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Eliza A. (Bayley) Shaw. 68 7 22
Heart Disease
..
Epilepsy .
22
·
23
Waitstill (Griffith) Freeman 86
.
5
7
19
James Dee . .
62
9
Consumption.
14
21 Helen Cordelia Terry . Anna McFawn 17
7
. .
Phthisis .
14
Ellen Howell . 28
Phthisis .
9 18 Endocarditis Cerebro-Spinal Fever. . Paralysis of Heart from Typhoid Fever
28
Edwin F. Hollis .
Capillary Bronchitis
: 3 Paralysis. . . .
Paralysis of Heart
7
Eva F. (Raymond) Bailey James West. 59
Phthisis .
12
Dropsy. .
Consumption
3 3 Robert Rich .. 74
Sumner, Me. Weymouth.
Fairhaven.
Marshfield. Weymouth. England. Ireland. Hartford, Me.
Membranous Croup Strangulated Hernia Phthisis
Embolism
13
27
Age.
Years.
Mos.
{ Days.
Aeute Pleuritis.
Boston. Weymouth. 66
66
. .
.
7
Timothy Higgins
8
117
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth
Apr. 16
Louis J. Goulais
10
8 20
Typhoid Fever .
18
Silence (Orcutt) Hawes
85
8 22
Internal Injury .
18
Lottie Lois Cushing. .
5 9
Marasmus
18
Willie Foster Cleverly.
6
9
Membranous Croup
19
.Joseph Stevens
69
.
·
2 Typhoid Fever .
22
Peter S. Hebert
5 10
Contraction of Windpipe
May
1
Robert Coleraine
54
6 29
Hemiplegia
1
Harriet (Paine) Poole
75
4
5
Hydrothorax
6
Harriet (Dyer) Wright .
37
·
6
Susan S. (Snow ) Palmer
81
Apoplexy
€¢
7
Theodore Blanchard
56
1 11
Heart Disease
11
Charles C. Culley .
28
11 13
Heart Disease.
12
John H. Flood .
23
8
. .
15
Mary HI. (Hayden) Herrick 64|10 ..
Chronie Hepatitis et Car- ditis.
15
Lydia B. (Holbrook) Pratt
47
10 10 Phthisis
18
William Jackson
28
Phthisis
18
Thomas Phillips
63
.
48
9
26
Lydia A. (Dawes) Clapp Male child of Eldrew and Flora Bates .
1
Premature
26
Male child of George E. and Mary Sylvester .
57
2
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Scituate.
66
31
Male twins of John F. and Mary Binney ..
June 2
38
9.12
2
Ephraim Bradford 75
6
6
5
James Curtin .
39
7 15
9
Edward F. Connell . 1 22
11
Walter A. Hunt. 27 1 26
Consumption .
12
2 53 1/24 Clara Elizabeth Newcomb Nahum L. Hunt. . 10.19
Cerebral Convulsions Chronic Hepatitis
Apoplexv
18
Nancy ( Lincoln) Makepeace.
85
9 .. Consumption .
19
Elsie Eudora Clement. .
23 9/28
21
James Toomey 60
.. .
21
Joseph Hardwick
80
8 17
22
Andrew S. Gove
36
1 14
28
Levi L. Barker, Jr.
19
10 . .
66
30
Lura W. Carpenter
3
. · 20
30
Annie E. O'Connor
21
5 3 Phthisis
July 5 6
10
Margaret Fennell
67
10 25
11
Alice Bradford Stickney
13
11 19 Consumption .
60
18
Sanford Hollis.
65 8|15
Paralysis
Stillborn
Consumption .
22
Maggie Cullen. 3 27
Cholera Infantum
23
Mary A. ( Hanley ) Ryan. 37
·
· ·
24
Mehitable (Mansfield) Remick. 78
4
25
Harry Francis Bacon
8 10
26
Danieì B. Phillips.
11
4 18
Suicide from Insanity, by Hanging. .
