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Pond School-District, house, land, and apparatus .
825 00
Union School-District, house, land, and apparatus
.
11,338 00
Respectfully submitted,
PHILLIPS CURTIS, NORTON PRATT, S. W. HOLLIS, HARVEY THAYER, . W. V. WALLACE,
Committee.
JOSEPH HUFF,
W. F. DYER, A. O. CLARK,
TO THE SELECTMEN OF BRAINTREE.
* Use of land given for school purposes.
BRAINTREE, May 1, 1869.
$24,135 00
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely : --
1st. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the reports of the several town officers, and act thereon.
3d. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
4th. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town-ways, and bridges the ensuing year.
5th. To see if the town will restrain horses and neat cattle from running at large the ensuing year.
6th. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the ex- penses of the town the ensuing year, and make appropriations of the same.
7th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the Selectmen may direct.
8th. To see if the town will accept of the jury-list as made by the Se- lectmen.
9th. To see if the town will adopt the provisions of Chap. 366 of the acts of 1869, with regard to impounding cattle.
10th. To choose or hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
11th. To see what action the town will take with regard to the suit. of Joseph A. Arnold, Horace Faxon, and Charles A. French, against the town.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant at the usual public places in town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
ITereof fail not; and make due return of this warrant, with your doings theron, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
DAVID H. BATES, ) Selectmen N. II. HUNT, of
ABIJAH ALLEN, Braintree.
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JURY-LIST.
Revised by the Selectmen, Feb. 10, 1870.
Benjamin V. Arnold,
Elias Holbrook,
James T. Bestick,
Phillips Curtis,
Joseph Jenkins, Benjamin J. Loring,
John Carver,
Elisha Morse,
John Crane,
Alverdo Mason,
Luther O. Crocker,
Asa T. Pratt,
Jacob S. Dyer,
Norton Pratt,
Andrew J. Dyer,
Thomas Parker,
Hiram A. French,
Nathan Rosenfeld,
Jonathan French,
William M. Richards,
Leander Gage, Adam Hobart,
Josephus Sampson, Cornelius Scollard,
Levi W. Hobart,
Josephus Shaw, Lewis Thayer, John Tower,
Moses D. Holbrook,
Elisha S. Thayer,
+
Ebenezer F. Howard,
Jonathan B. Wood, George Wales,
Edward P. Hayward,
Minott E. Hunt,
William R. Emerson,
John V. Hunt,
Erastus A. Newton.
The Committee appointed to audit the accounts of the various town offi- cers have attended to that duty, and offer the following report : -
The usual visit was made to the Almshouse, which was found in excellent condition. Annexed may be found the appraisal of the property.
The accounts of the Selectmen were found correct, with proper vouchers, and the Committee return their acknowledgment to them for the aid ren- dered.
The accounts of the Treasurer were properly vouched for and correctly kept. The debt of the town would have been considerably reduced this year, had we not increased expenses on account of school-houses.
The Committee understand there are some debts against the School Dis-
Joel E. Holbrook, . David N. Hollis, P. D. Holbrook, Elias Hayward,
Henry H. Thayer,
Calvin Thayer,
Thomas B. Vinton,
G. Henry Howard,
William M. Stevens,
Charles D. Hayden,
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tricts which the town will have to assume; and they have already paid ($2,076,21%) two thousand and seventy six dollars and twenty-one eents.
In the report of last year, seven hundred and thirteen dollars ($713.00) was charged to D. H. Bates, which should have been seven dollars and thirteen centa ($7.13 100); which has been paid into the treasury. We have left off some debts due for use of Town Hall which appear to your Committee to be worthless.
It will be seen that there is a small balance due the Town Treasurer.
The auditors invited the School Committee to publish their report with ours, in accordance with a vote of the town ; which they deeline to do.
We have also given the appraisal of property belonging to " Surveyors of Highways," and School-District property, as appraised by a committee ap- pointed for that purpose.
We have endeavored to arrange the various accounts in such manner as to be understood.
CHARLES H. DOW. JOSEPH R. FRAZIER. JOHN KIMBALL.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 23, 1870.
AUDITOR'S APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1870.
