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38
14
20
41
9
55
46
30
704
Average number of scholars,
48
35
69
49
44
35
39
8
16
15
42
37
12
19
36
8
46
44
28
603
Average attendance,
43
30
57
44
38.5
29
37
6
15.75
13
38 35.2| 10.9| 18.5 29.7
7.2
41.7
40
25.7
560.15
Percentage of attendance,
90
86 82.5
89
87
83
95
75
90 86.6 86.6
738 2300 1782 599 1019 1870
368
2046 1954
1340 32,200.5
Absence in days,
372| 350
638
311
305
750
381
56
56.5
62 105| 81:5
68
41
463
48
238.5 71.5
100
. 4506
Number of times late,
4
42
11 .
13
8
1
4
1
20
4
2
4
19
80
4
7
2
9
274
Number of scholars not late,
35.
41
49
42
42
37
42
4
15
6
41
36
11
12
11
6
50
44
21
545
Number not absent,
8
1
3
8
1
4
4
3
5
12
18
1
12
4
2
6
21
11
124
Number not late or absent,
1
1
3
7
1
4
4
3
2
12
16
1
12
2
2
4
21
8
111
Number over 15,
12
3
4
11
1
1
1
1
12
2
52
Number under 5,
21
56
29
11
21
16
28
7
40
22
54
55
11
16
12
15
86
50
22
572
30
28
42
59
34
38
29
9
10
12
15
10
1
6
44
14
36
18
430
No. who have not whispered
₺
*
*
5
*
*
*
1
38
13
2
28
12
45
8
131
Yes.
No.
Yes:
Yes:
Yes.
Yes:
No.| No.
Yes.
No. Yes. Yes.
No.
No. No. No.
Yes. Yes.
No.
Number of instances of corporal punishment, S
**
*
*
4
5
1
2
*
1
4
24
65th 11th 4th.
23d.
8th.
19th.
82d. 16th
1 st.
1 st.
6th.
9th.
2d.
4th. 10th
2d.
2d.
5th.
4th.
Teachers' wages per month, $21| $46 $20/
$20
$20
$20
$45 $18
$30
$18| $24| $50 $20| $20 $22| $15
$22 |$50
$20
$501
*Not reported.
₪
*
2
4
1
1
Whole No. of visitors .ex- clusive of School Com.
S
27 1
.
2344 2045
1529|3714
223
661.5
96 90.7 97.5 82.5
90
90.6 90.9
91:7 av'ge88.9
Whole attendance in days,
2768 1879 3021
8
Number of dismissals;
Is singing practiced ?
*
Term of teaching,
1
TABLE 4.
SUMMER SCHOOLS.
WINTER SCHOOLS.
DISTRICTS.
PRUDENTIAL COM.
TEACHERS.
RESIDENCE.
TEACHERS.
RESIDENCE:
No. 1-Ferry,
S Primary, Grammar, ( 1 st Primary
Hiram Foote,
F. Savage,
Boxford,
F. Savage,
Boxford.
M. E. Caldwell,
Amesbury,
M. E. Caldwell,
Amesbury.
| 2d Primary,
H. L. Huntington,
Amesbury,
H. L. Huntington,.
Amesbury ..
No. 2-Mills, { 3d Primary, J. T. Clarkson,
M. L. Dowdell,
Amesbury,
M. L. Dowdell,
Amesbury.
| Intermed., ( Grammar,
James H. Davis,
Amesbury,
Eunice E. Hurd, James H. Davis,
Amesbury.
No. 3-Lion's Mouth,
John B. Barnard,
Hannah M. White,
Amesbury,
J. Bartlett Gregg,
Cambridge.
No. 4-Pleasant Valley,
S. E. W. Sargent,
Amesbury.
No. 5-Pond Hills,
Davis Mason,
Mary C. Davis, Helen J. Taylor,
Amesbury,
Helen J. Taylor,
Amesbury.
No. 6-River,
S Primary, Grammar,
Addison A. Sawyer, Jacob S. Fullington, James W. Tarlton, John P. Sargent. Benjamin H. Battis,
E. Bentley Young, Mary S. Smiley, M. Louise George,
Haverhill,
E. Bentley Young,. Mary S. Smiley, M. Louise George, Lucinda F. Johnson,
Haverhill. Sutton, N. H.
No. 8-Birch Meadow,
Sutton, N. H.
South Hampton, N.H. Sophie S. Palmer,
South Hampton, N.H.
No. 10-Pond,
Amesbury.
