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5 00
T. Penniman, distributing Town Report,
5 00
4 88
A. B. Wales, dinners for County Commissioners, J. Cobb, services estate of William Wild, . N. H. Hunt, expenses estate of William Wild, .
5 00
3 50
Moses N. Hunt, watching fire in woods, James Martin, watching fire in woods, Moses Hunt, watching fire in woods, .
3 00
3 00
3 00
D. H. Bates, collector's book, stamps, &c.,
1 66
.
100 00
12
P. D. Holbrook & Co., stationery,
5 93
N. H. Hunt, horse hire and expenses,
7 10
N. H. Hunt, postage stamps, .
50
Leander Gage, expenses to Boston,
1 00
Asa French, services before Legislative Committee, . ·
15 00
$949 48
TOWN HALL.
P. J. Minchin, care of hall,
$33 50 .
Jechonias Penniman, care of hall,
75 73
E. M. Thayer, care of hall, .
27 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., oil, lamps, &c.,
22 00
Joel F. Sheppard, coal,
140 00
Blake & Alden, settees,
7 50
Loud & Pratt, lumber,
12 59
Joseph H. Penniman, granular fuel,
3 00
T. B Stoddard, setting glass, .
1 25
A. O. Stearns, keys,
1 50
E. M. Thayer, repairing lock,
1 05
C. F. & J. W. Pierce, stove pipe and labor,
20 00
$391 61
Cash paid Treasurer, .
525 01
Due from Good Templars, .
7 00
Due from Labor Reform Party,
6 00
Due from Philomatheans,
3 00
$541 01
Balance in favor of hall,
$149 40
STATE AID ACCOUNT.
Cash paid families of soldiers,
$1,443 75
Bill due from State for Jan., 1870,
119 25
$1,563 00
Bills sent aud due from State, January 1st, 1871, $1,477 00
Cash returned to Treasurer,
2 00
Cash paid January, 1871, .
· 84 00
$1,563 00
46 49
Blake & Alden, chairs,
13
REMOVING SNOW.
$217 53
Abijah Allen, cash paid as per bills, . N. H. Hunt, cash paid as per bills,
218 45
111 86
J. S. Holbrook, cash paid as per bills, . Thomas Penniman, cash paid as per bills, . Leroy W. Collins, cash paid as per bills, Horace Dana, cash paid as per bills
93 48
54 38
N. M. Hobart, cash paid as per bills, .
15 75
A. T. Wild, cash paid as per bills,
11 20
Ralph Arnold, cash paid as per bills, .
14 40
L. W Holbrook, jr., cash paid as per bills, . John Carver, cash paid as per bills,
10 00
S. S. French,
5 25
S. F. B. Collins,
1 00
Asa Dyer,
2 75
Marston Cummings,
4 00
Joseph R. Frasier,
2 25
J. A. Hollis, .
1 70
793 12
HIGHWAYS.
