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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FROM FEB. 1, 1863, TO FEB. 1, 1864.
ALMSHOUSE EXPENSES. DR.
SUPPLIES BY E. T. FOGG.
11 lbs. tea, $ 10 16, 6 bbls. flour, $ 53 24, $ 63 40
5 gals. kerosene oil, $ 3 36, 54 gals. molasses, $ 25 73 29 09
¿ 1b. cream tartar 25 cts., crackers, $ 2 52, 3 07
1 gall. vinegar, 20 cts., 10 lbs. sugar, 1 50, . 1 70
41 lbs. dried apples, $ 3 27, 292 lbs. butter, $ 7 49, 10 76
16 lbs. salaratus, $ 1 60, 2 axes, 2 30, 3 90
Lantern and lamps, $ 1 65, 1 pr. boots, $ 2 62,
4 27
3 pr. shoes, $ 4 42, bag oats, $ 1 94, 6 36
Grass seed, 93 cts., 10 lbs. tobacco, $ 7 50, 8 43
13 lbs. cheese, $ 2 13, 2 bags salt, $ 2 90, 5 03
Garden seeds, 75 cts., spices, $ 3 09,
3 84
Crockery, $ 3 16, 1. oil, $ 1 07,
4 23
Medicines, matches, clothes pins, nails, starch and other sundries, 26 59
J. E. Cothell, dressing 2 hogs and cow, 3 50
Fish, clams, and lobsters, 13 05
Tin ware, $ 2 04; 1 bbl. plaster, $ 1 40,
3 44
2 23
Geo. Hunt, for bread, Hardware, 3 16
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
100 lbs. beef from Boston, $ 9 15
Sundries, 10 73
Chas. Cottle, 104 bu. meal,
100 62
9 bu. rye, 10 84
C. A. Litchfield, 1 cord pine wood,
5 00
David Torrey, for 13} cords hard wood,
67 50
Silas Pierce, 236 lbs. sugar,
28 32
66 20 lbs. box tobacco,
12 00
Soap of Torrey & Co., 9 20
10 00
Abel Sylvester, yarn, thread, cloth, &c.,
11 06
Peleg Curtis, for a cow, 19 00
E. Blanchard, 8 yds. blue flannel,
5 10
H. J. Curtis, 6 yds. cotton flannel,
2 28
J. Clapp, 16 lbs. pork,
2 00
Charles D. Bishop, repairing shoes,
4 50
Dr. Forbes, medical attendance,
21 25
Joseph Merritt 2d, blacksmithing,
9 53
Thomas Tollman, expressing,
87
Articles bought of Mellen Minot,
1 17
Mellen Minot, 2 mos. salary as almshouse keeper,
29 16
Barton R. Jacobs, 2 pigs,
19 89
Clothes wringer,
5 00
Two saws, 2 38
B. Jacobs, service of bull,
50
S. B. Merrett, repairs on pump,
62
Rachael Cushing, for milk,
3 44
Martin Cushing, ploughing
4 00
Dr. T. H. Dearing, medical attendance,
11 25
Anson Robbins, pasturing cow and whetting saws,
5 50
21 yds. cotton cloth, 5 25
Walter Foster 2d, pedlars' supplies, 4 86
Horatio N. Gardener, 1 horse, 50 00
Pierce and Brothers, blankets, 13 25
Peter Sylvester, one pig,
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Geo. Beaslee, 10 mos. srlary as almshouse keeper,
$166 67
J. E. Corthell, for fresh and salt meat,
47 03
Amount of goods on hand, Feb., 1863,
406 32
$ 1311 29
ARTICLES ON HAND IN ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1864.
CR.