Harvard,
Bangor, Me.
Plaistow, N. H.
Sarah A. Smiley, Edward C. Ingersoll, Katie D, Gove,
Bangor, Me.
Seabrook, N. H.
Mary E. Martin,
Amesbury,
Mary E. Martin,
Amesbury.
Lempster, N. H.
Eunice E. Hurd,
Lempster, N. H.
South Hampton, N.H. Hannah M. White,.
South Hampton, N.H.
William E. Worthen, Hattie A. Martin,
Gloucester,
Amesbury,
Amesbury.
No. 7-Highlands,
Amesbury,
Amesbury.
No. 9-Bear Hill,
Lucinda F. Johnson, Addie C. Jewell, Lizzie P. Searle, Edward C. Ingersoll, Lois A. Carleton,
No. 11-Corner, Primary, John J. England, Grammar No. 12-Landing, George Goodwin,
ET
STATEMENT OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE
TOWN OF AMESBURY,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 1, 1865.
22
DR.
E. M. MORSE, TREASURER & COLLECTOR
1864. Balance due from 1863, $1,423 75 1,000 00
April 26, To cash hired of David Batchelder, 66 " ". Jacob Huntington,
300 00
March, " Received of the town of Andover for board of Moor and children, 100 50
66
hired of Jonathan Pressy,
500 00
66 66 " of Wm. J. Boardman,
300 00.
May 3,
2,000 00
7,
66 " of Powow River Bank, 66. 6 6. " of do do do
2,875 00
26, 66 66 ' of S. & A. Savings Institution,
1,000 00
66 66 " of Christopher Bassett,
50 00
28, 66 66 " of Samuel Thompson, 66. of John P. Sargent,
500 00.
500 00
June 1,
66
" of Elwin B. Colby,
1,200 00.
July 5,
66 " of do do
do
2,000 00.
11,
66 66
' of Nancy Morse, " of Samuel Thompson,
900 00
Aug. 1, 66
66
" hired of Powow River Bank,
2,000 00
29,
66 do of Alfred H. Dennett,
300 00.
26,
66 do of Powow River Bank,
2,500 00.
66 66 do of Jacob C. Merrill,
100 00
Oct. 8,
6 do of S. & A. Savings Institution, 3,000 00
250 00:
Nov. 22, 66
'hired of Herman Rogers,
600 00
25, 66
66 Philip Jones,
300 00
66
" Received of State Treas. for State aid, 7,800 00
500 00
25, 66
Alvin W. Martin,
384 00
1865 Jan. 2, " 66 66 John Mason,
66 66 66 Powow River Bank,
4,500 00.
5,“ 66 66 1st National Bank, Newburyport, 2,500 00.
13," 66 66
Ephraim B. Smith, 400 00
66 66 66 David Challis, 200 00
23," 66 6 S. & A. Savings Institution, 3,000 00
28, "
Rec'd of State for tax on Corporations, 1,458 73. 66
66
66 of Town Clerk for dog licenses, 9 90
66 " for Circus and Menagerie license, 20 00
To State, County and Town taxes with overlayings 17,932 36 and additions since cast, committed for collection, To cash received of W. F. Vining, collector for 1861, 1 37
$64,601 27
28,
66 " of S. & A. Savings Institution,
120 00.
19, 66.
66.
" Received of Circus Co. for license, 15 00
from State School Fund,
170 66
15,
" Received of State Treasurer,
Dec. 1,
" hired of Stephen J. Eaton,
500 00.
1,300 00
66 66 of Frederick A. Sargent,
90 00
23
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF AMESBURY, CR. I864
Dec. 1. By Four thousand two hundred seventy-two
dollars paid H. K. Oliver for State Tax, $4,272 00
8, By one thousand seven hundred seventy-six
dollars paid Allen W. Dodge for County tax, 1,176 80
By discount on taxes for 1864, 820 93
By Selectmen's orders from No. 1, to 311, 57,278 18
66 Interest paid Powow River Bank,
March 3rd, 1864, 31 00
%% Cash and uncollected taxes, 422 36
$64,601 27
24
TOWN VALUATION.
East End, $879,561; West End, $499,955; Non-Residents, $102,065 ; Total, $1,481,581. Number of Polls, 1,031. Tax on each Poll, $2,00. Rate of taxation, $10,60 on $1,000.