26
Elizabeth P. (Chaffin ) Allen 67.10 5 Spinal Disease
66
27
Ililda C. Nelson. . 5 25 Cholera Infantum
66
27
Susan B. ( Pratt) Gardner 59
5|17
Dropsy .
Braintree. Weymouth.
Hanson. Springfield.
Ireland. Weymouth.
Nobleb'o, Me. Weymouth. England. Braintree.
Green, Me. Weymouth. Chelsea.
Hanover. Hingliam.
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
New York. Plymouth. Ireland. Weymouth.
Lewiston, Me. Weymouth. Norton. Milford. Weymouth. Ireland. Quincy: Weymouth.
Boston.
Weymouth. Ireland. Duxbury. Randolph.
Weymouth.
21
Dennis Cohan.
16,11 18
21
Charley T. Bentley
Disease of Heart Meningitis 5 128
Consumption Old Age. .
Heart Disease
Consumption .
Diphtheria
66
Hernia ·
Jacob Loud . 80
. . 15
Granular Degeneration of . Kidneys.
Paralysis of the Hea
20
Male child of Frederic W. and Clara E. Benjamin
Puerperal Peritonitis
. . Cancer of Breast Terthing
Ireland. Braintree. Weymouth.
Landgr've, Vt. Boston. Weymouth.
26
9 Phthisis .
Stillborn
28
Julia T. (Stoddard) White
Stillborn
Phthisis and Hemorrhage Meningitis Cerebro-Spin. Accidental Drowning . Ear Abscess.
13
16
Timothy Alden Stetson .
65 1 25
Anne (Turner ) Clapp 82
Years.
Mos.
Consumption
Consumption .
Chronie Nephritis et Car- ditis. .
Mary E. (Quinn) Hines
118
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Aug. 4
Julia (Smith) Sweeney .
21
8
9
Puerperal Fever
5
Angie Louise Humphrey
1
9
Cholera Infantum
6
5
Hillary Wheelan .
Cholera Infantum
7
Marie M. Carpenter
6 Teething .
9
Lulu E. Williams
5
Scarlet Fever
11
Joseph W. Rogers
55
2 15
60
12
Rosetta Cullivan
4
14
Mary Sweeney
17 Marasmus
66
14
Willie Dunham
3 Burn .
Taunton. London. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth.
New York.
Weymouth. Carver. Weymouth.
Vermont. Scituate. Weymouth
Ireland.
Weymouth.
Hingham. Foreign. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth.
Rockland. Weymouth. Hingham. Weymouth. Marlow, N. H. England. Braintree. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth. Groton. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth. 66
Nov. 1
27
10 9
42
Phthisis
66
5
Harriet G. Ottignon.
7 Jolin E. Hewitt.
26
4
3 Pulmon'y Consumption .
8 Timothy Cleary.
63
8 17 Cardiac Disease.
11
Ida Florence Loud
12
2 14 Scarlet Fever
Weymouth.
12
Frank Elbridge Clark
24
. .
Consumption
Livermore, Me.
66
12
Andrew Magunsan
22
13
Elias Vining. .
31
2
19 Paralysis .
15
Georgie Etta Abbott
2
6 Marasmus
18
Clarence Packard .
13 fcterus .
66
20
· Sophia (Nash) Dunbar 78 23 Enteritis
21
John Herbert Rowell .
Imperfect Heart at Birth.
23
Ellen (Kenny) Thompson
70
.
·
29
Ellen Haley . .
1 3
Marasmus
6 4
4
Peter J. Daly .
21 ·
·
66
5
James 8. Stoddard.
64|10 4 Typhoid Dysentery.
8
James F. Lynch. . 21
11
Andrew J. Hosley 37
9
1
Cardiac Asthma
12
Grace Isabelle Burrell 29 1
Teething . .
15
Florence E. Holbrook
1
3 27
17
Walter H. Sidelinger
1
1 11
66
18
Margaret (Buckley) Cohan
45
8
.
