 1882; Henry M. Phillips, 1883-85; Edwin D. Metcalf,
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1886 ; Elisha B. Maynard, 1887-88; Edward S. Bradford, 1889- 91; Lawson Sibley, 1892; Edmund P. Kendrick, 1893-94; Charles L. Long, 1895; Newrie D. Winter, 1896; Henry S. Dickinson, 1897-98; Dwight O. Gilmore, 1899; William P. Hayes, 1900-1901.
City Clerks and Treasurers-Joseph Ingraham, 1852-59; Horace G. Lee, 1860-61; Samuel B. Spooner, 1862, resigned Sept. 30, and succeeded by Albert T. Folsom; Albert T. Folsom, 1863-87.
City Clerks-Elijah A. Newell, 1888-1901. (Still in office.) City Treasurers-Eliphalet T. Tift, 1888-1901. (Still in office.)
1852.
Aldermen-Ward One, Samuel S. Day; Ward Two, Elipha- let Trask; Ward Three, E. D. Beach; Ward Four, George Dwight; Ward Five, Albert Morgan ; Ward Six, Charles G. Rice ; Ward Seven, Oliver B. Bannon; Ward Eight, F. A. Barton.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, Henry Morris; Ward One, J. B. M. Stebbins, Eleazer Ripley, John V. Jones; Ward Two, W. C. Sturtevant, Francis Bates, Henry Fuller, jr .; Ward Three, Charles Merriam, Willis Phelps, Cicero Simons; Ward Four, Henry Morris, Alexander H. Avery, Benjamin F. Warner ; Ward Five, William Hitchcock, Hiram Q. Sanderson, Nathaniel Cate; Ward Six, Henry Adams; Ward Seven, Ezra Kimberly ; Ward Eight, Rodney Holt.
Clerk-Alanson Hawley.
1853.
Aldermen-Ward One, John B. Stebbins; Ward Two, Eliphalet Trask; Ward Three, Willis Phelps ; Ward Four, Henry Vose; Ward Five, Titus Amadon; Ward Six, Drayton Perkins; Ward Seven, Joseph N. Sollace; Ward Eight, Harvey Foster.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, Henry Morris (resigned May 16), William Stowe; Ward One, Daniel Hitchcock, William Pynchon, Addison Day; Ward Two, Joseph C. Pynchon, Orrin Baker, E. W. Bond ; Ward Three, Lombard Dale, T. M. Walker, William Stowe ; Ward Four, Henry Morris, Alexander H. Avery,
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Edmund Palmer; Ward Five, Nathaniel Cate, William Dickin- son, Daniel Collins; Ward Six, Henry Adams; Ward Seven, Ezra Kimberly; Ward Eight, William S. Barker.
Clerk-Alanson Hawley (resigned March 7), Samuel O. Gay.
1854.
Aldermen-Ward One, Wilson Eddy; Ward Two, Eliphalet Trask; Ward Three, Elkanah Barton; Ward Four, William L. Washburn; Ward Five, Edward F. Moseley; Ward Six, Roder- ick Lombard; Ward Seven, Joseph Lombard ; Ward Eight, Rod- ney Holt.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, Samuel S. Day; Ward One, Asa Clark, Samuel S. Day, Thomas W. Wason; Ward Two, George H. Roberts, Henry A. Robinson, Roderick Ashley; Ward Three, Philo F. Wilcox, Lombard Dale, Frederick H. Harris; Ward Four, Daniel L. Harris, Tilly Haynes, Joseph B. Hopkins ; Ward Five, Daniel Collins, G. W. Harrison, A. H. Clark; Ward Six, Edwin S. Hall; Ward Seven, Harris B. Johnson; Ward Eight, Horace Pease.
Clerk-Charles O. Chapin.
1855.
Alderman-Ward One, James M. Blanchard; Ward Two, W. C. Sturtevant; Ward Three, David Smith; Ward Four, Dan- iel Reynolds; Ward Five, William E. Montague; Ward Six, Henry Adams; Ward Seven, James P. Chapman; Ward Eight, Harvey Foster.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, John M. Stebbins; Ward One, E. B. Haskell, John M. Stebbins, Stephen Morse; Ward Two, O. W. Wilcox, John Hooker, 3d, D. H. Brigham; Ward Three, Francis S. Graves, Rufus Elmer, E. W. Dickinson ; Ward Four, Abel B. Howe, John W. Hunt, Jeremiah R. Cadwell ; Ward Five, Nathaniel Howard, S. S. Holmes, E. F. Moseley ; Ward Six, J. G. Capron; Ward Seven, Luther S. Lewis; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber.
Clerk-Thomas Chubbuck.
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1856.