EXPENDITURES ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
Amount of money raised as per vote of the Town,
$3000 00 170 66
received from the State School Fund,
$3,170 66
Deducted to be apportioned between the four Grammar Schools in Districts Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 11,
500 00
$2,670 66
Deduct, to be apportioned by School Committee,
200 00
$2,470 66
By a vote of the Town the Selectmen have apportioned the $2,470.66 as fol- lows, viz : One half equally among the 19 schools in town. To District No. 1, two schools; to District No. 2, five schools ; to District No. 6, two schools ; to District No. 11, two schools ; and the remaining eight Districts, one school each. And the other half according to the number of scholars in each District between the ages of five and fifteen years, as ascertained by the assessors the present year.
TABULAR STATEMENT.
| No. of Dist.
of
Number of
Amount ap-
portioned
by the
Selectmen.
Amount ap-
portioned
by School
Committee.
Balance due
last year.
Total.
Amount
drawn.
Balance
due.
1 Ferry,
107
$426 89
$22 00
$ 20 21
$469 10
$467 38
$1 72
2|Mills,
320
963 97
113 48
1077 45
3 L. Mouth,
10
81 11
7 00
1 77
89 88
87 85
2 03
4 P. Valley,
20
97 17
18 00
115 17
123 70
5 Pond Hills,
15
89 15
21 00
1 70
111 85
110 00
1 85
6|River,
73
372 27
40 00
10 10
422 37
269 00
153 37
7 Highlands,
17
92 35
18 00
*
109 34
8 B. Meadow,
22
100 38
15 00
7 14
122 52
110 75
11 77
9|Bear Hill,
46
138 93
10 00
148 93
147 58
1 35
10 Pond,
10
1 16
7 00
88 16
88 16
11 Corner,
102
418 86
27 00
. 00
446 86
12 Landing,
27
108 42
15 00
01
123 43
123 00
43
769 $2970 66
$200 00
$155 41 $3325 06 $1527 42 $ 172 52
*Overdrawn $8,53
#Overdrawn last year $1,01.1
Name
District.
scholars.
25
ORDERS DRAWN BY THE SELECTMEN.
Paid L. Thompson, school committee for 1863,
$ 51 00
I. D. P. Balch, highway district No. 1, 1863, 1 50
D. Batchelder, postage stamps, 2 00
Mary L. Wadleigh, interest on note for 1863,
10 00
James H. Davis, teaching in District No. 2, 1863, 106 00
City of Charlestown for supplies to Abiah Ann Badger, 1863,
10 00
Charles Rowell, drain tile for highway district No. 15,
4 30
J. C. Martin for supplies at almshouse,
142 61
do do note and interest, 105 00
Olive Mckay for board of Mrs. Mears and child of Andover,
63 00
Aaron Sawyer's bill for goods delivered Mrs. Mears,
10 00
J. C. Martin's bill for wood
5 00
Mrs. Kendrick's bill for washing for
8 00
Dr. H. S. Dearborn for medical attendance on Mrs. Mears, 1863,
14 50
City of Newburyport for supplies to widow N. Sargent, A. Forbush, John Hubbard, children of L. Foot and Edward S. Moody, '63, George T. Davis for supplies to Olive Mckay for 1863,
52 00
Joseph Merrill, making soldiers' record,
4 28
W. H. B. Currier for printing in 1863,
110 25
Moses Stevens, repairs on Pressey bridge,
406 00
do do do do West end,
299 00
David Chase, interest on note,
40 00
W. F. M. Huntington for supplies at almshouse,
85 13
James W. Briggs do do do
19 35
Additional State aid for East end,
12 00
Mary Ann Sargent, interest for 1863,
7 50
Sally Sargent, do do
15 00
A. A. Sawyer for supplies to Joseph Currier,
15 56
State Lunatic Hospital for Mrs. Mann and C. Davis, (1863)
227 86
Isaac B. Little, snow paths $2,13, police services $1,50, do
3 63
David Bagley, paid on note,
200 00
Powow River Bank, interest on note,
31 00
Jacob Rowell, repairs on highway,
116 92
I. D. P. Balch, repairs on highway, Dist. No. 12, $170,98 ; (caused by freshet) Dist. No.3, $100,
270 98
Jacob Rowell, repairs on bridges in District No. 15,
15 7
J. C. Farnsworth, repairs on highway, District No. 11,
30 67
J. Carter, payment of poll taxes for Engine Co. No. 1-Ferry,
44 00
J. B. Knight, meal for almshouse,
21 75
Powow River Bank, interest,
88 59
D. L. Bartlett for school books,
2 35
State aid, East end of town,
344 00