Horse,
$50 00
Cow,
$19 00
$69 60
21 fowl,
10 00
3} tons hay,
63 00
73 00
1 ton fresh hay,
6 00
200 lbs. straw,
1 00
7 00
2 c'ds pine wood,
10 00
3 c'ds h'd wood,
18 00
28 00
¿ ton coal,
6 00
3} bush. beans,
12 00
18 00
40 bush. potatoes,
30 00
turnips, cab. &c.,
2 00
32 00
150 lbs. hams,
18 75
200 lbs, salt p'k, 25 00
43 75
200 lbs. salt beef,
20 00
1 barrel soap,
4 00
24 00
¿ bag salt,
10
2 qts. ker'sene oil,
30
40
1 peck rye meal,
37
2 qts. molasses,
30
67
20 lbs sugar,
2 50
¿ 1b. tea,
4.6
2 96
¿ barrel flour,
4 75
25 lbs. candles,
8 60
13 35
30 lbs. lard,
4 50
6 lbs. tobacco,
4 00
8 50
Snuff,
1 00
3 lbs dr'd apples,
30
1 30
Spices,
30
1 box soap,
3 87
4 17
2 brooms,
68
fish,
2 00
2 68
6 lbs. sausages,
72
1 pig,
16 00
16 72
$345 50
The horse credited to the Almshouse, February 1, 1863, has been killed, and should properly have been enumerated among expenses. Yet, on the other hand, there has been built by the subjects a farm wagon body, and also been cut by them some thirty cords of wood, which should really have passed to the
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Almshouse credit; so that the cost of board is not mate- rially affected thereby.
The Almshouse Keeper, in addition to his services as such, has done the duty of undertaker, liquor agent, and informer of birthis and deaths.
ARTICLES SOLD OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Cr.
2 bbls. coal and ¿ bu. beans to E. T. Fogg, $ 3 63
1110 lbs. hay to J. E. Corthell, 8 88
906 “ Saml. Tolman, Jr., 7 25
Meals to selectmen and. others,
16 75
Eggs,
10 78
Use of horse,
4 10
Potatoes,
3 50
Lard,
3 68
Soap grease,
4 00
Sundries,
11 79
Oat fodder to Seth Foster,
9 03
Hide,
5 27
Due for board of D. & J. Damon to Feb. 1,
27 00
Fowls, 7. 50
Articles on hand at almshouse, Feb. 1, 1864,
345 50
Board of 8 7-8 persons to Feb. 1, 1864, $1.82,3
842 63
$ 1,311 29
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
· SUPPLIES OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Marcia Witherell,
$ 26 00
Sarah Totman, 32 00
Nathaniel S. Sylvester, 18 02
Dr. Forbes, medical attendance on N. S. Sylvester, 14 75
Supplies to Mrs. Damon, 65 26
Dr. Fobes, medical attendance on Mrs. Damon, from May 1, 1861, to March 1, 1863, 48 50
Paid town of Hanover one-half funeral expenses of David Damon, 30 00
City of Boston, board of Julia Bowker to Oct. 1863, 7 00
Henry Bowker, . “ 3 38
66
Nancy Page, 66
20 00
Supplies to Hannah Totman,
28 00
Robert Lincoln, 18 20
William H. Stetson of Braintree, for board of Julia Bowker, . 5 00
Wood to Thomas Stoddard, 11 25
Ensign B. Damon, supplies to Abel Sylvester, 6 00
Town of Yarmouth, burial of Stephen Totman, 20 50
Town of Hanover, supplies to N. J. Stoddard, including Dr. Harlow's bill for medical attendance, 18 50
$ 372 36
In addition to the above supplies, the town of Braintree holds a bill against the town of about $ 25 for aid to Julia Bowker during her sickness, when too feeble to be removed; also, the · beard of John Woodard. As also the town of Taunton for sup- plies to family of Albert N. Clapp, amounting probably to $120.
We beg to make some explanation relative to the case of Mr. Clapp, as the supplies allowed him may, to many, seem
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
extravagant. He has a wife and two children. His wife, not more than thirty years of age, is, and has been for years, entirely helpless, not able to move a joint, or to be moved at all, without suffering the keenest pain. Her disease is chronic rheumatism. One child is also sick. Her husband is an excellent workman, and when allowed full time is able to maintain his family. Two of your Board of Overseers have a personal knowledge of the truth of these statements, and believe it would be absolutely in- human to attempt to remove them. The Chairman of the Board of Overseers of Taunton assures us we shall be charged with no expense but that absolutely necessary for the comfort of the family. . Mr. Clapp and wife are represented as excellent people.