1 horse, $250; 2 eows and 1 heifer, $170; 2 harnesses, $25 $445 00
1 sled, $8 ; fowl, $12; 1 wheelbarrow, $3; hay-ropes, $3 .. 26 00
1 horse-cart, $40; 1 wood-wagon, $10; manure, $100 150 00 1 express-wagon, $25 ; curry-conb, brush, &c., $1.75; forks, $2.50 29 25
6 rakes, $2; 6 hoes, $3; tie-chains, $1.25 ; flails, 50 ets. 6 75
1 grindstone, $12; ladder, $1.50; 7 axes and post-axe, $7; plough, $3.50 24 00
Shovels, $2; manure-forks, $3; garden-rake, 75 ets .; saws, $2 7 75
Whiffletree and chains, $6 ; seythes and snaths, $5; iron bars and piek, $3.50 14 50
Manure-rake and drawing-knife, 75 ets .; chains, $9; stone-tools, $2.50 . 12 25
Iron wedges, $1.50; scalding-tub, 50 cts .; wood, $162 164 00
Posts and rails, $7; 2 harrows, $9.50; potatoes, $75 91 50
Vegetables, $8 ; hay, $140; hay-cart, $110
258 00
Halters and horse-blankets, $7; hay-cutter, $5 .
12 00
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Lock-up and hand-cuffs, $40; grain, $4.50; meal-bags, $1.50 $46 00
Pork, $60; hams, $18.00; beans, $6; lard, $11 . 95 00 .
Lamps, $2; jugs, $1; popping-corn, $3.75 ; sugar, $1.50 8 25
Oil and cans, $1.50 ; butter, $8.00; flour, $2.50; meadow-shoes, $3 15 00 Crackers, $1; provisions, $5; stoves and pipe, $25; towels, $2.50 · 33 50
1 bureau, $1.50; chests and trunks, $5; andirons, coal-hod, and sifter, $2 3 50 CO
Chairs, $5; rocking and sick chairs, $2.50; curtains, $3 10 50
Bedsteads, $20 ; feather-beds, #56; straw-beds, $7 83 00 .
Looking-glasses, $1; bed-spreads and comforters, $40 .
41 00
Benches, $1; sheets and blankets, $30; light-stand, $1
32 00
Clock, $2; tin and iron ware, $11.50 ; crockery, stone, and glass ware, $14.25 27 75
Bell, $1; wooden ware, $9.75; knives and forks, $3 13 75
Clothes-lines, $1; coffee, 50 cts. ; clothes-wringer, $3 .
4 50
Clothes-basket and blanket, 75 cts .; pork-barrels, $4
4 75
Flour-barrels, $5; zinc, $2; soap, $4; closet, $1.30
12 30
Pickles, $6 ; molasses, $1.50; tables, $7
14 50
Sundry small articles . .
7 00
$1,698 30
CARTS, HARNESSES, AND SURVEYOR'S TOOLS.
3 carts, $225 ; 3 harnesses, $55; 7 shovels, $5 $285 00
6 picks, $4.50; 1 scythe and snath, $1.50 . .
. 6 00
.
2 iron bars, $4 ; 2 hoes, $1; 3 halters, $1.50 · ; 50
Curry-combs, brush, and pails, $1 ; 3 meal-bags, 75 cts
1 75
$299 25
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MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTREE, FOR THE YEAR 1869.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Residence. Braintree.
Milton.
Augusta L. Hunt,
18
66
Braintree.
66
6 .- | Rhodolphus Porter, Jr., Mary A. Holbrook,
22
66
Braintree. 66
66
6. Hosea B. Hayden, 2d, Susan M. Hayden,
17
66
66
66
10. Timothy Curran, Annie M. Kennedy,
23
66
Ireland.
Feb. 7.
Edward Coleran, Julia Ann Casy,
27
Weymouth.
66
66
10.
Edward S. Powers, 29 Mary A. Holbrook, 29
20
Braintree.
Essex.
66
13. Henry V. Cowing, Lucinda M. Bowditch, 22
28
Quincy.
Quincy.
66 24. Rufus Pierce, Laura G. Thayer,
28
Braintree.
Braintree.
Mar. 24.
George II. Gill,
28
Walpole.
Walpole.
Harriet E. Richards,
20
Braintree.
Sharon.
Apr. 15. Leonard C. Baker,
41
Kingston.
