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WILLIAM H. NELSON, ) GEORGE G. DYER, Trustees.
WM. T. DAVIS,
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Report of the Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH, 1873.
January 1. Linus H. Shaw, of North Bridgewater, and Abbie P. Dunham, of Plymouth.
January 11. Casper H. Vought and Emma J. Trommer, both of Plymouth.
January 11. George A. Nickerson and Eliza J. Grover, both of Plymouth.
January 12. Tilden Pierce and Mary Washburn, both of Plymouth.
January 23. Frederick W. Chandler and Flora A. Bartlett, both of Plymouth.
January 26. Patrick Courtney and Catharine Ragan, both of Plymouth.
February 3. Henry Burns and Fidelia R. Philips, both of Plymouth.
February 15. Albert Mansfield, of Lynnfield, and Henrietta Downing, of Wakefield.
February 16. Nathan S. Torrance, Jr., and Roetta A. Perry, both of Plymouth.
February 19. Ziba Ellis and Anna B. Gibbs, both of Plymouth. March 11. Charles H. Everson, of Kingston, and Augusta A. Spooner, of Plymouth.
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March 14. Robert Thom and Marion Swan, both of Plymouth ..
March 28. Herbert M. Wilson, of Kingston, and Julia E. Wood, of Plymouth.
April 2. Frank H. Pratt and Lizzie Davie, both of Winchester .. Married at Woburn.
April 5. S. Arthur Nelson, of Plymouth, and C. Harriet Lean,. of Abington. Married at Abington.
April 15. Benjamin D. Peterson, of Vermont, and Emma M. Morey, of Plymouth.
April 27. William W. Ripley and Sarah A. King, both of Plymouth. Married at Kingston.
April 30. Clarence W. Burgess, of Abington, and Sarah E. Spear, of Plymouth.
May 1. Walter G. Courtney and Fannie H. Ellis, both of Plymouth,
May 1. James W. Talbot, of West Roxbury, and Elizabeth W. Brown, of Plymouth.
May 10. Leopold Volk and Barbette Hemerly, both of Plymouth.
May 11. Isaac L. Robbins, of Plymouth, and Martha D. Baker, of Dennis. Married at Dennis.
May 14. Fred. C. Bailey and Helen M. Peterson, both of Kingston.
May 14. William A. Loveland and Anna Ryder, both of Plymouth.
May 17. Alfred Holmes and Hannah J. Holmes, both of Plymouth.
May 18. John G. Smith and Josephine M. Sickle, both of Plymouth.
May 19. Adolph Schrieber and Salma Karle, both of Plymouth.
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May 24. George H. Newhall and Sarah F. Cahoon, both of Plymouth.
June 4. Rev. George A. Tewksbury, of Plymouth, and Annie M. Holyoke, of New York. Married at Brooklyn.
June 15. James F. G. Towne, of Maine, and Edith R. B. Churbuck, of Plymouth.
June 15. Frank Bartlett and Fannie A. Hoxie, both of Plymouth.
June 21. Isaac H. Place and Priscilla A. Fish, both of Plymouth.
June 28. David S. Totman, of Charlestown, and Louisa A. Harlow, of Plymouth.
July 9. Elijah Baker, of Boston, and Emma Gooding, of Plymouth.
July 11. Ernest Hape, Jr., and Louisa Kleinhaus, both of Plymouth.
July 12. Horatio N. Borden and Sarah S. Sherman, both of Plymouth.
July 13. Alanson Thomas and Lucy A. Thomas, both of Plymouth. Married at Kingston.
August 5. John R. Spear and Sylvia M. Shaw, both of Plymouth.
August 5. William H. Stegmiare and Caroline Storch, both of Plymouth.
August 9. Herbert Robbins, of Boston, and Abbie T. Cole, of Plymouth. Married at Middleboro'.
August 12. Henry H. Litchfield and Lucia A. Bartlett, both of Plymouth.
August 12. Paul Karle and Catharine Moker, both of Plymouth.