do do West do do
275 14
Bounty paid for 23 men, per vote of the town,
2875 00
Christopher Bassett, interest on note,
47 50
Paid for men to fill the quota, per vote of the town,
2100 00
Edward Rowell, interest on note,
50 00
Nathan Huse, repairs in highway district No. 12,
50 00
Jacob Rowell, interest on note,
245 49
William H. Currier, note and interest,
13
S. G. Bazin for supplies to Hannah Merrill,
50
Mary Ann Sargent, interest on note,
25
Willis Currier, bill for small pox case,
31 75
George Adams, repairs in highway district No. 10,
49 12
Samuel Thompson, interest on note,
30
Powow River Bank, do do
20
140 03
30 75
Selectmen of 1863 for interest to pay soldiers' bounty,
125 94
State aid paid to families of volunteers, East end,
66
Joshua Currier, interest on note,
100 00
1
26
State aid paid families of volunteers, East end, 342 00
do do do do West end, 268
80
Calvin L. Johnson for poll taxes paid to Engine Co. No. 4, do do for repairs, oil, &c.,
10
John Rowell, abatement of tax for 1863,
3 39
Wm. C. Binney for purchasing volunteers, 2000
Joseph Merrill for recording marriages, births, deaths, &c., 61 62
45
Jacob Rowell, repairs of highway in District No. 15, do do extra for embankment do do
28 83
Gould, Sargent and Chase, committee of burial ground, West end,
300
H. Woodward, Treasurer State Lunatic Hospital, for board of Mrs. Mann and Miss Davis, 168 34
David Batchelder for postage stamps, 2
William C. Binney for purchasing volunteers,
500
David Chase, note and interest, 811 67
135
Lizzie P. Searle, do do do
63
Calvin Sargent, repairs of highway in District No. 14,
25 42
Helen J. Taylor, teaching in District No. 6,
60
Nelson S. Hoit, interest on note,
15 90
J. D. Cross for board of W. Rand at County asylum,
38 32
Hattie C. Martin, teaching in District No. 4,
45
Davis Mason, extra repairs in No. 5 highway district,
10
Eunice Hurd, teaching in District No. 2.
75
Mary C. Davis, do do No. 5,
54
George Adams, bridges and railing in No. 10 district, do do for railing bought of N. Boyd,
22 90
W. F. M, Huntington, repairs in highway district No. 3, 62 28
do do removing ice left by freshet in District No. 3, 12 75
H. L. Huntington, teaching in District No. 2,
75
Enoch Currier, land rent, store for recruiting, &c.'&c.,
26 58
Maria L. Dowdell, teaching in District No. 2,
75
Mary E. Caldwell, do do
75
J. H. Davis, teaching in District No. 2,
164 25
James Pressey, repairs in highway district No. 8,
47 92
H. K. Oliver, State Treasurer, cash deposited for recruits,
1500
Addie C. Jewell, teaching in District No. 10,
45
Sawyer Currier, repairs in highway district No. 13,
18 83
do do repairs on bridges,
9
State aid to families of volunteers, East end,
399 11
Edward B. Young, teaching in District No. 6,
120
Mary E. Martin, do do No. 1,
73 50
F. Savage, do do do
138
State aid to families of volunteers, West end,
304
Williams & Bassett for recruits on account,
500
Edwin H. Merrill for repairs on Merrimack Engine No. 1,
4 48
Williams & Bassett, on account of recruits,
750
J. D. Cross for board of W. Rand, A. Williams and S. C. Gordon, J. Swett, lumber for almshouse, 14 44
Samuel Wadleigh for labor at almshouse, 5
Williams Allen & Son, nails, trimmings, &c., for almshouse, 4 19
David L. Balch for repairs in highway district No. 1, 93 53
Frederick A. Sargent, note and interest, 506 95
53
Patrick Nalty, interest on note, 7 50
Nathan Huse, repairs in highway district No. 12, do do do on bridges and railing,
55
12
Powow River Bank, two notes paid, 4000
27 50
Hiram Walker, interest on note, do
46 16
Edward C. Ingersoll, teaching in District No. 11,
92 45
City of Newburyport for case of small pox,
M. Louise George, teaching in District No. 8,
127 07
27
Town Treasurer for interest on Bonds, Samuel Thompson, interest on note, Sally A. Buzzell, paid on note,
500 00 9 50