Duxbury.
Nellie P. Page,
36
Braintree.
Randolph.
66
15: Beza Curtis, Harriet N. Perry,
53
Braintree. 66
Braintree. 66
66
25. Thomas J. Cain,
22
66
66
66
13.
Albert Chase, 28 Ellen Field, 26
Ireland.
66
25. Samuel French, 79
Braintree. 66
Bridgton, Me.
June 2.
Leonard Selee,
34
E.Bridgewater. Easton.
M. Jennie Morse, 30
Braintree.
South Boston.
66
19. Martin A. Lathrop, Susan P. McFadden,
27
Boston.
Waukegan, Ill.
66
20. Hugh Sutherland, A. Mayo, 21
22
Hanover.
Boston.
July 3.
"Charles R. Smith,
23
Braintree.
Stoughton.
Fanny A. Allen, 18
Randolph.
Randolph.
Jan.
2. Frederick A. Thayer,
28
20
Randolph.
Randolph.
Braintree.
12. Jeremiah N. Andrews, 23
So. Dedham.
Woodstock, Ct.
Felicia H. Andrews,
26 Weymouth.
Weymouth.
Braintree.
Braintree.
Emina F. Huff,
20
66
Danvers.
May 5. Charles A. Dodge, Elizabeth Tower,
16
66 Weymouth. 66
Braintree.
Louisa A. Martin, 5.4
23
66
Wiscasset, Me.
Orleans.
35
66
Randolph.
26
66
Braintree.
66
17
So. Abington.
Braintree.
N. Bridgewater.
62
E. Randolph.
22
Taunton.
Fredericton, N.B.
Birthplace.
30
Date.
Name.
Age.
Residence.
Birthplace.
July 6. James A. Emery,
20
Braintree. 66
Palmyra, Me.
Adra E. Chandler,
17
Stoughton.
Aug. 15. Eli A. Hayden,
21
Braintree.
Mary E. Remick,
18
Randolph.
Woonsocket, R.I.
15. Henry B. Vogell, Anna A. Deere, 18
22
Weymouth.
Castine, Me.
66
16,4 David B. Thayer,
33
Braintree.
Braintree.
Louisa Drollett,
16
, 66
66
66 18. Eli W. Chase,
24
66
Myra C. Abbott,
23
66
Sept. 30.
Charles F. Arnold, Elizabeth G. Glover,
25
Quincy.
Quincy.
Oct. 2. Charles H. Curtis, Louisa N. Morrison,
18
30
Braintree.
Scotland.
21
66
Boston. .
66
12. Moses Tibbetts, Mary . A. Crickmay,
39
Glasgow, Scotland.
66
14. James Mc Alpine, Jane S. Hunt,
21
66
Boston. 66
14. Frederick Bryden, Francis A. Gunning,
37
Boston.
England.
66
Boston.
24
Braintree.
Braintree.
66
25.
John McGovern, Elizabeth Colbert,
18
66
Braintree.
66
26. Charles G. Richards, Alice B. Robbins,
19
Plymouth.
Nov. 7. Terrence Starr, 22 Charlotte L. Fitzgerald, 21
Nova Scotia.
66
16. David W. Child,
60
Deerfield.
Conway.
Clarissa A. Hayward, 46
53
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
35
E. Bridgewater.
66 18. Edward P. Tirrell, Anna M. Gifford,
34
Braintree.
Braintree.
66
18. Hiram H. Kelley, 22 Mary H. Niles, 22
66
Braintree.
66
England.
66
1 Scotland.
Dec. 24.
David Carr,
23
Brooklyn.
Dundee, Scotland.
Christina Macandrew, 20
E. Braintree.
Arbroth, 66
23. Alonzo Huff, Lucy Deere,
23
Weymouth.
25
Weymouth. Braintree.
Portsmouth.
22
16
Wayland.
66
Ireland.
Braintree.
Braintree.
17. Palmer Pratt, M. Augusta Hamilton,
44
Weymouth.
.
Boston.
6 20. Arthur B. Bishop, 26 Jenette M. Henderson, 24
26
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
2. Robert Gillespie, Ellen M. Fitzgerald,
52
Newburyport.