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August 21. Orin W. Bennett and Lydia A. Sampson, both of Plymouth.
August 28. George C. Holbrook and Betsey S. Ellis, both of Abington.
August 30. Antone Karler and Hannah Pruck, both of Plymouth.
August 31. Thomas Jackson and Mary Ann Shaw, both of Plymouth.
September 5. James McHenry and Elizabeth S. Fiumefreddo, both of Plymouth.
September 11. Charles H. Powers, of Abington, and Louisa Sears, of Plymouth.
September 15. Darius W. Chase, of Mattapoisett, and Eliza Pierce, of Plymouth.
September 22. Henry H. Munroe, of Plymouth, and Sarah E. Thompson, of New Jersey. Married at Duxbury.
September 28. Stephen H. Norris and Effie E. Hoxie, both of ·
Sandwich.
October 2. John Heath and Ida Hinckley, both of Plymouth. October 15. William R. Drew and Emily Holmes, both of Plymouth. Married at Springfield.
October 19. Edward D. Clark and Sophronia Bartlett, both of Plymouth. Married at Providence.
October 25. Nathaniel Perry, of Charlestown, and Esther A. F. King, of Plymouth.
November 5. Fayette G. Dayton, of Boston, and Sarah F. Fowler, of Plymouth.
November 6. Charles E. Barnes, of Plymouth, and Hannah S. Chadwick, of Sandwich. Married at Sandwich.
November 6. Alfred W. Smith and Leella W. Blanchard, both of Plymouth.
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November 8. Thomas O'Brien and Honora O'Brien, both of Plymouth.
November 8. Willis P. Weston and Janette B. Manter, both of Plymouth.
November 10. Henry W. Swift and Josie Wright, of Duxbury. November 22. Henry F. Gibbs and Clara Leonard, both of Plymouth.
November 27. Jacob Atwood, of North Bridgewater, and Hannah C. Robbins, of Plymouth.
November 27. George L. Avery and Ida F. Alexander, both of Boston.
November 27. Otis H. Raymond and Almira D. Hall, both of Plymouth.
November 27. F. Howard Holmes and Emeline Holmes, both of Plymouth.
November 28. William R. Swift and Isabella Nightengale, both of Plymouth.
December 1. Sylvester P. Nightengale and Alice Shadman, both of Plymouth.
December 13. Edward G. Hedge and Olive S. Doty, both of Plymouth.
December 25. Samuel Cole and Betsey W. Cushing, both of Plymouth.
Whole number of births, 162 - males, 80; females, 82. Whole number of deaths, 138 -- males, 63 ; females, 75.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1873.
DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
MOS.
DAYS.
DISEASE.
-
PARENTS.
Jan'y
7, 8,
Martha Churchill.
73
2 27
Dropsy.
12,
Hiram Pierce.
41
8
4 Dropsy on the Brain.
14,
Abraham Whitten.
74
6
4 Mollitec's Cerebies.
20,
Lydia Howland.
175
5 --
Paralysis.
21,
Nellie F. Collingwood.
11
1 3
Consumption.
Thomas and Martha.
23,
Elizabeth S. Tinkham.
38
G
7
Consumption.
Spencer and Sarah.
28,
Charles L. Hathaway.
24
4
4
Nervous Fever.
George A. and Eliza.
1,
Roena M. Swift.
14
3
Consumption.
24,
Daniel Babcock.
62
15 Heart Disease.
Elijah and Phebe A.
Feb'y
4,
Almira B. Babbitt. John King. Henry Mills.
63
7 -
Heart Disease.
John and Polly. Died in Chelsea.
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6,
9, William Stephens.
87 10
Old Age.
William and Esther. Died in Boston.
10,
Abiathar F. Smith.
2
6 - Congestion of the Lungs.
Thomas C. and Lydia.
9, 11,
Mary Roache,
70 -
Heart Disease.
Edmund and Ellen.
15,
Robert Brown.
56 8 22
Marasmus.
Nathaniel and Arabella. Died in Kentucky.