18
Angeline Ghivizi .
11
3
.6 19
6
.
=
20
22
Martha R. Blanchard
49
2
3 Gastro-Eteric Fever.
22
James Slattery .
62
6 Disease of Kidneys.
23
Margaretta M. Cleverly 59 2 15
Heart Disease.
31
Nelson French
61
5|13
Tabes Mesenterica
Typhoid Fever
Bridget (Griffin) Shea
19
.
Marasmus
Gastro-Enteritis Capillary Bronchitis Phthisis. .
Elizabeth B. Torrey . Joel L. Pratt 61
6 21
Marasmus Typhoid Pneumonia Heart Disease.
Oct. 1
Rosetta (Ellis) Kennedy.
26
Inflammation of Bowels Phthisis Pulmonalis. . .
25
Nathan H. Pratt Orcutt.
5
1 Cholera Infantum
26
Raymond Lewis
6 3
27
Rose D. (Roundy) Wright. 38
10 28 Consumption
28
Benjamin Ells. .
65
11 13 Angina Pectoris
29
Ellen L. (French) Garey
21
.
. 15 Phthisis.
29
Female child of S. Wilson and Sarah S. Belcher .
2
30
Mary (Monahan ) Cruise 28
· 9 . .
Sept. 6 10
Arthur Canterbury Baker. William Smith Manuel
10 25
Dysentery
64 11 |21
Concussion of Brain oc- casioned by R. R. Ac't. Cholera Morbus
19 Jolın Coleran
57
1 27
Cholera Morbus.
Teething .
20
Pearl Louise Salisbury
7 21 Cholera Infantum
21
Ida B. V. Smith. .
16
7 21 Peritonitis
66
22
William Hawes 57
5 9 24 Bright's Disease, compli- cated with Heart Dis. Disease of Heart . ·
24
Lois (Hall) Harlow 87
58
. . 11 Spinal Sclerosis.
17 Marian A. Blanchard
5 14 Cholera Infantum Marasmus. .
17 Idella May South .
4|11
19 Joseph H. Oldham .
1
·
Pranmatic Encephalitis Inflammation of Brain. Cholera Infantum.
Boston .!
Weymouth.
Weymouth. 6
..
6 11
6
·
Days.
Years.
M.08.
.
14 Eliza C. (Hurbord) Nash
Marasmus
Consumption.
Gastritis .
1 10 Phthisis Pulmonalis. Heart Disease.
11
Thomas Smith. . 77
Nora Willis
Braintree. Ireland. Weymouth. Hanson. Ireland.
119
DEATHS, Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
IName of Deceased.
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Mos.
{ Days.
Nov. 12
Francis J. Derusha .
2
2
Angina Maligna
13
Bertie Beatty . .
Scarlet Fever.
28
Ellen D. Cushing .
18
6
1
Chronic Nephritis
29
Male child of Fred and Mary
Blanchard . .
Stillborn
29
Harry Irving Reed
23
5
9 Consumption
Dec.
3
Paul White
89
2
Peritonitis
3
William Nelson Colson
51
8
5 Heart Disease
..
8
Joseph Murphy . .
1
6
Acute Desquammative Nephritis.
9
Lavinia S. (Stetson) Blanchard .
12
Male child of Lillie Decosta.
.
12
Isabel F. (Bieknell) Reed .
32
6
8
14
Justin E. Wright . 71
6
17
Joseph Clapp
74
11
Heart Disease
17
73 3
..
Paralysis of Heart. Consumption. Cancer
17
69 9|24
20
Sarah C. (Lambert) Meader.
86 10 20
Paralysis.
24
Mary Elizabeth Leach. . 57 10 13 Paralysis.
25
Sally B. (Pratt) Linfield. . 66
. . 7
Cancer
27
Carrie E. (Blackington) Dyer 62 . . 16 Consumption.
Thomas'n, Me.
Whole number of marriages registered for 1883 :
Where one or both parties reside in Weymouth ·
114
Non-residents .