20
66
35
N. Waterboro', Me. Braintree.
34
66
Weymouth.
6 Known
31
DEATHS IN BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1869.
Date.
Years. Ms. Days. Disease, or cause of death.
Jan. 1. Patrick Wall,
35
Diabetes. Scarlatina.
66
3.
Mary Ann Patterson, 4
1
13 Heart Disease.
66
9. Mary Loring, 85
63
9 Old Age. Pneumonia. Apoplexy.
66
31. Richard F. Langford,
10
1
7 Unknown. Lung-Fever.
Feb. 7. Thomas Allen Hayden, 92
66
12. Mary Frances Hollis, 11
11
20. Vesta Whitcher, 30
66
23. Ambrose Sands, 54
66
25. Edmond Bannon, 60
20
3
28 Phthisis Pulmonalis. Still-born. Typhoid Pneumonia.
66
8. Grace Candler Avery, 3
11
66 9. Michael Ragan,
April 1. Moses Holbrook, 71
8
1
9
66
2. Hannah S. Arnold,
84
7
6.
7. Catherine Flood,
43
13. Samuel Chase,
58
11
26 Pulmonary Hemorrhage.
66
19 Nathaniel W. Loring,
70
11
25
66
20. Sarah C. Lewis,
54
66 26. Martha J. Smith,
9
May 7. 6. 30.Zenas Rodgers, Savil,
60
June 4.
7. Albert A. Stoddard,
48
Chronic Diarrhea.
" 11. Eugene O'Rourk,
66
11. Seth Taunt,
67
5
26
66
29. Burke,
June 28.
Lizzie Mary Cutting, 10
9
13 Lightning.
66 30.
William L. White,
58
5
July 9.
Pierce,
66
16.
('atherine Coleran,
5
2
3 Unknown. Still-born. Scarlatina.
Aug.
Frances Jane Brown.
1& LRebecca Arnold, 90
3 Lung-Fever. Old Age.
66
6. John Alden Loring, 3
66 15. Mary Greelish,
26. Irene Hayden,
64
66
27. Margaret McDermot, 11
27 Lung-Fever.
3 Inflammation of bowels. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Apoplexy. Abdominal Tumor.
3
66 27. Charity E. Totman, Potter,
Mar. 2. 7. Mary Ann Gilman, 50
4
3 Congestion of Lungs. Still-born.
24 Accident. Tuberculous Meningitis. Old Age. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Unknown. Suicide. Scarlatina.
Ruth Ann Sampson, 29
8
26 Puerperal Fever. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Still-born.
3 Unknown.‹ Phthisis Pulmonalis. Still-born.
2. Frederick E. Hollis,
32
Date.
Years. Ms.
Days. Disease, or cause of death.
Aug. 23. Andrew E. Miller,
1 3
23 Cholera Infantum. Sept.10. James W. Nickerson,
1 Unknown.
66
13. Millard F. Drinkwater, 19
G
27 Typhoid Fever.
66
14. Everett F. Sampson,
4 26 Cholera Infantum.
66
22. James E. Thayer,
77
11 23
66 30. Agnes R. Sullivan,
7
66
15. Rolan M. Bryant, 1
7 25
66
17. Samuel Holbrook,
82
10
66
23. Malona E. Cole, 37
66
20. II. Imogene Simonds, 7
11
Oct. 2. John Joseph Fox, 66 5.Edwin F. Folansbee,
9
31
66
6. Daniel F. Leonard, 10. Susie P. Boutwell,
3
66
13. Charlotte Murray,
2
66 13. Charlotte Morell,
1
10
66 27. Fannie M. Tower,
18
66 30. Julia Derby,
36
Nov. 22. William V. Wallace,
58
26. John F. Pool,
.47
Dec. 16. Mary Maxwell,
79
66
27. Lydia Allen, 89
Phthisis Pulmonalis. 66 Cholera Infantum. 66 Dysentery. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Necrosis of Superior Max- illa. Typhoid Fever. Phthisis Pulmonalis. Typhoid Fever.
66
19 Abscess of Lung. Inflammation of bowels. Cholera Infantum.
10 18 Phthisis Pulmonalis. 66 66 10 24 Apoplexy. Phthisis Pulmonalis. 5 6 Old Age. Typhoid Fever. 9
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