23, 23,
Eliza B. Perkins.
45 10 24
Apoplexy.
Ephraim and Elizabeth.
- 10 18
Erysipelas.
Pelham W. and Georgie.
33 10 16
Throat Disease.
Wife of William S. Staples.
75 3 3, Kidney Disease.
Joshua and Isabella.
9, Marcia Green.
78 6 -
Lung Fever.
13, Emily L. Bushı.
3
3 5 Scarlet Fever.
Charles and Joanna.
14, Benj. Holmes, Jr.
9 1 19 Drowned.
Benjamin and Penelope.
18, Lorenzo F. Simmons.
41 10 8 Heart Disease.
[69 1 4 Disease of the Liver.
Southworth and Maria.
-
Small Pox.
Russell Eaton. Amasa and Martha. John and Lucretia. Abraham and Sarah, Lucas.
Elihu B. and Elizabeth.
-
15 |11| 7
Consumption.
4,
61|10 22
Kidney Disease.
James and Polly.
Elizabeth E. Swift.
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6 -
Consumption.
Wife of Elihu B. Swift.
William and Abigail.
22,
Mary A. Goodwill.
33 10 16 4 6 6
Elkanah and Harriet. Died in Hyde Park. John and Adeline.
25,
George Leonard. Frank L. Freeman. Achsah F. Staples. Joshua B. Thomas.
65
-
Paralysis.
28, March 1, 2.
Widow of William C. Green.
George and Fanny F.
20, |Ichabod Shaw.
Peritonitis.
Orrin F. Bartlett.
Silas and Rachel. Died in Vermont.
Russell P. Eaton.
23, 27, 29, 30, 25, March 22, Ruth B. Holmes. Sarah E. Dodge. Charles H. Doten. Samuel Clark. William Williams Sylvanus B. Weston. Sarah A. Cromwell.
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69
22 Lung Fever. Cholera Infantum.
Ebenezer and Mary Shurtleff. James E. and Annie L.
-
4 8
14
6 Consumption.
81
- Old Age.
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.28 Consumption. Very suddenly.
Lewis and Patty B. Died in New Hampshire. Charles and Mary.
April 2, 3, Samuel B. Raymond.
10 25
Scarlet Fever.
Died in Bridgewater.
6,
Hattie R. Drew.
5
2 18 Scarlet Fever.
Edward and Ruth.
6,
Francis Southworth.
Josiah F. and Lydia A.
8, 12,
Carrie R. Whiting. Martha E. Avery. James Hall. Frank Beal.
65 -
2
Dyspepsia.
John and Mary.
12,
18, Ruth J. Thomas.
45
7 25 Consumption.
Wife of Gamaliel Thomas.
Arthur E. Thomas.
1
5 12
Charles H. and Catharine. Died in Boston.
Fanny Norwood.
45
1
4 Cancer.
Wife of Benjamin A. Norwood.
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Esther Burgess.
72
1
6 Bronchitis.
Widow of Vinal Burgess.
Louisa Leach.
38 5
1
Consumption.
Horace C. and Jane E.
6
11 2 9 11 Scarlet Fever. 4 Diptheria.
Temple H. and Emma N.
3,
John Hoyt. Nellie O'Brien.
5
1
17 Diptheria.
Thomas and Bridget.
7,
Edward O'Brien.
1
7
8 Diptheria.
Thomas and Bridget.
Mary O'Brien.
3
6
- Diptheria.
3
9 15 Diptheria.
William and Alice.
21,
Lydia S. Hoxie.
Widow of Thomas Hirsch.
1,
Mary Hirsch. Nathaniel C. Barnes.
67
3
17 Bright's Disease of Kidneys
William and Mercy.
8, 9, Ezekiel Morton,
10, Albert S. Thomas.
5
3 20
Chas. H. and Catharine. Died in Boston.
10, Mary H. Brown.
5
1 8| Scarlatina.
David and Marion. Died in Kingston,
10, Abigail S. Burbank.
72
7 |20 Inflammation of Liver.