19
Total
133
Whole number of births for 1883 : -
Males
131
Females .
.
115
Whole number of deaths for 1833 : -
Males
· 95
Females .
92
187
Excess of births over deaths
59
Attest,
JOHN A. RAYMOND,
Town Clerk.
WEYMOUTH, January, 1884.
Canada. Peterbury, Va.
Weymouth. "
78 3 11 Apoplexy
.
15
Gastritis
Congestion of Lungs. .
Vermont. Weymouth. Yarmouth, Me. Weymouth.
17
William Seabury Adella Atwood Pratt Wilson Derby. .
2.2 10 . .
·
-
.
246
.
Years.
728
26
Weymouth. Boston. Weymouth.
Nantucket. Weymouth.
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth : -
GENTLEMEN, - The Board of Engineers of the Fire Department submit their report for the year 1883.
We are pleased to be able to report that no fire has occurred such as to affect the business interest of the town or to the great injury of any individuals. There has been a much larger number of fires in woodlands than usually occurs, owing in part probably to the dryness of the season, but several were undoubtedly of in- cendiary origin. At one time seven distinct fires were burning, two in Ward One, two in Ward Two, one in Ward Three, and two in Ward Five, and it was necessary to call out the department on several occasions to prevent the fires from extending to buildings.
Fires and alarms during the year other than those in woods have been as follows, viz. : -
Feb. 13. Leonard B. Joy, store, damage $800
Feb. 19. Joseph S. Lovell, house, damage . Slight.
March 5. D. L. Sterling, factory, damage . 25
April 16. Estate of Albert Tirrell, house, damage 600
July 4. Walter H. Joy, laundry, damage . 600
July 8. Charles H. Burgess, stable, damage 1,000
Aug. 20. Millard F. Baker, stable, damage 700
Sept. 15. James M. Brant, stable, damage . 1,200
Dec. 29. D. B. Barnes, house, damage
1,200
In no instance has the fire extended to other buildings than the one in which it originated to do serious damage, although it was only by prompt and severe labor on the part of the department, assisted by many who had formerly been members, that the factory of M. C. Dizer & Co. and other buildings in the immediate vicinity were saved at the burning of the stable of M. F. Baker.
The apparatus in service, number of feet of serviceable hose to each engine, number of members and location, are as follows, viz. :
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NAME.
Mem- bers.
Feet of Hose.
LOCATION.
Steamer No. 1
22
1,300
Ward 3.
Steamer No. 2
25
1,350
Ward 2.
Active No. 5.
40
800
Ward 1.
Gen. Putnam No. 4.
50
650
Ward 4.
Gen. Bates No. 3 ..
45
850
Ward 5.
Chemical No. 1 ..
15
Ward 5.
Hook and Ladder Trucks.
. .
....
E S. Beals No. 4
25
....
Ward 1.
Eureka No. 2
21
....
Ward 2.
Hardscrabble No. 3.
18
....
Ward 3.
Resolute No. 1.
25
....
Ward 5.
286
4,950
·
1
In addition to these are Rocket, located in Ward Two, and the Conqueror at the engine-house in Ward Four, which are in good working condition, and could be put to use if needed. 1
The several houses are in good repair. 'It was found necessary to enlarge the one in Ward Two to accommodate the new steamer, and to sheathe the rooms in Wards Two and Three, in which the steamers are kept, to avoid danger from freezing. The houses in Wards One, Two, Three, and Four have been painted, and we be- lieve that everything connected with the department is in good condition, and in all respects a credit to the town. A new reser- voir has been built near the factory of M. Sheehy & Co., on Broad Street, in Ward Two. Arrangements were made for the building of such others as were authorized by the town at its annual meeting ; but before the contracts were made for building, action was taken in regard to the introduction of water from Great Pond through the town. It was, therefore, thought inexpedient to proceed until that question was decided.