Aldermen-Ward One, Samuel S. Day; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, jr .; Ward Three, Edmund Freeman; Ward Four, Ste- phen C. Bemis ; Ward Five, Thomas H. Allen; Ward Six, Henry Alexander, jr .; Ward Seven, Henry Reynolds; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, James Kirkham; Ward One, Charles O. Russell, Chauncey L. Covell, Hervey Hills;
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Ward Two, O. W. Wilcox, Henry A. Chapin, Dexter H. Brig. ham; Ward Three, Dr. Nathan Adams, Charles L. Shaw, George Whitney ; Ward Four, James Kirkham, George Walker, John W. Hunt; Ward Five, Otis A. Seamans, E. F. Moseley, Nelson Ty- ler; Ward Six, Elbridge Barton; Ward Seven, William Smith; Ward Eight, Milton Foster.
Clerk-Charles O. Chapin.
1857.
Aldermen-Ward One, Samuel S. Day; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, jr .; Ward Three, Henry Alexander, jr .; Ward Four, Ste-
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phen C. Bemis ; Ward Five, Joseph Hannis; Ward Six, James Warner; Ward Seven, Henry Pomroy; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber, jr.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, George Walker; Ward One, Charles O. Russell, Chauncey L. Covell, James Stebbins ; Ward Two, Erastus Hayes, Lyman King, Francis B. Bacon; Ward Three, Marvin Lincoln, Henry Avery, John R. Hixon ; Ward Four, George Walker, Samuel Leonard, William Birnie; Ward Five, Charles Woodman, Luther Upton, George A. Otis; Ward Six, Elbridge Barton ; Ward Seven, William Smith; Ward Eight, George A. Cooley.
Clerk-Charles O. Chapin.
1858.
Aldermen-Ward One, Samuel S. Day; Ward Two, Henry Fuller, jr .; Ward Three, Henry Alexander, jr .; Ward Four, Ste- phen C. Bemis; Ward Five, Joseph Hannis; Ward Six, James Warner; Ward Seven, Henry Pomroy; Ward Eight, Samuel Webber, jr. (resigned), E. A. Fuller.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, John R. Hixon; Ward One, Wilson Eddy, William Pynchon, William L. Smith ; Ward Two, Randolph E. Ladd, Ambrose N. Merrick, Charles B. Trask ; Ward Three, John R. Hixon, Henry A. Chapin, Gurdon Bill ; Ward Four, Samuel Leonard, John W. Hunt, R. G. Shumway ; Ward Five, Charles Woodman, George Swetland, John Brooks; Ward Six, Elbridge Barton ; Ward Seven, Joseph Wheelock, jr .; Ward Eight, Erastus King.
Clerk-Charles O. Chapin.
1859.
Aldermen-Ward One, Chauncey L. Covell; Ward Two, Roger S. Moore; Ward Three, Edmund Freeman; Ward Four, Daniel L. Harris : Ward Five, William Hitchcock; Ward Six, J. G. Capron ; Ward Seven, Horace Smith ; Ward Eight, George W. Holt.
Clerk-Joseph Ingraham.
Common Councilmen-President, A. N. Merrick (resigned in May), Samuel Leonard; Ward One, Joshua M. Harrington,
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Justin M. Cooley, John V. Jones ; Ward Two, George H. Roberts, Lewis H. Taylor, Gurdon C. Judson; Ward Three, A. N. Mer- rick, Daniel Gay, Hosea C. Lombard; Ward Four, Samuel Leon- ard, Alfred Rowe, Reuben T. Safford; Ward Five, Theodore Bishop, Walter Maynard, Walter North; Ward Six, Isaac D. Gibbons; Ward Seven, Ransley Hall; Ward Eight, Warren L. Shaw.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1860.
Alderman-Ward One, Edmund B. Haskell; Ward Two, Erastus Hayes; Ward Three, Franklin Chamberlain; Ward Four, John W. Hunt; Ward Five, William Hitchcock; Ward Six, John G. Capron; Ward Seven, William Foster; Ward Eight, George W. Holt.
Clerk-Horace C. Lee.
Common Councilmen-President N. A. Leonard ; Ward One, Joshua M. Harrington, H. S. Noyes, J. H. Demond; Ward Two, Lewis H. Taylor, George R. Townsley, Charles A. Winchester ; Ward Three, William L. Wilcox, John Hamilton, Clark W. Bryan ; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, William Birnie, Alfred Rowe; Ward Five, William Higley, A. F. Strong, Charles Wood- man ; Ward Six, Robert Crossett; Ward Seven, Orrin Lombard ; Ward Eight, Andrew J. Plumer.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1861.
Aldermen-Ward One, Henry Gray; Ward Two, Ephraim W. Bond ; Ward Three, H. N. Case; Ward Four, Nathaniel How- ard; Ward Five, Charles Woodman; Ward Six, Amos Call; Ward Seven, William Smith; Ward Eight, A. J. Plumer.
Clerk-Horace C. Lee.
Common Councilmen-President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, H. J. Chapin, J. M. Cooley, J. H. Demond; Ward Two, Lewis H. Taylor, D. H. Brigham, F. B. Bacon; Ward Three, William L. Wilcox, John Hamilton, James M. Skiff; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, John W. Bliss, Alfred Rowe; Ward Five, Wil- liam Higley, Otis A. Seamans, A. W. Allen; Ward Six, Aaron
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C. Barton; Ward Seven, Henry Reynolds; Ward Eight, H. E. Moseley.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1862.