Widow of William S. Burbank.
12,
Jinnee M. Brown.
1
11
1| Diptheria.
James and Eunice.
William and Alice.
8, 14, 18,
James O'Brien.
Widow of Abiathar Hoxie.
75 6 10 Old Age.
75
1 Bowel Complaint.
June
Mary A. Whitten. John O'Brien.
3
18 Scarlet Fever.
William and Alice.
1, Annie P. Bartlett.
4
May
7 14769 6
Nathaniel and Augusta. Died in Dorchester. Seth and Eunice. Phillip and Mary.
52 1
43 5 23 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
Josiah R. and Hattic E.
71 1 32
9 - Dropsy.
1 14| Inflammation of Bowels.
3 12
Consumption.
Wife of W. W. Avery.
-
Boynton and Abby.
19, 21, 26, 27, 29, 30,
Lemuel and Lucy.
Caleb and Hannah.
65 11 - Chronic Diarrhoea.
2 8 21 Scarlatina.
David and Marion. Died in Kingston.
LIST OF DEATHS .- Continued.
DATE.
NAMES.
YRS.
MOS.
DAYS.
DISEASE.
PARENTS.
June
13, 14,
John Baldwin.
40
10 14
Typhoid Fever.
Joshua and Julia.
Nancy F. Pitman.
63
-
Culmination of Diseases.
14-
Lester R. Manter.
2
9
5 Scarlet Fever.
17,
William O. Harris.
4
28
Scarlet Fever.
Christopher F. and Miranda.
18,
Amos L. Cromwell.
-
1 22
19,
Alice L. Frink.
1
9 19 Scarlet Fever.
27,
Sarah A. Jinks.
24
2
5 Inflammation of Bowels.
Chronic Diarrhoea.
Oliver and Lydia.
3,
Allen Hathaway.
71 - 20
Heart Disease.
Alanson and Rebecca.
4,
Lemuel D. Holmes.
75
3 13
Disease of the Kidney.
Nathaniel and Elizabeth.
July
2,
Almira F. Standish.
44| 11
- Phthisis.
Wife of Joshua Standish.
4, Eveline Robbins.
5 11|15
Drowned.
Morton and Hannah.
5, John L. Tucker.
50
8 -- Drowned.
5
2
9 Scarlet Fever.
Charles H. and Emma L.
',
Mary A. Frink. Daniel Ryder.
02 11|16
Obstruction.
Daniel and Lydia.
8, 11, 16,
Grace H. Bradford.
1
3 -
Scarlet Fever.
Daniel H. and Lydia A.
17,
Agnes W. Amstead. Chapman. Henrietta Heath.
3 14
James H. and Mary B.
31,
5 26 Cholera Infantum.
William and Sarah L.
August 1,
Frank C. Holmes.
4
28) Typhoid Fever.
Samuel W. and Harriet B.
5,
Lucy T. Clifford.
51
8 9] Consumption.
Wife of Benjamin D. Clifford.
6, Mary N. Holmes.
169
|14 Dysentery.
Wife of Amasa Holmes.
7,
Lewis Morton. Mary J. Hayes.
84
7 28 Apoplexy.
29 11 - Phthisis.
James and Catharine.
Charles D. McLean.
5 5 13
Typhoid Fever.
14 7 29
Consumption.
18, Stanislaus Kozlowski.
33 -
Falling down stairs.
19, Alma L. Simmons.
2 11
- Croup.
20,
Mary A. Locke.
,64| 5| 8|Malignant Disease.
Lemuel and Catharine, Widow of Albert Locke.
42
Carrie H. Paulding.
3 -
28|
Scarlet Fever.
10|18| Cholera Infantum. 1
Laroy C. and Jennie S.
31.
!
Charles and Mary. Charles H. and Emma L. Wife of William Jenks.
30,1
Lydia Keyes.
78
1
Richard and Ruth.
William H. and Lizzie.
William and Pamelia.
8, 13, 14, Maria L. Hirsch.
Archibald and Rebena. Cyrenus and Helen F.