SAMUEL TOLMAN, JR., Overseers of the Poor JOHN CLAPP, of the LIBA LITCHFIELD, Town of South Scituate.
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REPORT .
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
ALSO
Report of the Overseers of the Poor,
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
ALSO
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1865.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1865.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
ALSO
Report of the Overseers of the Poor, STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
ALSO
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1865.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 34 SCHOOL STREET. 1865.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION TO TOWN OFFICERS.
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Elisha Jacobs, services as School Committee, $ 28 25
James Southworth, 33 75 66
Franklin Jacobs, 66 (estimated,) 25 00
E. T. Fogg, recording births, marriages and deaths,
21 00
David B. Ford, as School Committee, 9 00
Samuel Tolman, Jr., services as Selectman, Assessor,
and Overseer of the Poor, including extra labor, preparing Valuation Records, 78 days, 117 00
John Clapp, for like services, 61 days, 91 50
Liba Litchfield, for like services, 75 days, 113 00
E. T. Fogg, estimated expenses as Treasurer, 75 00
$513 50
TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT.
Lights and setting, $ 3 26
Oil and Lamps, 5 73
$ 8 99
Received for use of Hall,
3 00
$ 5 99
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Joshua B. Bowker, blasting rock in 1863, on Grey's Hill, $2 50 Labor on Black Pond Road, by order of Selectmen, . 67 33 Daniel Damon, labor on Jacobs' mill-dam, and materials, 4 41
$74 24
The repairs on Mount Hope Road, referred to the Selectmen. by the Town, are nearly completed. The cost, estimated by Mr. Piam Jacobs, who has charge of it, is $150.
The road laid out to be widened by the County Commission- ers, on petition of Joseph Clapp, from the residence of C. H. Lapham to that of Elnathan Cushing, is in precisely the same condition as in February of last year. No orders to build have been received, but probably the expense thereof must be assumed the present year.
UNION BRIDGE.
The Town of Marshfield, as that of South Scituate, referred the matter of repairing to their Selectmen. After a thorough examination of the structure, and obtaining the opinions of those experienced in bridge building, the joint committee are fully satisfied, that nothing short of an entire new top is at all expedient. They were pleased to be convinced that the piles supporting the bridge need not be removed, but are yet of sufficient strength to wear out another top.
The first arch on South Scituate side to be filled with stones. The bridge will be built level from the two abutments, excepting, of course, the necessary elevation of the draw. The materials have been contracted for, and part thereof is ready for delivery. The whole will be ready as early as the work can properly be done. The estimated cost is $1200.
Cost to the town for repairs the present year, $8 46.
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HIGHWAY ACCOUNTS.
No. of District.
Removing Snow.
Highway Arrears.
Gravel.
Extra Labor.
1
1863, $27 01
2
23 94
3
$1 28
11 68
$4 65
4
13 66
2 60
5
50
11
6
09
7
11 47
8
9 19
9
6 13
21 71
7 65
10
41 59
3 50
11
1 59
3 00
12
15 40
4 00
13
8 00
14
7 55
15
6 18
16
17
18
1863,
7 50
$10 00
19
4 89
20
1863,
1 44
18 88
21
22
7 89
23
34 12
$9 35
$283 37
$25 40
$10 00
TAXES ABATED AND GIVEN UP.
Henry Damon, highway tax of 1862, worked, but not
credited by surveyor,
$1 23
N. W. Winslow,
2 00
Charles Foster,
2 00
Julia Clapp,
6 72
Briggs Sampson, tax of 1863,
2 00
Eben C. Waterman, tax of 1863,
2 00
Byan Begen,
2 00
J. Crosby, 66 66
2 00
John W. Damon,
66 66
3 57
Anson Prince,
66 66
2 00
Watson Repley,
66 66
2 00
.
5
Chas. H. Stoddard, tax of 1863,
$2 00
Thomas Stoddard, 66
4 19
Elijah Williams,
2 00
Geo. Whiting,
66
2 00
Briggs Sampson, 66 1864,
2 00
Byan Begen,
2 00
John H. Davis,
2 00
Charles H. Damon, 66
2 00
Joseph Harvey, 66
2 00
Oliver B. Prouty,
66 66
2 00
$49 71
RECRUITING SERVICES.