James S. Holbrook, labor 172 1-2 days, at $2.50 per day, $ 431 25
James S. Holbrook, taking care of horses, -
96 00
James S. Holbrook, hay, 56 03
James S. Holbrook, use of horse, 2 00
2 38
James S. Holbrook, expenses to Boston twice, -
1 80
James S. Holbrook, labor at sundry times,
7 50
B. F. Spear, labor 141 3-4 days, at $2 per day, .
283 50
Robert Saunders, labor 149 1-4 days, at $2 per day,
298 50
Robert Saunders, labor 98 days by boy, - -
74 37
George Hill, labor 131 3-4 days, at $2 per day,
263 50
George Hill, jr., labor 5 1-2 days, at $1 per day, 5 50
1 50
George E. Arnold, labor 139 3-4 days, at $1.75 per day, T. G. Farnsworth, labor 91 3-4 days, at $1.50 per day, Moses Hunt, labor 45. 1-4 days, at $1.75 per day, Willard Hunt, labor 4 days, at $2 per day, Otis Wild, labor 4 1-2 days, at $2 per day, -
79 18
8 00
9 00
James McKinney, labor 4 days, at $1.75 per day,
7 00
£
J. S. Hill, labor 3 days,
244 54
137 62
James S. Holbrook, posts and rails,
16 22
12 90
14
John Eaton, labor 5 days, at $1 per day, . - 5 00
Theodore Hayden, labor 2 days at $1.75 per day, 3 50
Henry Gardner, labor 3 days, at $3.50 per day,
10 50
John B. Allen, labor 1 1-2 day, at $3 per day,
4 50
William Allen 1 1-2 day, at $3 per day, -
4 50
Joseph Allen, labor, -
1 00
Willian Mulligan, labor,
1 00
John J. French, labor,
4 00
Adam Hobart, labor,
1 00
S. F. Whitmarsh, labor,
2 00
H. D. Thayer, labor,
6 50
John Dorety, horse, cart and man, 3 days, at $3.50 per day,
10 50
Caleb S. Hollis, horse, cart, and man, 9 days, at $3.50 per day,
31 50
T. Penniman, horse, cart and man, - - 39 00
30 00
Caleb S. Hollis, use of horse, Thayer & Phipps, iron work, Elisha Wild, iron work,
18 54
W. Mansfield, iron work, -
12 16
R. Gillespie, iron work,
5 91
S. W. Hollis, gravel, - -
55 30
B. L. Morrison, gravel, Gideon Thayer, gravel, John Arnold, gravel,
27 60
23 00
C. S. Holbrook, gravel, G. W. White, gravel, .
16 72
Jacob S. Dyer, gravel,
13 00
Daniel Baxter, gravel,
12 84
S. F. B. Collins, gravel, Austin White, gravel,
7 44
Judah A. Loring, gravel, E. Peterson, gravel, -
5 25
Peter W. Dyer, gravel,
3 45
N. A. White, gravel, - -
-
3 00
J. F. Holbrook, gravel, Adam Hobart, gravel,
1 60
Daniel Penniman, gravel, -
1 50
S. S. Penniman, gravel,
1 20
J. M. Cutting, gravel,
96
Edward Hobart, hay,
58 55
Caleb Hayden, hay, -
29 85
Joshua Wilkins horse,
100 00
Amory Fisher, horse, -
75 00
D. P. Hayward, horse,
75 00
Ralph Lowe, repairing harness,
12 25
-
-
-
-
11 50
-
7 10
2 24
-
-
-
-
Moses Hunt, boy and horse, 12 days, at $2.50 per day, -
3 00
16 59
-
45 80
19 68
15
Levi W. Hobart, grain,
189 64
P. D. Holbrook & Co., grain,
13 68
Henry Gardner, lumber,
84 90
E. A. Harris, blasting rocks,
15 00
Jesse Burrill, care of drawbridge,
85 00
Thayer & Phipps, stone hammer,
3 96
Whittemore, Belcher & Co., pick,
1 75
S. F. B. Collins, posts,
9 60
J. Jackson French, rails,' .
6 67
J. Breck & Son, shovels,
3 00
Proctor Brothers, pails and spikes,
2 58
C. S. Hollis, stone,
1 50
John B. Allen, use of derick,
1 50
Cash paid Treasurer, .
136 50
$3,111 98
MIDDLE STREET DISTRICT.
Balance due last year, .
$ 6 18
Paid Joseph A. Hollis, .
5 25
Balance due district,
93
RECAPITULATION.
· High School,
$1,855 76
District Schools, .
5,192 19
Incidental expenses of schools,
203 77
School-houses, by order of School Committee,
516 81
School-houses, by order of Building Committee,
8,790 13
Almshouse, .
936 8S
Out of Almshouse,
1,668 10
Town Officers,
912 25
Collection and abatement of taxes,
427 93
Miscellaneous,
949 48
Town Hall,
391 61
State Aid,
1,443 75
Removing Snow, .