Widow of Thomas Pitman. Prince and Sarah.
Aug. 20, 29,
Harrie C. Holmes. Sarah E. Ryder.
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--
25
11
10
Sept.
Annie Kelley.
20 -
2 11 Drowned. --
2,
9, 15,
Mary Reed. Adrianna Danforth.
31
11 20
16,
Mary E. Mahurin. Mary E. Pratt. Sally C. Erland.
78
3 13 General Debility.
October 8,
Hannah J. Seckell.
41
--
Tumor.
12,
Pella F. Finney. Betsey Holmes. Claudine Blackwell.
48
3 -- Consumption.
31,
Nov'ber 4,
7
1
4
9
17
Gardner and Abbie A.
17,
John G. Smith.
8 10 18
2
6 22 Scarlet Fever.
William and Elizabeth.
27,
29, Harvey Briggs.
28
1 16 Consumption.
Widow of Hugh Loud.
Dec'ber 2,
Elsebere C. Loud.
42
4 1 Consumption.
Wife of Isaac C. White. Died in Arlington.
2,
Lydia H. White.
28
3
Typhoid Fever.
3, Walter J. Robbins.
3
4 Meningitis.
8,
Mary F. Cobb.
34
8 8 Phthisis.
10, 10,
Obediah King.
13
8
16, Bright's Disease of Kidney.
16,
William F. Monroe.
24
2
- Consumption.
17, Bessie T. Peterson.
14
6 2 Scarlet Fever.
19, Henry H. Robbins.
62
5 21| Heart Disease.
20,
John B. Lucas.
48
8 - Anecuism of Aorta.
26,
Hattie E. Howland.
14
4
1 Scarlet Fever.
27,
Mary A. Parsons.
51
9|15| Scarlet Fever.
Samuel W. and Harriet B. Thomas and Betsey E,
Charles W. and Julia A. Walter H. and Lizzie C. Widow of Hezekiah Reed. Wife of Charles H. Danforth. Died in Lynn.
Obed C. and Esmarelda. Widow of Henry Erland. Henry H. and Hannah.
Wife of Albert T. Finney. Wife of Kendall Holmes.
Ezra and
27,
. |16
1 28 Scarlet Fever.
Died in Neponset. Charles H. and Mary M.
43
17,
22 -
21 Typhoid Fever. Scarlet Fever.
Abram and Sarah.
18, John A. Hipson. 27, Annie J. Snow. Ellis Rogers.
64
5 1 Paralysis.
Samuel and Amelia.
Josiah A. and Rebecca W.
Wife of B. F. Cobb, Jr. Wife of William Swift. Died in Bridgewater. John and Betsey.
Mary F. Swift.
35 21
17
88 2 15 Old Age.
13, Caroline Grozenger.
Died in Duxbury.
3, 5, Chas. W. Remington. Walter J. Kendrick.
1 1
13
63| 11 21
Dropsy.
2 11 13
Scarlet Fever.
-- 6 19 Cholera Infantum.
18, 30,
36 2 - Consumption.
68 8 19 Anemia.
15,
Hugh Loud. Mary Henderson. Nellie M. Long. Benj. Westgate.
75 10 28 Heart Disease.
2 Meningitis.
16,
Levi and Emily. Died in Middleboro.
Phillip M. and Rebecca T.
Mathias and Caroline. William and Hannah. Charles H. and Lucy. Rufus and Margaret. Abraham and Sally. Calvin and Harriet. Grant C. and Phebe C.
18 Cholera Infantum. Phthisis. Heart Disease.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of articles in Warrant for Town Meeting, to be held at Town House on MONDAY, the ninth day of March :
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To choose all necessary Town officers for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a Water Commissioner.
4. To choose a committee to regulate the fisheries in Aga- wam and Half-way Pond rivers, and to take such other action relative to said fisheries as may be necessary.
5. To hear the reports of the several officers and committees of the Town, and act thereon.
6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the laws relating to State Aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after Jan. 1, 1875.