Samuel Tolman, Jr., 31 days' recruiting, $46 50
Fares to Boston, board, advertising, transpor- tation of recruits, and board of the same, 66 80
- $113 30
John Clapp, 48 days' recruiting,
72 00
Expense of transporting recruits to and from
Boston and Taunton, board of the same,
music, lectures, incidentals, &c., 292 93
364 93
Willard Torrey, one day with horse,
2 50
Seth H. Vinal, 11 days' recruiting,
16 50
Board, fares and incidentals,
20 97
37 47
Liba Litchfield, one day's labor and expenses to Boston, 3 07
E. T. Fogg, 4 days' work, 6 00
Transporting recruits to Boston and Taunton,
fares to Providence, board, &c., 16 25
22 25
$543 52
Balance of recruiting fund from State,
89 00
$454 52
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ACCOUNT WITH THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
APPORTIONMENT.
AMOUNT PAID.
AMOUNT DUE, Feb. 1, 1864.
No. 1. Appropriated for 1864,
$255 28
Due from 1863.
. .
18 53
Due for tuition of Ab-
ington scholars ....
14 40
$288 21
$178 54
$109 67
No. 2. Appropriated for 1864,
For Wood and fitting .... $ 18 39
$227 34 To Miss J. Sylvester ..
. .
110 00
Due from 1863.
6 85
$254 19
$128 39
$105 80
No. 3. Appropriated for 1864,
$245 12
For Wood and fitting ...
7 00
Miss H. C. Ellms. ...
..
115 50
Due from 1863. .
..
Due for tuition of
Hingham scholars ..
5 00
2 00 Mr. D. G. Thompson. .. .
31 50
$252 12
$154 00
$98 12
No. 4. Apportionment for 1864,
Overdrawn in 1863. 83
$198 24 Miss E. Stetson
$75 00
For Wood and fitting.
15 00
Mr. J. Richards
44 00
$198 24
$134 83
$63 41
No. 5. Apportionment for 1864,
$199 40
To Miss Carrie Ford .....
.108 90
i
Due from 1863
2 21
$201 61
$135 55
$66 06
No. 6. Apportionment for 1864,
To Miss A. C. Litchfield.$100 00
$194 32 For Wood and fitting ....
15 00
Due from 1863.
2 41
$196 73
$115 00
$81 73
No. 7. Apportionment for 1864,
$288 30
To Miss L. Barker.
49 50
To Miss E. Stoddard.
85 50
$291 96
$160 00
$131 96
No. 8. Apportionment for 1864,
Overdrawn in 1863 06
$168 92 To Miss H. B. Hart. $88 50
Wood and fitting.
18 40
$61 96
$168 92
$106 96
$718 71
For Wood and fitting ..
.$26 65
For Wood and fitting .. ... $25 00
Due from 1863 3 66
For Wood and fitting.
... $24 81
To Miss A. J. Gardner. ...
93 73
To Miss M. C. Tolman.
. . .
60 00
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LIST OF SOLDIERS
On the several Quotas of the Town of South Scituate, at the com- mencement of the Year 1864. Also, those since Enlisted, or Re-enlisted, or having Left the Service. Also, State Aid fur- nished their respective Families to February 1, 1865.
NAMES. NO. OF
REMARKS.
STATE AID.
Stephen Clapp,
18
$128 00
John Lewis,
Vet. Reserves,
21 33
David T. Robinson, 2d H. A.
104 00
Elisha F. Coleman, 1st H. A.
64 00
Albert Sawyer,
3d R. I. H. A.
88 00
Edward Southwick, 1st U. S. Col'd, First Lieutenant.
Charles Leroy, 39
144 00
Timothy Chapman, 39
104 00
John Prouty, 39
62 00
William Prouty, 39
138 28
Isaac Prouty, 39
144 00
Joseph Simmons, 39
Died March, 1864,
144 00
Charles Young, 39
144 00
Henry A. Farrar,
18
Re-enlisted March, 1864,
52 00
Alpheus Thomas, 39
104 00
John W. Pennaman, 39
104 00
John Corthell,
39
104 00
William O. Thomas,
39
144 00
Ensign B. Damon,
2d H. A.