793 12
$3,248 48
16
Highways,
3,111 98
Middle Street District,
5 25
Cash paid Treasurer, and credits,
1,039 96
Appraisal at Almshouse over last year,
52 68
$28,281 65
Less cash and credits from Town Hall,
541 01
266 orders drawn on Treasurer,.
$27,740 64
ASSESSORS ACCOUNT.
Schools,
·
$6000 00
Poor,
3000 00
Highways & Bridges,
3000 00
Interest,
2300 00
Town Debt,
3000 00
Town Officers,
800 00
Miscellaneous. Expenses,
500 00
School-Houses, .
3000 00
Widening Union Street,
1000 00
Seats for Iron-works School-House,
500 00
School District Debt
5076 21
Remittance on School Houses,
19067 27
State Tax,
4475 00
County Tax,
1972 70
Overlay,
1672 14
$55,363 32
COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.
To amount of tax bill of 1870,
$55,363 32
Cash paid Treasurer,
$25,858 46 ·
Cash paid County Treasurer
·
1,972 70
Remittance for School Houses,
·
19,067 27 $46,898 43
Cash due from Collector,
$8,464 89
.
$27,740 64
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, Treasurer.
Cash borrowed of Union National Bank Weymouth,
$22,100 CO
Cash borrowed of Josephus Shaw, 1,200 00
Cash borrowed of J. Dyer, Jr.
800 00
Cash borrowed of Minott E. Hunt,
300 00
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, balance 1869,
3371 06
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector, interest on tax, 1869,
141 62
Cash received of Noah Torrey, Collector 1870,
25,858 46
Cash received of Quincy Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of Dorchester Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of Weymouth Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of Dedham Insurance Co.,
2000 00
Cash received of State for State Aid,
1400 00
Cash received of State for Corporation Tax,
1507 30
Cash received for use of Town Hall,
525 01
Cash received of C. C.Churchill, dog licenses
470 71
Cash received from State School Fund.
323 91
Cash received from Overseers of the poor,
324 45
Cash received from Braintree School fund,
400 00
Cash received from Surveyors of Highways,
136 50
Cash received from O. C. & N. Railway, damage to Cemetery by fire 50 00
30 00
Cash received from Grand Army of the Republic, due last year,
12 00
Cash received from Town of Quincy, due last year, .
67 34
Cash received from Selectmen, State Aid returned, .
2 00
Cash received from R. H. Randall, lot in Cemetery,
2 00
Cash received for Poll tax,
2 00
Cash received for map, .
1 00
Cash received for damage to Iron-works School-House
25
$67,025 61
Balance from last year's account,
$75 64
Paid 266 orders,
27,740 64
Paid Josephus Shaw, note,
1,200 00
Paid L. A. Bradford, note,
800 00
Paid W. M. Sherman, note,
800 00
Paid Eunice French, note,
300 00
Paid Ann N. Thayer, note,
100 00
Paid Mary H. Thayer, on note,
35 00
Paid A. Morrison, note and interest,
2,916 57
Paid State Tax,
4,475 00
Paid Interest,
2,854 42
Paid Insurance,
238 50
Paid Weymouth Bank,
·
21,100 00
Balance in Treasury
4,389 84
$67,025 61
Cash received from Unitarians due from Town Hall, last year
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TOWN DEBT.
The Town owes notes and interest,
$33,954 72
Due from Jonathan French, Treasurer,
$4,389 84
Due from Noah Torrey Collector, 1870 8,464 89
Due from State, for State Aid, for 1870 1,477 00
Due from State, for State Aid, former years, 728 45
Due from Good Templars for Town Hall, 22 00
Due from Labor Reform Party, for Town Hall,
8 00
Due from Philomatheans, for Town Hall,
3 00
Due from Town of Milton,
30 00
Due from Town of Gloucester,
5 00
Due from the City of Boston .
3 00
15,131 18
Town Debt.
.
$18,823 54
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST.
ylvanus Thayer, Feb. 1, 1868,
5000 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr. Oct. 24 1862 .