Lucinda F. Johnson, teaching in District No. 9,
66
Lois. A. Carleton, do do No. 12,
65
Powow River Bank, interest on note,
41
Richard W. Sargent's heirs, interest on note,
13 25
Recruit Bounty to George Taylor, James B. Lord, William W. Smart, Samuel M. Prescott, Frank I. Snell, Matthew Barry, James A. Garland, Charles E. Stone, John B. Smith, Sylvanus M. Hall, George Bocock, George W. Clark, John J. Dunn, John S. Man- ley and Henry Haines,-$125 each,
1875
Charles H. Nichols, repairs in highway district No. 7,
92 39
Recruit Bounty to Lysander Wyman, Richard Robinson, Geo. Firth, Jacob C. Merrill, William Hunt, James Warner, Fuller & John- son, Edward Cartier and Anthony F. Cogger,-$125 each, State aid to families of volunteers, East end,
1125
do do do West end,
272
38
Ebenezer Tucker for railroad tickets for recruits,
118
George T. Davis, supplies to Olive Mckay, $26; M. Burke, $5; Mary Morrill, interest on note two years,
40
George T. Wiggin, teaching in District No. 1,
24
John B. Barnard, interest on note,
21 25
Solomon Littlefield, coal for almshouse,
96
Samuel G. Bazin, supplies to H. Merrill,
State aid to families of volunteers, East end,
do do do West end,
W. F. M. Huntington, supplies to Morrill Hoit,
dó do do repairs in highway district No. 1,
11 09
do do do do on bridge at Goodwin's creek,
52 50
Hannah M. White, teaching in District No. 3,
81
John B. Barnard, wood for school district No. 3,
6 85
T. Hobson, plank for highway district No. 2, $17,24; labor $3; Nathan Huse for repairs in highway district No. 12,
50
George Currier for brick barrel drain in District No. 15,
100
Offin Boardman, committee on hearses,
900
John O. Currier for recruiting services, as town committee,
70
I. Gunnison for board of recruits, and horse hire.
5 65
Edward Allen, use of hall for recruiting,
6
William Lunt, sexton services,
4
State aid to families of volunteers, East end,
533 10
do do do West end,
246
Stephen Woodman, one pair of cattle for town farm,
180
N. S. Marsh for board of H. M. Gale,
16 25
James Pressey for labor in highway district No. 8,
16 17
Mary S. Smiley, teaching in District No. 7,
50
Calvin L. Johnson, repairs on Engine No. 4,
15 50
T. B. Patten, do do No. 3,
6 75
H. B. Batchelder, do do do
3 50
Ira' C. Davis, repairs in highway district No. 9,
52 67
W. F. M. Huntington, repairs in highway district No. 3,
35 51
do removal of poor from Worcester and Ipswich, do
37 45
Moses Stevens, repairs in highway district No. 5, 50 Jacob Rowell, repairs in highway district No. 15-on road, $75,34 ; on bridges, $22,18, 97 52
D. Gould and others, committee on fencing burial ground, 210 59
22 12
Powow River Bank, interest on note,
20 24
T. Hobson for supplies at almshouse,
208
Michael F. Hoit, pasture for almshouse,
18
13 415 60 227 26
31
526 71
C. Cammett, poll taxes for Engine Co. No. 5,
135
28
H. L. Huntington, teaching in District No. 2, 53 00
Tristam Hobson, supplies at almshouse,
50
Eunice Hurd, teaching in District No. 2,
53
James H. Davis, do
do
do
119 25
F. Savage,
do
do
No. 1,
149 50
M. L. Dowdell, do
do
No. 2,
53
69 W. F. M. Huntington, six barrels of flour for almshouse, do do building culvert in District No. 3, 22 51
Lucinda F. Johnson, teaching in District No. 9,
71 50
John P. Sargent, wood, &c., for do do
10 08
T. B. Patten. paid for poll taxes for Engine No. 3,
70
Christopher Bassett, interest on note,
25
D. M. Tukesbury for recruits and recruiting expenses,
2112 95
State aid, east end of the town,
417 14
do do west do do
227
Mary E. Martin, teaching in District No. 1, 68 25
Nathan Huse, bridges and railing in District No. 12, 15
10
Joseph C. Farnsworth for repairs on road $18,50 ; on bridges $8,70 ; 27 20 Sally Sargent, interest on note, 7 50
Enoch Currier, room for recruiting, $6; paupers $7,25 ;
13 25
Sawyer Currier, repairs on roads $46.58, bridges 11.60, Dist. No. 13,