112 00
Lemuel Freeman,
58
Killed before Petersburg,
52 00
Lorenzo Bates, 39
Clifton H. Vose,
58
Died in rebel prison.
Charles N. Gardner, 18
Re-enlisted March, 1864.
George F. Stetson, 18
83 00
Addison F. Nichols, 58 Killed in battle, 32 00
Henry R. Farrar,
3d R. I. H. A.
Orlando C. Prouty, 18 Re-enlisted March, 1864.
Elisha Lapham, 16th Unattached Co.
REG.
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NAMES. NO. OF REG.
REMARKS.
STATE AID.
John W. Damon, 2d H. A.
144 00
James L. Hunt, 35
144 00
Henry A. Torrey,
Vet. Reserves,
60 00
Joseph B. Bowker,
18
Re-enlisted March, 1864.
Since
Joseph B. Goodrich, 18
Caleb N. Clapp, 39
Discharged for wound Jan. 1865, 96 00
Daniel R. Ewell, 39
Lorenzo T. Gardner,
3d R. I. H. A.
Bezra W. Drake,
2d H. A. Died in rebel prison, 52 00
104 00
James Thompson, 5th Cav.
144 00
Richard S. Winslow, 54
144 00
Warren F. Freeman, 54
104 00
Benjamin F. Lee, 54
104 00
Henry T. Winslow, 54
104 00
William H. Freeman, 54
Elbridge Sawyer, - R. I. H. A.
David Robinson, Frank Dyar,
2d H. A. Died in rebel prison.
3d Unattached Co. 21 33
Frank Bowker,
21 33
Charles Foster, 66
21 33
George Curtis,
44 00
William E. Potter,
66
William F. Brown,
12th 66
42 68
Eisha Coleman, 2d H. A.
17 12
George A. Goodrich,
3d Unattached Co.
60 00
Joshua Crosby, Jr., 66
66
42 68
Thomas Wilson,
4th Cav.
Ira Sandborne,
1st Reg. H. A.,
58 00
William C. Litchfield, 1st H. A.
John Harrison,
J. W. Chamberlain,
66
23 33
Lloy G. Henderson,
Discharged, 32 24
Henry Kimball,
16th Unattached Co.
Joshua S. Damon,
Charles H. Twist,
1 st Cav.
Died at Newbern, 60 00
discharged, 108 00
Term of service expired, 30 00
Charles M. Leavitt,
2d Cav.
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NAMES.
NO. OF
REG.
REMARKS. STATE AID.
William B. Wilton,
Ist Cav.
William Carey, Navy, Substitute for Charles Tolman, 60 00
Charles H. Hawley, 35
Daniel B. Gerrish,
Vet. Reserves.
James Stewart, 3d H. A.
Andrew S. Inman 15
William A. Howard, 2
Patrick Conners,
13th Light Battery.
Thomas Mee,
120 00
Patrick Riverdon,
2d Cav.
Charles Farrell,
28
Paolin Micklinicke, 28
John Cooper, 28
Henry T. Wentworth, 2d Cav.
George A. Wentworth, "
75 00
George O. Fairbanks, 24th Unattached Co.
R. G. Knight, Cav., frontier service.
A. H. Decatur,
66
F. A. Newhall,
66
66
Octave Paris, 19
William H. Marshall,
av., frontier service,
Alix Herbert, 66
66
E. Hurley,
Michael Gleason,
66
James Powell,
Joseph Ring,
Navy.
Thomas Colbert,
Patrick Murphy,
18
45 00
1st Cav. Discharged, 144 00
Vet. Reserves.
104 00
Samuel A. Henderson, 18
Term of service expired, 84 00
Albert Winslow, " 58 Discharged for disability, 16 00
Riley E. Jenkins,
14th H. A. 91 00
James Patterson,
2d Cav. Discharged, 140 00
George W. Jackman, 18 Re-enlisted March, 1864, 91 00
Navy, Substitute for H. J. Stockbridge, 60 00
Jeremiah Grady, 2
Substitute for John Clapp.