500 00
Interest
9 43
Joseph Dyer, Jr. Jan. 26, 1866, Interest,
250 00
Joseph Dyer, Jr., Feb. 1, 1871, .
800 00
W. A. Richardson, Guardian, July 2, 1869, Interest, .
56 38
M. C. Pratt, Dec. 1, 1857,
.
5000 00
Interest, .
58 33
Lynn Institution for Savings, July 1, 1857, Interest,
2,500 00
Asa French, Guardian Jan. 20 1868, 1,400 CO Interest, 2 57
51 33
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 14, 1868, 2,000 00 Interest, 134 16
1,000 00
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Jan. 26, 1866, Interest,
403 43
Soldiers' Monument Committee, Feb. 27, 1866, Interest,
300 00
Mary H. Thayer, Jan. 26, 1863, Interest,
9 90
Edwin Howard, June 10, 1866, .
300 00
Interest,
11 50
·
.
.
17 75
10,000 00
F. G. Crosby, Feb. 1, 1869,
1,000 00
118 60
545 00
19
Minott E. Hunt, Aug. 13, 1867, .
450 00
Interest,
·
14 70
Minott E. Hunt, Apr. 30 1870.
300 00
Interest,
15 75
L. Bradford Hollis, Nov. 24, 1868; Interest,
500 00
Thomas Penniman, Feb. 1, 1869,
200 00
Weymouth Bank,
1,000 00
$33,954 72
AUDITOR'S APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE. Feb. 1, 1871.
1 horse, $250, 3 cows, $165; 2 harnesses, $60, $475 00
1 sled, $8; fowl, $12; wheelbarrow, $3; 23 00
Hay rope, $3; horsecart, $40; wood-wagon, $10, 53 00
Manure, $100; express-wagon, $25; brush, comb, &c. $1,75;
126 75
Hay forks, &e. $2,25; rakes, $2,25 ; hoes, $3; tie-chains, $1,25;
8 75
Flails, 50 cts. grindstone, $10; ladder, $1.50,
12 00
Axes & post axe, $6; plough, $3.75 ; shovels, $2.25,
12 00
Manure-forks, $3; garden rake, 60 cts. saws, $3;
6 60
Whiffletree and chains, $6; scythes and snaths, $4.75;
10 75
Iron bars and picks, $3.50; manure-rake and draw knife, $1, 4 50
13 75
Scalding tub, 50 cts; wood $125; harrows, $9,
134 50
Potatoes, $20 ; vegatables, $3.25, hay, $298,
321 25
Hay-wagon, $105; halters and horse-blankets, $6.50, .
111 50
Hay cutter, $5; pigs, $25 ; lock-up and hand-cuffs, $40,
70 00
Grain, $6; meal bags, $1.50; pork, $34; hams, $13,
54 50
Beans, $0 cts. lard, $3; lamps $2 ; jugs, $1.50,
7 30
Pop corn, $3.25, sugar, $1.40 ; oil and cans, $1.75,
6 40
Butter, $4; flour, $6; meadow shoes, $3,
13 00
Crackers 20 cts. provisions, $8; stoves and pipe, $20, .
28 20
Rocking and sick chairs, $2.50; curtains, $3,
5 50
Bedsteads, $20 ; feather beds, $56; straw beds, $7,
83 00
Mirrors, $1; bedspreads and comforters, $40; benches, $1, . 42 00
Sheets and blankets, $32; light stands, $1 ; clock, $2, . 35 00
Tin and iron ware, $11.50; crockery, stone and glass ware, $14.25, 25 75
Bell, $1; wooden ware, $10, knives and forks, $3, 14 00
10 00
Towels, $2.50; bureau, $2.50; chests and trunks. $5, . Andirons, coal-hod and sifter, $2; chairs, $5,
7 00
Chains, $9; stone tools, $3.25 ; iron wedges, $1.50,
5 83
20
Clothes lines, $1; coffee, 48 cts. clothes wringer, $3, 4 48 Clothes basket and blanket, 75 cts. pork barrels, $4, 4 75
Flour-barrels, $3; zinc, $2; soap, $2, 7 00
Closet, $2; molasses 75 ets. tables, $7, . 9 75
Sundry small articles, . 10 00
$1,750 9S
CARTS, HARNESSES, AND SURVEYOR'S TOOLS.