Aldermen-Ward One, Henry Gray; Ward Two, E. W. Bond; Ward Three, H. N. Case; Ward Four, T. W. Wason; Ward Five, Horace Kibbe; Ward Six, Horace Smith; Ward Seven, William Smith; Ward Eight, H. S. Evans.
Clerk-S. B. Spooner, jr.
Common Councilmen-President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, Horace J. Chapin, L. O. Hanson, L. J. Powers; Ward Two, Sylvester Day, Tim Henry, Eli H. Patch; Ward Three, James M. Skiff, J. E. Taylor, A. F. Jennings ; Ward Four, N. A. Leon- ard, Alfred Rowe, T. M. Walker ; Ward Five, P. V. B. Havens, George K. Jacobs, George K. Charter; Ward Six, Aaron C. Bar- ton ; Ward Seven, Ezekiel Keith; Ward Eight, H. E. Moseley.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1863.
Aldermen-Ward One, Justin M. Cooley; Ward Two, Wil- liam Patton ; Ward Three, William K. Baker; Ward Four, Dan- iel L. Harris; Ward Five, William Bodurtha ; Ward Six, Horace Smith; Ward Seven, Virgil Perkins; Ward Eight, Andrew J. Plumer.
Clerk-A. T. Folsom.
Common Councilmen-President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, N. W. Talcott, George S. Haskell, Luther Clark; Ward Two, 0. H. Greenleaf, G. R. Townsley, John West; Ward Three, Aaron G. Lord, James M. Skiff, Francis S. Graves; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, A. L. Soule, Henry S. Lee; Ward Five, Cheney Bigelow, George K. Charter (resigned), Charles Phelps, Orlando Chapin (resigned), William Collins; Ward Six, J. G. Chase ; Ward Seven, C. P. L. Warner; Ward Eight, Hiram Warner.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1864.
Aldermen-Ward One, Norman W. Talcott; Ward Two, William Patton; Ward Three, Albert D. Briggs; Ward Four, Frederick H. Harris; Ward Five, Charles Barrows; Ward Six,
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Warren H. Wilkinson; Ward Seven, Virgil Perkins; Ward Eight, Harvey E. Moseley.
Clerk-A. T. Folsom.
Common Councilmen-President, N. A. Leonard; Ward One, Henry S. Hyde, John Mulligan, Charles H. Allen; Ward Two, O. H. Greenleaf, G. R. Townsley, J. F. Tannatt; Ward Three, Charles A. Winchester, W. H. Smith, A. N. Merrick; Ward Four, N. A. Leonard, A. L. Soule, Henry S. Lee; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, William Collins, S. W. Porter; Ward Six, L. H. Taylor; Ward Seven, Peter Valentine; Ward Eight, George Foster.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd ..
1865.
Aldermen-Ward One, Henry S. Hyde; Ward Two, George R. Townsley ; Ward Three, Otis Childs; Ward Four, Frederick H. Harris; Ward Five, Charles Barrows; Ward Six, Warren H. Wilkinson; Ward Seven, Virgil Perkins; Ward Eight, Andrew J. Plumer.
Clerk-A. T. Folsom.
Common Councilmen-President, Henry S. Lee ; Ward One, John Mulligan, W. H. Allis, H. S. Noyes; Ward Two, Gideon Wells, John Olmsted, J. F. Tannatt; Ward Three, William H. Smith, J. F. Tapley, H. N. Tinkham ; Ward Four, N. A. Leon- ard, Henry S. Lee, S. J. Hall ; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, S. W. Porter, J. Q. A. Sexton; Ward Six, Gustavus D. Tapley ; Ward Seven, Rawson Hathaway; Ward Eight, George Foster.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1866.
Aldermen-Ward One, William Pynchon; Ward Two, D. H. Brigham ; Ward Three, Tim Henry ; Ward Four, F. H. Har- ris ; Ward Five, G. W. Harrison; Ward Six, W. H. Wilkinson ; Ward Seven, John G. Taylor (died), Rawson Hathaway; Ward Eight, John Severson.
Clerk-A. T. Folsom.
Common Councilmen-President, William L. Smith; Ward One, J. H. Demond, Warren Emerson, J. C. McIntosh; Ward Two, Gideon Wells, H. M. Morehouse, George Dwight, jr .; Ward
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Three, H. N. Tinkham, William H. Smith, Joseph H. Damon ; Ward Four, D. B. Wesson, William L. Smith, W. S. Marsh ; Ward Five, Charles Phelps, S. W. Porter, Charles Chapman ; Ward Six, Gustavus D. Tapley ; Ward Seven, John M. Meggett ; Ward Eight, Samuel Mills.
Clerk-Lucius E. Ladd.
1867.
Aldermen-Ward One, John Mulligan; Ward Two, Tim Henry ; Ward Three, H. N. Tinkham ; Ward Four, F. H. Harris ; Ward Five, Samuel W. Porter; Ward Six, Amos Call; Ward Seven, Rawson Hathaway ; Ward Eight, John Severson.
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