Substitute for J. F. Otis
James W. Warner,
George B. Hayden,
Patrick Monahan,
66
66
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NAMES.
NO. OF REG.
REMARKS.
STATE AID.
John W. Walls,
Contraband.
William Turner,
John Cazneau,
Navy.
Frederick H. Curtis,
Henry Litchfield,
George H. Merritt,
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Robert J. Talbot,
William H. Childs,
Charles H. Garlic,
Nathaniel Gardner,
Daniel Gurtland,
Charles Gayton,
Gough Bartholomew,
Patrick Henley, .6
Cephas Hepworth,
James Hopkinson,
William H. Wood,
Charles H. Hoyt, 66
Charles W. Holmes,
Charles Ingalls, 66
John D. Iverson, 66
William Jenkins, 66
Nathan Hopkins,
$4,854 65
The quotas of the Town of South Scituate under the calls of February 1, March 14, and July 18, 1864, were 85. The call for December to which no quotas have been assigned, inasmuch as the quota of the Commonwealth was full, was, by estimation as compared with previous calls, 21, making a total of 106. The Town has actually furnished by enlistments, naval credits, and Southern recruits 107, leaving a surplus of one man.
The Selectmen deposited with the State Treasurer $1125 to be cancelled by Southern recruits, of which two have been furnished, leaving a balance in the Treasury of $875, which we have encouragements will be absorbed at $125 per recruit.
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We would remark that we have ascertained from good authority that another call for men will soon be made, and respectfully suggest the propriety of preparing therefor by constantly adding to the Town's credits.
Town aid furnished Soldiers' Families for the year ending February 1, 1865.
Ensign B. Damon,
$32 00
Mary B. Farrar,
92 00
Charles Foster,
12 00
$136 00
List of Jurors for the acceptance or revision of the Town.
Sylvanus Clapp,
Joseph Merritt, 2d.,
George K. Cushing,
Charles A. Litchfield,
William T. Lapham,
Horace Griggs,
Simeon Damon,
John K. Nash,
Nathaniel Ellms, Jr.,
William B. Pratt,
Philip Foster,
Josiah Stoddard,
John W. Pennaman,
Peleg Curtis,
Benjamin W. Jacobs,
Joseph T. Litchfield,
Joseph Clapp,
Thomas H. Gardner,
Paul D. Briggs,
Charles Stockbridge,
Charles H. Farrar, James T. Tolman,
Washington Lincoln,
Samuel O. Stetson,
Joseph S. Clapp,
Frank Jacob-, Seth H. Vinal.
Dexter M. Willcott,
William Prouty,
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Cost of cistern for almshouse, $62 38
J. M. Hews, printing school reports, 26 25
James L. Merritt, two certificates of births, 1 60
H. J. Curtis, two buckets for well near N. Morse's, 2 00
A. Mudge and Son, printing town reports, 41 63
Taggard & Thompson for school books, 33 36
Samuel Waters, repairs on hearse, 7 50
E. T. Fogg, postage, paper, envelopes, &c., 6 81
W. F. Brown & Co., printing eighty'voting lists, 14 75
Jos. T. Sprague, painting and repairing hearse, 16 25
John Clapp, expenses to Taunton on account of family of A. N. Clapp, 5 00
Samuel Tolman, Jr., wagon to Bridgewater and Braintree, 1 12
Geo. H. Torry, clothing for almshouse, 1863,
17 17
Drawn for bounties to recruits,
6,982 00
$7.217 82
Orders on the Treasurer for Drilling in 1861, as by vote of the Town.
Names.
Days.
Amounts.
J. E. Stoddard,
17
$17 00
Orlando C. Prouty,
21
21 00
Edward Dover,
20 20 00
Geo. B. Hayden,
20
20 00
Samuel A. Henderson,
4
4 00
William J. Whitcome,
18
18 00
Gustavus Jacobs,
25
25 00
E. W. Lapham,
8
8 00
II. A. Torrey,
50
Caleb N. Clapp,
21
21 00
Stephen Clapp,
20
20 00
$174 50
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LIQUOR AGENCY.