3 carts, $200 ; 3 harnesses, $45; 8 shovels, $4.50; $249 50
4 picks, $4; 1 scythe and snath, $1.50; 2 iron bars, $4, 9 50
1 narrow hoe, $1.50; stone hammer, $3.50; 3 bags, 75 cts. . 5 75
Iron rake, 50 cts. 3 halters, $1.50; 2 pails 50 cts. 2 50
Curry comb and brush, 1 00
$268 25
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT, S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
1870. DR.
Jan. 4, Cash paid H. Gardner, for lumber, $263 21
Jan. 4, Cash paid H. Thayer, for iron-work, 4 15
Jan. 4, Cash paid Thomas Penniman,, for building Shed, repairing house and barn, 35 00
Jan. 4, Cash paid B. Thayer for stone work
7 50
Jan. 4, Cash paid S. Penniman for 1 pair rolls and bolts,
55
Feb. 1, Cash paid Jonathan French, Town Treasurer, 400 00
Feb. 1, Cash on hand 274 14
$984 55
CR. 1870
Feb. 1, By balance from amount of last year, 514 55
Oct. By dividends from the Union Nat. Bank of Weymouth, 140 00 Oct. By dividends from Quincy Stone Bank 100 00 By dividends from Elliot Bank Boston, .
30 00 1871
Feb. 1, Received from the Town for rent of Almshouse and farm. 200 00
$984 55 S. W. HOLLIS, TREASURER.
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REPORT OF AUDITORS.
The Committee appointed to audit the accounts of the town, pre- sent the foregoing statement of its financial condition, carefully prepared and arranged by the Selectmen ; and its accuracy has been confirmed by proper vouchers or other satisfactory evidence.
All orders drawn on the Treasurer during the year have been paid ; and it is believed that there are no outstanding debts not men- tioned in the report.
As will be perceived there has been a very considerable reduction of the town debt during the year
The Assessors have called the attention of the Auditors to a claim for refunding a tax, claimed to be erroneously assessed upon a " suc- cession", to which Mr. Joseph Foye has become entitled. From the explanation given by them it would appear that the tax was legally and equitably assessed ; and that assessors alone have jurisdiction in the matter.
CHAS. H. HOBART, EDWARD HOBART, 2D, Auditors. ALVERDO MASON,
Braintree, Feb. 20, 1871.
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, S.S.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required 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 sixth 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 year ensuing.
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 expenses 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.
Sth. To see if the town will accept the jury-list as made by the Selectmen.
9th. To see . if the town will accept the road leading from Wash- ington street to the house of Capt. Gibbs, and thence to West street, and make the same a town-way.
10th. To see if the town will make an additional appropriation for the erection of a school house at South Braintree.
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11th. To see if the town will re-establish the School District System, as provided by Sec. 1,.Chap. 196, of the Acts of 1870.
12. To see if the town will refund to Joseph Foye a tax said to be paid by him illegally for the year 1868.
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.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this eighteenth day of Febru- ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- one.
N. H. HUNT, Selectmen
D. H. BATES, of
LEANDER GAGE, Braintree.
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JURY-LIST.
Revised by the Selectmen, Feb. 18, 1871.