58 18
Samuel Felton and George W. York, recruit bounty, $125 each,
250
Powow River Bank, interest on note,
43 18
Hiram Foot, wood for school district No. 1,
14 13
Helen J. Taylor, teaching in District No. 6,
72
S. G. Bazin. supplies to Hannah Merrill, 13
55
Wood for District No. 8, 2 75
50
Jonathan Pressey, note and interest,
516 67
David Currier, repairs in highway district No. 4,-on roads $12,26; on bridges $10,67 ; 22 93
Mary E. Caldwell, teaching in District No. 2,
53
S. S. Palmer, do do No. 10, 39
Charles H. Nichols for repairs in highway district No. 7,
50 10
Edward C. Ingersoll, teaching in District No. 11,
121 25
T. J. Clark, Treasurer of Savings Bank, for interest,
66
Town of Newton, tax on wood,
93
S. H. Bagley for fare of recruits,
4
J. W. Eaton for sawing lumber in 1863,
13 75
State aid to families of volunteers, East end, do do do West end,
212
E. M. Morse, Treasurer, for interest on Town Bonds,
500
Mary S. Smiley, teaching in District No. 7,
D. L. D. Balch, repairs in highway district No. 1, 32 55
4599 59
City of Charlestown for supplies to Abiah A. Badger, 10
Levi T. Currier, repairs on highway $38,24, bridges $19,47, Dist. No. 2, 57 71
John O. Currier, on account of recruiting as town committee, 37
7
. Henry B. Tozier, care of Mrs Calaway,
B. H. Battis, wood, cutting, &c., for District No. 11, Calvin Sargent for repairs in highway district No. 14,
4 16
George Adams, do do do No. 10,
24 25
George W. Heath, do do do No. 9,
3 25
T. B. Spillane for labor on brick drain in District No. 15, 1 75
George Jewell (trustee), interest on notes, 11 24
First National Bank, Newburyport, interest and note, 57 50
A. A. Sawyer for supplies to Joseph Currier, 17 50
452
Herman Rogers, interest on note, 55
15
Powow River Bank, two notes and interest paid,
5 33
Samuel A. True for gravel in District No. 15, in 1863,
M. Louise George, teaching in District No. 8,
T. Hobson for supplies at almshouse,
29
A. A. Sawyer, wood for school district No. 6, 17 00
Jacob Gale for labor on brick drain in District No. 15, 3 50
E. W. Osgood for repairs on Merrimack Engine No. 1, 80
Tristam Hobson for supplies at almshouse, 150
City of Newburyport for supplies to three persons in 1863, 28 50
William B. Gale, grating for brick drain, $13 ; plank for bridges in District No. 11, $4,75; 17 75
Aaron Sawyer for supplies to P. Droan in 1863,
5
Jacob Rowell, paid on note, 460
Katie D. Gove, teaching in District No. 12, $52; wood $6;
58
M. L. Wadleigh, interest on note, 10
12
D. Currier for repairs in highway district No. 4,
21 03
State aid to families of volunteers, East end, do do do West end,
431
J. J. England, wood for school district No. 11,
26 50
T. J. Clark, Treasurer of Savings Bank, interest on notes,
90
J. C. Martin's estate, notes and interest,
454 82
Town of Weymouth for supplies to Emily Wood,
39
J. Bartlett Gregg, teaching in District No. 4,
60
Town of Haverhill for supplies to D. F. Richards and child, David Cutler, note and interest paid,
421 14
James Nalty, interest on note,
7 50
T. Bagley for care of Powow Engine and oiling the same,
2 50
William E. Worthen, wood for school district No. 4,
18 70
Powow River Bank, note paid,
2875
J. D. Challis, wood and care of town house,
5
J. H. Wells, expressing,
2 10
Noah S. Marsh for board of H. M. Gale,
16 25
Amos Tozier for board of Mrs Ramsey, 52
S. Kendrick, sexton services, coffin, and return of deaths, 13
4
Kimball and Buswell, damage on highway,
12
S. G. Bazin, supplies to Hannah Merrill,
13
Mary Ann Sargent, interest on note,
8 34
Offin Boardman and others, freight, &c., on hearses,
57 35
Thomas Sparhawk, doctoring poor in almshouse, $30; medicine for poor out of almshouse, $13 ;
43
J. T. Merrill, expressing for two years,
George W. Nichols, services as school committee, $56 ; books $1,44 ; Joseph Merrill, do do do