The Board were instructed to take into consideration the subject of connecting the different villages by telegraphic or telephone con- nections, for the purpose of fire alarms, and report. We have re- ceived estimates from the New England Telephone Company and the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company. To connect by tele- phone it would be necessary to erect a line from South Weymouth to East Weymouth, and from the village at North Weymouth to the
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railroad depot, connecting with the line now running from East Weymouth to Weymouth, Landing also a line from Nash's Corner to South Weymouth, the cost of which would be $1,100, viz. : - For erecting posts and wiring $600
For 11 boxes, annual rent 500
$1,100
The line to be kept in repair by the company, but the rent of the boxes to be paid yearly. The estimated expense for a fire alarm telegraph would be $6,000, viz. : -
For 15 miles of posts and wire
$2,000
For 4 strikers, Wards 1, 2, 3, and 5
2,300
For 1 gong , Ward 4
150
For battery .
100
For 10 boxes
1,500
$6,050
By using the posts between Wards Two and Three, . the expense would be somewhat reduced. This estimate is for a first-class line, and could probably be contracted for at somewhat lower figures. It will be seen that a telephone line is the most expensive, on ac- count of the yearly rent for the boxes.
We recommend that the town appropriate for the municipal year 1884, $2,200, viz. : -
For general expenses and repairs ".
$1,200
For hose .
1,000
$2,200
Respectfully submitted,
Z. L. BICKNELL, Chief. GEORGE W. BATES, Clerk. THOMAS A. KERIVAN. WILLIAM O. COLYER. FRANK D. THAYER. CHARLES E. BICKNELL. JOHN R. H. WILLIAMS. WILLIAM B. HERSEY. GEORGE F. MAYNARD. ALVAH RAYMOND.
WEYMOUTH, Dec. 31, 1883. 1
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
AT the suggestion of the Selectmen and other citizens, and in accordance with the custom of many other towns, the undersigned, Assessors of the town of Weymouth, respectfully submit the fol- lowing report : -
We have assessed upon the polls and estates the following sums, which we have committed'to Wilmot Cleverly, collector, with our warrant in due form of law for collecting and payment of the same.
For town expenses, as voted by the town at the last
annual meeting
$88,650 00
For State tax ·
5,490 00
For county tax
4,225 58
For non-resident bank tax
3,919 81
Overlayings .
3,699 69
Total assessment
105,985 08 ·
Number of polls assessed in Ward 1
439
Number of polls assessed in Ward 2
1,032
Number of polls assessed in Ward 3
640
Number of polls assessed in Ward 4
392
Number of polls assessed in Ward 5
527
Total number of polls .
3,030
VALUATION.
Ward 1, Personal estate
$139,370
Real estate
.
565,216
Total valuation
$704,586
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Ward 2, Personal estate
$397,714
Real estate
1,043,344
Total valuation
$1,441,058 .
Ward 3, Personal estate .
$259,777
Real estate
803,203
Total valuation
1,062,980
Ward 4, Personal estate
$74,060
Real estate
388,053
Total valuation
462,113
Ward 5, Personal estate
$316,993
Real estate
727,674
Total valuation
1,044,667
Non-resident Personal estate
$89,778
Real estate
397,195
Total valuation
486,973
Resident bank stock
411,771
Total valuation
$5,614,148
·
Number of dwelling-houses in the town
. 2,013₺
Number of horses in the town .
944
Number of cows in the town ·
587
Area of the town
. 9,400 acres.
LEONARD GARDNER, WILMOT CLEVERLY, JOHN P. BURRELL, GEORGE A. CUSHING, JACOB BAKER,
I
Assessors of Weymouth.
·
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·
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
THE Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library hereby respectfully submit their fifth annual report.
The library has been open during the year three hundred and six days. The total number of loans for the year has been 48,594, an average of one hundred and fifty-nine per day. Of the books loaned about seventy-two per cent belong to the department of fiction, nine per cent to arts, biography, and history, five to litera- ture, natural science, and poetry, six to travels, and eight to all other departments.