Benjamin V. Arnold,
Minott E. Hunt,
Charles F. Arnold,
Joseph Huff,
James T. Bestick,
William Hill,
Samuel A. Bates,
Joseph Jenkins,
Samuel Bowditch,
George F. Leonard,
John Crane,
Paul J. Minchin,
Phillips Curtis,
Ancel O. Clark,
Erastus A. Newton, Asa T. Pratt,
Norton Pratt,
George Reed,
Eben Denton, Jonathan French, Hiram A. French, Charles A. French, Joseph R. Frasier, Adam Hobart, C. Harrison Hobart, Levi W. Hobart,
William M. Stevens,
Cornelius Scollard, Josephus Shaw, John Tower,
Elisha S. Thayer,
Henry H. Thayer, Calvin Thayer,
Moses D. Holbrook, Joel E. Holbrook, Elias Holbrook; Charles D. Hayden, G. Henry Howard, Ebenezer F. Howard,
Atherton W. Thayer, Thomas B. Vinton,
William R. Wild,
George D. Willis, Joshua Wilkins.
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MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED IN BRAINTREE, FOR THE YEAR 1870.
DATE. NAMES.
AGE. RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan. 4. Nathaniel Bump, Louisa F. Dean,
26
Braintree.
Middleboro'. Braintree.
6. R. Elmer Morrison, Sarah R. Gregg,
17
Quincy.
Braintree.
21. James E. Lathrop, Mary C. Hayden, 19
20. Ibrahim Morrison,
21
Mary L. Rodgers,
19
Quincy.
Marshfield. Rumford, Me.
24. Edwin C. Swain, Mary A. Lovejoy,
35
Malden.
22 So. Weymouth. Vasselboro'., Me.
27. Charles W. Dimmick, Orodine E. Brown. 35
43
Boston. 66 Braintree.
Braintree.
Randolph.
Apr. 6.
Francis E. Stetson, Susan M. Stetson,
20
Braintree.
Braintree.
6. David H. B. Thayer, Ella A. Huff,
19
66
66
Essex.
7. Nehemiah R. Proctor, Mary Lamb French,
22
Boston.
17. Lucien M. Thayer, Lydia A. Simonds,
25
Braintree.
23. Moses Long, Ann Shaw,
60
66
England.
May 8.
David A. Collins, Jennie E. Hayden,
24
Albany, N. Y.
15. Charles Remington, Mary C. Damon,
35
Hingham.
18. Michael Mohan, Julia A. Downing,
27
Boston.
Ireland.
June 1.
Charles H. Hines, Alice E. Bowers,
21
So. Braintree.
4. Edward A. Hale, Mary E. Belcher,
23
66
Braintree.
7. Charles Lincoln Jordan, G. Frances Mansfield,
19
Braintree.
23. Edward E. Jordan, A. Arabella Langley,
18
66
Braintree.
23. Eugine .F. Langley, Amanda J. Huff,
19
19
66
May 28. John Y. Gillespie, Ellen Starr,
27
France.
23
Ireland.
66
Greensboro'. N. C. Quincy. Braintree.
Falmouth.
Sidney, Me.
Mar. 24. Charles Augustus Hayden, 20 Rachel L. Howard, 18
Randolph.
22
66
Braintree.
40
Salem.
:25
66
Ireland.
24
Needham.
Needham.
31
Braintree,
Madison, Me.
25
Weymouth.
23
Marshfield.
27
26
20
25
35
Scotland.
25
27
July 3. Volney E. Young, 23 Weymouth.
- Abbie L.' Adams, 17 Wilton, Me.
9. John L. Whiting. 27 East Stoughton. East Stoughton.
Emma F. Howard,
20 West Randolph. Randolph.
Sept. 6. Warren Augustine Thayer.34 Mary Burbank Cobb, 33
Onargo, Ill.
Braintree.
6. James S. Baker, 30 Mary E. Mansfield, 21
28
St. Paul, Minn.
East Cambridge.
Braintree.
Aug 28. Thomas O. Sullivan, Hannah E. Hay,
21
66
Weymouth.
Sept.18. Herbert H. Crowell,
20
66
Braintree. 66
21. George W. Hardwick, Elizabeth J. Poste,
21
66
England.
19
66
Boston.
23. Thomas J. Dalton, Mary M. Dermott,
19
Irelend.