Liquors on hand, Feb. 1, 1864,
$ 23 24
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1864,
15 32
Liquors purchased to Feb. 1, 1865, Licence,
24 29
$375 93
Liquors sold to Feb. 1, 1865,
$334 86
Liquors on hand to Feb. 1, 1865,
42 10
Balance in favor of Agency,
$1 03
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES.
Date.
Names.
Residence.
Birthplace.
Occupation.
Jan. 24, 1864,
Francis W. Dana, Olive L. Neal,
South Scituate,
Brighton, Portsmouth, N. H.,
Gentleman.
April 12,
Samuel A. Turner, Phœbe L. Humphrey,
66
66
South Scituate, No. Yarmouth, Me.,
Farmer.
July 31,
George Studley, Mary A. Shipley,
66
66
Hanover, Quincy,
Shoemaker.
July 17,
Alfred Winslow, Mary L. Sylvester,
66
South Scituate,
Shoemaker.
Sept. 4,
66
Elisha A. Jacobs, Emma S. T. Cushing,
Washington, D. C., South Scituate,
Boston, South Scituate,
Clerk.
Nov. 17,
Foster Merritt, Lucy M. Litchfield,
Scituate, Roxbury,
Scituate, Roxbury,
Carpenter.
Jan. 1, 1865,
Alfred B. Litchfield, Emily Tirrell,
South Scituate,
South Scituate, Boston,
Shoemaker.
313 10
$376 96
14
DEATHS.
Age.
Date.
Names.
Yrs.
Mos.
| Dys.
Jan. 8, 1864, "
29,
Maria Crosby,
21
Feb. 5,
Lydia Whiting,
85
5, "
Sally Foster,
77
South Scituate.
24,
Ellen Stetson,
33
Mar. 3,
3,
6,
Lydia Stetson,
81
Marshfield.
66
15,
Aleathea Freeman,
8
South Scituate.
30, 66
Heman Stoddard,
72
Hanover.
April 15,
"
Homer Bowker,
South Scituate.
29.
Annie E. Jenkins,
1
8
17 17
May 9, .
Mary C. Jenkins,
4
7
Hanover.
Consumption.
17,
Sally Randall,
83
South Scituate.
18,
28,
James Collier,
70
Scituate.
June 5,
Abbie C. Hatch,
21
Marshfield.
66
6,
66
Baliley Jenkins,
85
South Scituate.
Consumption. Old Age.
66
16.
Henrietta Stoddard,
24
Hingham.
Consumption.
66
21, 6
William H. Sprague,
6
21
South Scituate.
Dropsy on Brain.
Joseph E. Corlew,
8
9
Consumption. Shot.
July 1, 66
1,
Lemuel Freeman, - Barker,
35
7
South Scituate.
From Wounds.
6,
Sarah L. Nash,
2
66
Old Age.
Aug. 2,
2,
14,
Relief Foster,
65
Cancer.
66
17. "8 ,
Anna G. Sawier, Albion Damon,
2
10
66 66
60
10,
1
2
5
20,
66
10
9
66 23,
26,
Nahum H. Stetson,
2
5
Dysentery.
27,
Abel Sylvester,
4
11
Dysentery.
Oct.
1,
Celia Gundaway,
33
Stoughton. South Scituate.
In hospital, Diphtheria.
66
20,
Triphena Bowker,
74
66
66
21,
Joshua S. Damon,
43
Nov. 1
1,
1.
Relief Cushing,
9
8
59
Typhoid Fever.
66
19,
66
Helen A. Cole,
48
6
13
Typhoid Fever.
66
29,
Deborah F. Sawyer,
41
Dec.
1,
John B. Wilder,
82
Sally J. Cole,
72
Scitnate,
Old Age. Chronic Rheumatism
- Cozman,
5
66
Joseph Corlew,
83
6
46
66
Dysentery. Consumption.
Sept. 66
9,
66
Rufus C. Bowker,
2
Julia Stetson, James S. Lee,
21
Diphtheria. Consumption. Diphtheria.