57 44
Y. G. Hurd, do do do
50
J. T. Clarkson, wood for School District No. 2, 66 2,
58 30
J. H. Davis, teaching in
112 50
State aid to families of Volunteers, East End, 419 43
200
Levi T. Currier, wood delivered H. Gale,
8
J. Sylvester, repairs on Merrimac Engine, 3
C. W. Morrill, stationery, $4,64; Medicines to H. Gale, $3,47, 8 11
W. H. B. Currier, printing town and school reports, &c., 110 50
4 22
W. F. M. Huntington, for M. Hoit, $26; guide board and posts 4,75; Thomas Bailey, sand for Alms-house,
95
David Batchelder, postage stamps,
3
William Swett, supplies to J. Goodwin,
26
Sarah A Smiley, teaching in District No. 11,
55
Mary E. Sargent, interest on Note,
10
T. Hobson, balance of salary as Superintendent at Alms-House,
94 04
John S. Rowell, horse hire last year,
7
20
J. W. Sargent, recruiting as Town Committee,
13 63
52 50
do " to do of do West End,
Newell Boyd, wood to J. Goodwin, $3, plank to Dist. No. 1, $1,22
30 75
Enoch Currier, coal, board of travelers, &c.,
34 50
G. T. Davis for supplies to Olive Mckay,
235
30
J. O. Currier, recruiting as town committee, $136, police service $2, 138 00 200
W. C. Binney, " $100; town business 100,
Otis W. Little, expressing, &c., 8 95
O. W. Larkin, repairs on bridge,
15
State aid to families of Volunteers, East End,
420
State aid to families of Volunteers, West End,
196
David L. Balch, police services,
10 75
Peter Colby repairs in highway District No. 11, 1863,
5 81
E. C. Williams board of Sarah Cronk one year,
26
J. Evans, repairs in highway Dist. No. 10, 25,08; snow paths 24,75; Eastern Railroad fares for Recruits,
53 76
David Bagley, interest on note,
48 40
S. E. Sargent, teaching in School District No. 5,
49 50
Davis Mason, wood for School Dist. No. 5,
6 50
D. M. Tukesbury, for recruiting last year,
290
Clark & Co., Boston, for five recruits,
1250
Fuller & Co., Boston, for one recruit,
250
Gregory & Co., Boston, for one recruit,
225
D. M. Tukesbury for recruiting and expenses, 82 27
Recruiting Bounty paid to George W. Austin, Wingate Morse, James W. Plunket, George L. Smith, George P. Burlingame,
Charles F. Bolser, George H. Bolser, M. Webster Osgood, Robert Woodbury, Thomas W. Bagley,-$130 each, 1300
D. M. Tukesbury, recruiting services $168, cash paid 116,96; expenses to Worcester, 13,39; services as Selectman 125, stamps, checks &c., $6; wood to C. Ramsey, $8,
437 35
E. M. Morse abatements on taxes for 1862, 198,31; 1863, 195,52 ; Wm. J. Boardman, services as Selectman, 175; expenses out of town, and recruiting 42,00; copying valuation books for State, $42, census of militia and scholars, $7, returns to State Auditor, $12 ; paying State aid monthly and making out Town Report, $22, 300
W. F. M. Huntington, services as Selectman,
D. L. Balch, snow paths in Dist. No. 1,
Wm. F. M. Huntington, snow paths, in District No. 3,
39 17
Jacob Rowell, do do do do 15,
38 15
David Currier,
do do
do
do 4,
Levi T. Currier,
do
do do do 2,
9 29
J. C. Farnsworth,
do
do
do do 11,
8 42
Geo. W. Adams,
do do do
do 10,
17 50
Barzilla Colby,
do
do
do
do 8,
10 17
Charles H. Nichols,
do
do
do
do
7,
16 52
Calvin Sargent,
do do
do
do 14,
5 03.
M. N. Huntington abatement,
1 54
E. M. Morse, collecting taxes 101,75'; warning meetings $20, settling State Treasurer's account, $5; hiring money $50;
176 75
Total amount of orders drawn, from No. 1 to No. 311, $57,241 .18:
SUPPORT OF POOR IN THE ALMSHOUSE.
The whole number admitted was 32; average number 13 3-4, at an expense" of $1,22 per week.
Money drawn from Treasury, including salary of Superintendent,
$1076 81
Interest on value of Town Farm,
230 00
Medical attendance,
30 00
$1336 81
Deduct for increase of appraisal over last year,
467 03.
Sum on which cost is estimated,
$869 78.
393 83%.
125
39 29/
11 75
49 83'
31
STOCK AND PRODUCE AT FARM.