Oct. 1. Nelson M. Hubert, A. Augusta Crane, 22
26
Weymouth 66
Braintree.
Lancaster.
19. J. Ward Childs, Phebe Ann Sherman,
26
Braintree.
24 Joseph H. Hobart, Caroline J. Baxter,
20
Quincy.
Quincy.
Tiverton, R. I.
21
Braintree.
38
66
Ireland. 66 Braintree.
A. Frances P. Howard, 23. Ansel F. Bicknell, Olive A. Putillo,
25
Weymouth. 66
20
33 Braintree.
No. Bridgewater.
27
Boston.
22
Cuba.
18 So. Bridgewater, Bridgewater.
37 Weymouth,
Ireland.
26 Braintree.
Braintree.
27 Weymouth. 66
Haverhill.
24 25 Braintree.
Braintree. Weymouth.
18 Weymouth.
23 Braintree.
Braintree.
22 Randolph.
Randolph.
23 Braintree.
Braintree.
18
Lynn.
Braintree. 66
Carver.
Charleston, S. C.
66
Braintree.
11. Joseph Albert Roby, Cordelia Niles, 29
30
Braintree. 66
Ireland.
Alice R. Pratt,
20
20
Alabama.
23. Theodore Walsh, Elizabeth Bestick, 30. John Flood, Bridget Hagany,
24
66
Nov. 9. George O. Wales,
22
66
22
66
Cambridgeport. Weymouth.
20. Edward J. Humphrey, Mary Dorety,
24. Leonardo Morales, Mary Augusta Johnson,
30. Matthew McCanley, M. Amanda Langley,
Weymouth.
31. Samuel A. McClererly, Emma Frank Cowdry, Dec. 18. Leander B. Hollis, 1 [M. Elizabeth Young,
May 29. George R. M. Bestick, Alice Howard, Dec. 27. John G. W. Arnold, Mary E. Currier,
32
Milton.
23
Braintree. 66
New York.
Maine.
32
66
Byron, Me. Wilton.
28
DEATHS IN BRAINTREE FOR THE YEAR 1870.
Years.
Ms. Days. 1
Disease or cause of death.
Jan. 2.
McDowell,
15.
Edward Costello,
68
23.
Oliver Hayden,
78
4
Feb. 3. Lucy Penniman,
35
1
S Phthisics Pul.
3.
William McDermott,
18
Unknown. Stillborn.
7. Joseplı F. Porter,
45
9
9 Congestion of Lungs.
14. Relief Reed,
89
1
14
15. Walter A. Gilman,
20
5
23. Luther Dyer,
52
Phlegmonous Erysipelas Inflamation of bowels.
Mar. 4.
Johannah Downey,
82
5
3
Paralysis.
10. Ira Morrison.
71
7 23
Dropsy.
13.
Mary Ann Doherty,
2
9
Scalded.
16. Peter E. Briggs,
16
Lung Fever. Heart Disease.
26.
Thomas J. Jordan,
35
11
3
Consumption.
Apr. 2. Charles S. Thayer,
23
3
14
8. Ellen Hennesey,
72
Paralysis.
10. William E. Jones,
40
1
7
Consumption.
17. John Hollis,
90
3
21
Old age.
18.
Mary Nolan, Howard,
37
Dropsy.
23.
24. Carrie M. Martin,
1
5
10
Congestion of lungs.
May 2.
Elihu Thayer,
74
1
14
Heart Disease. .Consumption.
24. Adam French,
70
25. Edward Johnson,
6
9
7
Croup.
31.
Corah E. McAlphin,
2
15
Canker.
June 12. Charles R. Bunker,
21
9
12
Consumption.
13. Elizabeth D. Minchin,
22
10
12
16.
Rachel Hayden,
93
8
Old age.
July
1. Eliza White,
71
B
28
Paralysis.
9.
Jane Brooks,
2
3
Brain Fever.