The time for which books may be retained has been extended to two weeks, in all cases ; and this fact, together with the improvement in the quality of the reading, explains, perhaps, the somewhat re- duced circulation.
Bulletins have been issued at the usual intervals of four months ; the three bulletins contain titles of about 1400 volumes, making the whole number now contained in the library about 7500. Of the additions for the year four hundred and twenty-six volumes have been presented, three hundred and sixty-two of them being substantially bound public documents from Washington. In procur- ing these volumes the Book Committee have had valuable aid from F. T. Wilson. Esq., of the War Department.
The annual inspection of the library conducted by the chairman of the Book Committee, the librarian, and assistant librarian has been made. It shows that no book has been lost during the year ; only one book having been lost during the four years which have · elapsed since the library went into operation. As there have been during that time over 200,000 loans, it is obvious not only that we have a system nearly perfect, but that its details have been man-
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aged with painstaking and conscientious fidelity by the librarian and her assistants.
In our last report the hope was expressed that there might be prepared during the year a special list of books for the use of pupils in the public schools. Although some steps have been taken in that direction, the work has not been completed. Of the utility of such a list, if carefully and intelligently prepared, there can be no doubt. Much of the irksomeness of the routine of school work, especially in the higher grades, might be relieved by enlarging the pupil's horizon, and bringing his mind into contact with the best that has been written upon the subjects that successively engage his at-
tention. In this connection mention might be made of the extent to which the library is already used directly in the interest of school work. Under the rules of the Board, teachers are permitted to keep out three books at a time, taken on a special card, for use in the school-room. The total number of loans upon such cards for the year was nine hundred and ten, an average of seventeen to each teacher. It ought to be added, however, that about five sixths of that number were taken by less than two fifths of the teachers.
When it is considered that a vigorous exercise of the privilege referred to would result in a circulation of at least four or five thousand books per annum, it must be confessed that the opportu- nities for interesting pupils in the library by that agency have not been fully exhausted.
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The library is now well equipped in its various departments for the service which an institution of its kind ordinarily renders to the public. Even the special student, upon many subjects, will find upon its shelves ample materials for the prosecution of his preliminary studies.
It is a matter for hearty congratulation that such a mine of wealth is within reach of those whom it is the special province of a library to entertain, to instruct, and to educate ; but it is to be regretted profoundly that so fair a land is an undiscovered country to multi- tudes who should eagerly occupy it; that books the most enter- taining, attractive, useful, and inspiring to persons in every station of life should perform no nobler office than to wait in their places, and bear patiently their accumulating load of dust. They ought
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rather to be " the food of youth, the delight of old age, the orna- ment of prosperity, the refuge and comfort of adversity." It has cost us something in money and pains to acquire our library ; it behooves us now to utilize it to the utmost.
The Board would recommend that the town appropriate for the ensuing year the sum of twelve hundred dollars, and one half of the sum to be received on account of dog licenses.
FRANK W. LEWIS, For the Board of Trustees.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1884.
1
TREASURER'S REPORT
Of Receipts and Expenditures of Tufts Library for the Year 1883.
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in treasury Jan. 1, 1883 $4 02
Received of Librarian, for fines collected 130 78
of Librarian for catalogues sold . 34 72
of town of Weymouth, dog money
380 42
interest of Tufts Fund ·
100 00
of town of Weymouth, appropriation .
1,200 00
of George T. Rand, rents .
300 00
of C. G. Estabrook, rents .
112 50
of Lockwood & Brooks, books returned 90 71
of Providence Public Library
1 00
1
$2,354 15
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Librarian, services $366 63
Librarian, expense of cleaning room
5 03
Otis Cushing, distributing books 30 00
W. G. Nash, distributing books
25 00
Alfred H. Wright, distributing books
25 00
A. S. Jordan, insurance
17 50
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing bulletins, etc.