E Horse,
$90
Amount Brought up,
$1,132 65
2 Cows,
100
6757 feet of Boards,
110
2 Oxen,
200
2000 feet old Lumber,
30
4 Swine,
100
50 Cords Pine Wood,
225
25 Fowls,
19
Coal,
50
10 Tons English Hay,
350
160 Bushels Potatoes,
160
5 Tons Meadow Hay,
75
20 do Carrots,
9
2 1-2 Tons Salt. Hay,
38
50 do Turnips,
25
1-2 Ton Barley Straw,
6
9 dozen Cabbages,
7
3 Bushels Barley,
6
Beets and Parsnips,
2 50
33 Bushels Corn,
66
1 bbl Onions,
5
100 lbs Snap Corn,
6
400 lbs Salt Pork,
100
5 Bushels Beans,
15
100 lbs Salt Beef,
10
105 lbs of Ham,
26 25
65 lbs Butter,
35
30 lbs Beef and Pork,
5
100 lbs Salt Fish,
5 50
1 3-4 bbls Flour,
20
Soap,
3 25
1 bushel Rye Meal,
2 20
3 gallons Molasses,
2 40
$1909 90
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, &c.
5 80
Last year appraisal
1442 87
$1,132 65
Increase
$467 03
.
LIQUOR AGENT'S ACCOUNT.
Town of Amesbury in account with Aaron Sawyer, Liquor Agent. Account of Liquors sold from July 24, 1863, to Feb. 1865.
Paid for Liquors,
for Salary,
for License,
38 00
year,
385 00
Analyzing and Commissions,
132 16
$2,222 20
2219 16
Town gain,
3 04 Liquors on hand Feb. 18, 1865, $455 do on do July 24, 1863, 70
$2,222 20
$385
RECAPITULATION.
Paid Notes and Interest, $17,428 21[Paid for Schools,
$3,105 42
= for Poor in the House, 1,106 81 . for " out of the House, 1,468 60 for expenses on House, 38 33
for Fire Department, 98 25
for Abatements, 399 85
Highways and Snow Paths, 2,532 01
on account of Recruits and State aid, 27,761 34
Town Officers, & other bills, 1,250 09
Brought forward,
25,876 32
Miscellaneous expenses, 2,052 27
$57,241 18
$25,876 32
$1969 00 Sales of Liquors, 80 00 Gain in Liquors from last
$1837 20
32
Statement of the Finances of the Town, March 1st, 1865.
DR .- Town Bonds, $20,000
Notes, David Bagley, 800
" Samuel Thompson, 2,800
Joshua Currier,
1,000
" Polly Noyes,
850
Due from Troy Estate, 125
do Sally Sargent 450
do R. W. Sargent's heirs, 770
do Mary A. Sargent,
150
do George Jewell,
215
do Mary Morrill,
400
do M. L. Wadleigh,
200
do Nelson S. Hoit, 318
do Christopher Bassett, 1,000
900
do Edward Rowell,
1,000
do Jacob Rowell,
1,600
do Sarah Morrill, 450
do Mary E. Sargent,
200
Debt of 1864,
27,529 25
do Otis S. Dwinell, 300
200
do James Nalty, 300
do Sally A. Buswell,
155
do Jobn B. Barnard,
425
do David Batchelder,
1,000
do Jacob Huntington,
300
do W. J. Boardman,
300
do John P. Sargent,
500
do Elwin B. Colby, 90
do Nancy Morse,
120
do Alfred H. Dennett,
300
do Jacob C. Merrill, . 100
do Herman Rogers,
600
do Philip Jones, 300
do Stephen J. Eaton, 500
do Alvin W. Martin,
384
do John Mason,
500
do Powow River Bank,
4,500
do First National Bank
Newburyport,
2,500
do Ephraim B. Smith,
400
do Savings Ins., Salisbury, 11,200
do David Challis, 200
$58,877
WM. J. BOARDMAN, Selectmen D. M. TUKESBURY, of
W. F. M. HUNTINGTON, ) Amesbury. I certify that I have examined the above report of the Select- men and find the accounts properly vouched and correctly cast. WM. C. BINNEY, Auditor. Amesbury, March 1st, 1865.
do do Burying Ground Committee, 300
do for State Aid, 9,332 61
$11,216 97
Present Debt,
$47,660 03
do Jacob G. Dwinell,
600
do Nancy S. Dwinell,
Increase of debt,
$20,130 78
do Hiram Walker,
CR. - By Cash and uncollected Taxes in Treasury 459 36 By deposits in State Treas- ury, 1,000
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