15. Ellen Maria Stevens,
1
5
Cholera infantum.
23. John Higgins,
62
Consumption.
25. Mary R. A. Rodgers,
2
26.
Harriet A. White,
67
11
26
Enl'g. of Heart.
20. Josiah French,
78
10
S
Fitts.
10. Margaret Nash,
45
Consumption. Stillborn.
10.
S. Warren Dalton, Pierce,
49
Old age. Consumption.
9. Ruthy Belcher,
83
Lung Fever. Paralysis.
6. Emery
29
Years. Ms. Days.
26. Sarah H. Jordan,
76
4
27. Adeline E. Drawlet,
34
33 3 19
S
Cholera infantum.
22. Josephine B. Cavanaugh,. 6
78
23. John J. Marks,
19
6
24 Horace Jones,
21
2 22
Consumption.
30. Hellen L. Penniman,
19
4
20
Sept. 1.
Rachel Bowditch,
92
4
16
6. Annie M. Gibbs,
2
10
12
Cholera infantum.
14. Lucien M. Thayer,
26
9
19
Consumption. 66
19. Isaac Dyer,
87
10 10
20. Sophia Vinton,
52
Typhoid Fever.
21. Elizabeth Murrey,
4
S
Cholera infantum.
22. Iram Vinton,
64°
S
13
Typhoid Fever.
23. Edward E. Hayden,
1
11
Canker. Pneumonia. Stillborn. Dysentery.
29 Edna M. Waymouth,
10
Oct.
1. 6.
Abraham W. Hobart, Sauuders,
5
26
Cholera infantum.
11. Alice O'Hare,
62
14. Isaac E. Young,
34
6
29. Bridget T. Barton,
22
4
11
Consumption.
Nov. 1. Eunice French,
79
8
10
2. Sarah Harlow,
76
3. Hezekiah Means,
58
6
Cancer.
13. Eben Jones,
76
6
25
26 Sarah E. T. French, French,
32
6
26.
D)cc. 17 .
Mary J. Maguire,
13
1 23
Heart Disease. Consumption.
22. Morrice Drinan,
62
Disease or cause of death. Old age. Consumption.
Sarah Milton Shed,
Aug. 11. 17. Thomas E. Boyce,
2
23. Esther Wales Loring,
Old age. Killed by cars.
Typhoid Fever. Paralysis.
29 Mary J. Creighton, 29. Fraser,
22
. Stillborn. Consumption of bowels. Diabetes.
Rupture. Childbirth. Stillborn.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of
raintree,
FOR THE YEAR 1870-71.
BOSTON : ISAAC W. MAY, PRINTER, 39 STATE STREET, 1871.
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The School Committee of Braintree submit the follow- ing Report, as required by the Statute of the Com- mmonwealth.
REPORT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
W. H. KNIGHT, A.M., PRINCIPAL.
MISS M. F. SOUTHWORTH, ASSISTANT.
Mr. Knight, a teacher of long experience, was en- gaged at the beginning of the year.
He brought with him into his new field of labor, a complete knowledge of the peculiarities of young students ; a degree of enthusiasm in teaching rarely possessed ; and a vast amount of energy and vitality in his process of instruction, together with an accurate knowledge of the branches required to be taught.
Under his efficient management, seconded by the faithful and able, assistance of Miss Southworth, we take pleasure in announcing that the school has been distinguished throughout the year, by good order and studiousness, and that, as a consequence of these, a good degree of progress has been witnessed in all its departments.
The strictness of discipline, amounting at times, to what has been considered severity, has been deemed
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needful, in order to counteract the spirit of heedless- ness inherited from the previous condition of affairs ; but it is presumed that the good sense of the school, uniting with the wisdom and thoughtfulness of its instructor, will render any extreme measures of dis- cipline needless, hereafter.
The following members of the First Class were pre- sented with diplomas of graduation by the Committee. Oscar M. Crocker, F. Eugene Dyer, Alice M. Mason, N .. Gleason Torrey.
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