95 85
Lockwood, Brooks & Co., books
842 58
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding books
118 16
N. E. School Furnishing Company, case for card catalogue . 11 50
L C. Richards, services 86 30
W. C. Totman, distributing books
4 00
Alexander Sherman, labor .
6 09
George W. Young .
34 40
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Paid George W. White, box-rent, postals, etc. . $6 04
Union National Bank, stamps 1 00
J. W. Bartlett, distributing books 48 00
E. F. Fisher, distributing books
48 00
F. W. Lewis, services and expenses
54 12
F. Leopoldt, library journal
3 00
Providence Public Library Reference List
2 00
C. W. Clark, supplies
7 35
S. W. Pratt, supplies and labor .
44 93
Horace Trufant, services
57 36
Little & Brown, books
7 50
E. Richards, insurance
37 50
A. Williams & Co., hooks .
4 00
Estes & Lauriat, books
126 77
Expense U. S. Pub. Doc. .
29 25
A. L. Loud, services .
11 25
O. C. Railroad, transporting books
18 09
Joseph Loud & Co., fuel and oil H. H. Thompson, book
39 30
Jeremiah Bailey, labor
24 62
Jansen, McClurg & Co., book
1 50
W. K. Baker & Son, expressage
5 95
C. G. Estabrook, printing
9 00
Martin Garrison, books 17 00
John Ford, sprinkling
10 00
B. F. Smith, supplies .
1 25
Geo. S. Baker, hardware .
5 56
Paul A. Garey, pedestal for statuette .
6 00
Thomas South, iron works .
4 25
W. C. Gutterson, labor
28 51
James B. Ford, labor
19 62
E. Bourke, expressage .
5 46
$2,354 97
A. S. WHITE, Treasurer.
2 75
REPORT
,OF THE 1
COMMITTEE ON TOWN HISTORY.
THE Committee to which was referred the matter of collecting materials for a town history, under the vote of the last annual meeting, beg leave to submit the following report : -
It is well known that the early history of this town is involved in much obscurity, and from a variety of causes the materials upon which to establish the facts are scarce and not easily accessible. They must be sought for with the utmost diligence, not only in the well-known sources of information, but in every possible channel ; for they are as likely to be found where they are least expected as where they would be sought most naturallv.
No history of the town having been ever attempted, - even the best-known authorities upon contemporaneous history have never been examined, other than incidentally, for this purpose, - your Committee, therefore, thought best to have those carefully exam- ined, and those portions relating to Weymouth copied or noted for easy reference. For this purpose Rev. S. K. B. Perkins, a critical scholar, with experience in historical work, was employed. He spent about a month in this undertaking under the direction of the Committee, with fair results, when he was called away by more permanent engagements. His work has been recorded in perma- nent form, and is now in the hands of the Committee.
Among all the known material there is none more valuable than that which the town possesses in its records and files, but no list or index of what these contained was in existence ; it was, therefore, practically unavailable, and the Committee thought that a better work could not be done than to have these thoroughly examined and fully indexed. For this purpose Rev. Anson Titus was en- gaged, who was employed about two weeks upon the work, which
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he completed very satisfactorily, cataloguing the books and filing and indexing the papers down to the year 1825 ; and this index, in practicable form, is also in the hands of the Committee.
The town, therefore, has in its possession a full and complete catalogue of its record books, with a general description of each ; and its papers and documents down to and including the first quarter of the present century numbered and filed, with a table of their contents, so that it is now comparatively easy to know, by a very brief examination, what information the town has upon any given subject. It has also, in the work of Mr. Perkins, in con- venient form for ready reference, the most important facts relating . to the town contained in the historical records of the first hundred years of our country's existence ; and this has been done at a cost of about one hundred and fifty dollars, as will be seen by the Treasurer's account.
This, as the town will readily perceive, is but the commencement of the work, and very much more remains to be done ; for it is de- sirable, if we have a town history, that it shall be so full and accu- rate as to need no revision, but shall be the standard authority upon all matters of importance connected with town affairs, and be acknowledged as such by historical scholars.
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