7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money to pay any note heretofore authorized, or renew any loan heretofore made, and to take any action in relation to the same.
8. To revise and accept a list of Jurors prepared by the Se- lectmen.
9. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting the taxes which a Town Treasu- rer, when appointed a Collector, may use.
10. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the ex- penses of the Town and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money therefor as the Town shall deem expedient.
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11. To see what action the Town will take upon a claim of Jonathan Thrasher.
12. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to the bridge near the house of David Manter, from the main land to the beach.
13. To see if the Town will accept and allow the laying out of a Town-way from Samoset street to Summer street, upon the petition of F. B. Cobb and others.
14. To see if the Town will take any action in relation to widening Summer street, so as to remove steps now projecting into the sidewalks.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen - Albert Mason, William H. Nelson, Lemuel Brad- ford, Henry Whiting, Jr., David Clark.
Town Clerk - Leander Lovell.
Town Treasurer -Curtis Davie.
Collector of Taxes - Lemuel Bradford.
Assessors-John Harlow, John Perkins, Josiah A. Robbins. Overseers of the Poor -John H. Harlow, William H. Whit- man, Lemuel Bradford.
Sexton - Clement Bates.
Water Commissioners -Charles G. Davis, three years ; Sam- uel H. Doten, two years; Lemuel Bradford, one year.
School Committee - Albert Mason, Charles B. Stoddard, term expires 1875; Benjamin A. Hathaway, Rev. George A. Tewks- bury, term expires 1874; Charles G. Davis, Lemuel Brad- ford, 2d, term expires 1876.
Superintendent of Schools - Charles Burton.
Agawam Fishery Committee- B. H. Holmes, Peleg C. Chandler, Richard W. Bagnell.
Constables -John Perkins, Barnabas Hedge, Harvey W. Weston, Stephen Pember, Lewis S. Wadsworth.
Board of Health - Selectmen.
Burial Hill Committee - Warren S. Macomber, Charles Ray- mond, James B. Collingwood.
Truant Committee -John Perkins, Josiah D. Baxter, James B. Collingwood.
Surveyors of Lumber-George H. Jackson, Nath'l Brown, Leavitt T. Robbins.
Inspector and Sealer of Leather -John Churchill.
Committee on Plymouth Beach -Thomas B. Sears, Henry Whiting, Charles Burton, Josiah D. Baxter.
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Surveyors of Highways - Albert Mason, Lemuel Bradford, Henry Whiting, Jr., William H. Nelson, David Clark.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers -Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Barnabas Hedge, Ezra Finney, Lewis S. Wadsworth' Solomon Sylvester, Stephen Doten, Edward D. Clark, Lewis W. Thrasher, Hosea C. Bartlett.
Committee on Fires in the Woods -Franklin B. Cobb, Henry Whiting, Jr., Alanson Thomas, William T. Davis, Gustavus G. Sampson, Thomas Pierce, Horatio Wright, Isaac N. Barrows, Otis W. Burgess, Truman Sampson, Barnabas Hedge, Henry Whiting, Leavitt T. Robbins, Ezra Finney, George W. Cobb, Aaron Sampson, Ziba Ellis.
Superintendent of Water Works -B. A. Hathaway.
Committee on Shell Fish -Josiah D. Baxter, Barnabas Hedge, John T. Hall.
Pound Keepers -At the Almshouse, Oliver T. Wood; at Chiltonville, Galen R. Holmes ; at Manomet Ponds, Hosea C. Bartlett.
Board of Engineers-Peleg C. Chandler, Richard W. Bag- nell, Henry Whiting, Jr., Charles B. Stoddard, Leavitt T. Robbins.
Number of Polls, 1,592. -
Tax of Polls, $2.00.
Rate of Taxation, 1 64-100.
Valuation of Real Estate, $2,160,900.
Valuation of Personal Estate, $1,120,000.
Total Real and Personal Estate, $3,280,900.
NON-CIRCULATING,
W ELLS BINDERY INC. ALTHAM, MASS. NOV. 1960
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