27, ,
Sarah L. Sanborn,
80
Old Age.
28,
Martha S. Prouty,
87
Old Age. Consumption.
66
12,
Anna J. Gundaway, Walter Foster, 2d, Mary L. Stetson,
14
Old Age. Yellow Fever.
Desire Williamson,
27
Fits.
- Williamson,
3
72
Consumption. Diphtheria.
9,
Penelope Clapp,
8
Diphtheria.
26,
29,
Mary E. Gardner,
15
Diphtheria.
22
Consumption. Shot.
8,
Sally Foster,
Birthplace.
Disease.
Lois Sampson,
64
Marshfield.
Consumption. Fits. Old Age.
Joseph Simmons,
35
Consumption. Diarrhea. Old Age. Scrofulous Humor.
16,
Eliza Southworth,
34
Mary Stockbridge,
43
Insane. Congestion of Spine.
7,
Joseph R. Tolman,
76
24.
Sidney Gardner,
21
66
15,
66
31,
Clarieda M. Crosby,
Margaret Thayer,
2
6
Dysentery.
Mary L. Clapp,
13
66
5,
41
8,
4.
66
Lizzie A. Cole,
Scituate. South Scituate. 66
Lucy Damon,
2
46
5
66
..
South Scituate. Hingham.
Cancer. Dropsy.
Diphtheria.
Old Age. Tumor.
15
RECAPITULATION OF EXPENSES.
Compensation to town officers,
$513 50
Miscellaneous expenses,
7,217 82
Recruiting expenses,
454 52
Taxes abated and given up,
49 71
Removing snow,
9 35
Highway arrears,
283 37
Gravel,
25 40
Extra labor,
10 00
Roads and bridges,
74 24
For drilling in 1861,
174 50
State aid furnished soldiers' families,
4,854 65
Repairs on Union Bridge,
8 46
Amount paid the several school districts,
1,113 27
Expenses of poor in almshouse,
981 83
Expenses of poor out of almshouse,
367 44
State tax,
2,664 00
County tax,
921 67
Scituate tax,
9 63
Discount for prompt payment of taxes,
219 75
Town aid to soldiers' families,
136 00
$20,089 11
FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE TOWN.
Town of South Scituate,
Dr.
Note in favor of Lucy Turner,
$516 00
:6 66 Daniel Otis,
1,000 00
Susanna Turner,
200 00
66 Joseph T. Litchfield, 425 00
Methodist Episcopal Church, 200 00
66 South Scituate Savings Bank, 6,550 00
Note in favor of William Hatch,
$500 00
Robert V. C. Turner,
200 00
Sally Wise, 775 00
66 Richard P. Briggs,
300 00
66
Walter Foster, Ex.,
850 00
Nathaniel Turner,
150 00
66
Charles W. Sylvester,
450 00
Michael Ford,
900 00
66
Harvey T. Sylvester,
200 00
66
Walter Foster and E. T. Fogg, trustees, 2,325 00
66
Ebenezer Stetson,
100 00
66
66
Anson Robbins,
200 00
66
Ira B. Sandborne,
300 00
66
Walter Foster,
150 00
66
66
Israel Nash,
1,500 00
Interest due to February, 1865,
415 01
Amount due almshouse keeper,
155 85
several school districts,
718 71
Estimated amount due treasurer and collector,
75 00
$19,155 57
Cr
Cash in hands of treasurer,
235 76
Outstanding taxes,
1,013 91
Due from Commonwealth for State aid,
4,854 65
Highway arrears due the town,
259 14
Cash in State treasury,
875 00
7,238 46
Balance against the town,
11,917 11
$19,155 57
17
ESTIMATED EXPENSES OF THE TOWN FOR 1865.
Schools,
$1700 00
Poor,
1800 00
Town Officers,
550 00
Interest on notes,
1100 00
Roads and bridges,
1150 00
Removing snow,
300 00
Estimated State tax,
3500 00
County tax,
1000 00
$11,100 00
REPORT ON GUIDEBOARDS.
The Selectmen would respectfully represent that Guideboards should be erected at each end of Halifax tongue road; also repaired at the corner near the residence of Perez Turner.
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