Town of Arlington annual report 1842-1861, Part 18

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Casey John


3 84


Donnol Archibald Mc


1 50


Carroll John


1 50


Denney William


1 50


Carroll Patrick


1 50


Calehan Thomas


3 65


Dupee Lorenzo


3 84


Chadwic James C.


1 50


Dudley Charles


1 50


Call est. of Jonathan


31 20


Doherty James


1 50


Carnes Edward


20 61


Dovlin John


1 50


Cutter Martha


2 12


Donnahue Timothy


1 50


Chamberlain Daniel


63 80


Dolond James


1 50


Cutter Charles


32 31


Donnahue Jeremiah Davis Samuel S.


1 50


Carthy Maurice Mc


7 74


Donna Michael


1 50


Caldwell Joshua


6 96


Durgan Benjamin F.


1 50


Crane Charles A.


38 75


Dodge Isaac


1 50


Crane Charles H.


2 87


Debloic Henry


1 50


Crosby John S.


21 49


Daniels est. of John P. 12 29


Cutter John


2 67


Dupee William P.


13 98


Chapman Edward


32 10


Dickson Aaron


16 23


Cutter Moses


6 24


Dickson Aaron P.


1 80


Cutting Charles


15 06


Durgan James


4 23


Cutter Elijah


44 20


Dodge Paul F.


32 57


Childs James


8 30


Dodge Joshua G.


13 20


Converse h'rs of Joseph 3 12


Dexter John


1 50


Cutter Gershom


23 11


Dickson William


38 65


Clark est. of Daniel


19 89


Dickson Albert L.


5 01


Currier W. C.


11 64


Dickson Frederick


4 23


Chase James M.


12 62


Croome George


5 40


Cutter Ira


1 50


Chatran Napoleon


1 50


E.


D.


Eaton Timothy


31 83


Dunnivan John


1 50


Eaton & Co. Timothy


8 19


Davit Daniel Mc


1 50


Entard Gasper 1 50


Doyle William


1 50


Estabrooks James A. 34 55


Davis John


1 50


Estabrooks Horatio 4 23


1 50


Cook heirs of B. imp.


by S. Buckman 5 07


Dodge Willis S.


1 50


Damon est. of David 10 14


Dudley William


1 50


Drummond Rev. Jos'h P. 1 50


14


Frost wid. Mary


$5 85


F.


Fillebrown Edward


12 74


Fillebrown John


$38 75


Frost wid. Sibel


1 56


Fitch Patrick


1 50


Frost Mary A.


2 15


Filigan Arthur


1 50


Frost Artemas


5 40


Farrow Perry


1 50


Frost Henry


51 60


Fisk Joseph A.


1 50


Frost jr. Henry


2 67


Fisk Timothy K.


1 50


Frost Varnum


19 25


Frost Charles J.


3 84 Frost Varnum & W. 8 29


Field John


61 76


Frost Henry trustee for


Fisher John


1 50


Mrs Q. Cutter 1 17


Flynn John


1 50


Frost est of Amos 11 03


Ford John Capt.


1 50


Frost Thaddeus


20 28


Furgerson James


4 23


Frost Newell C.


52 59


Frost Edmond


2 28


Frost Elvira A.


35 10


Frost Abijah


11 25


Frost & Hill


2 44


Freeman John D.


24 51


Frost Josiah L.


27 14


Frost Warren S.


21 59


Fisher David


1 50


Fletcher Walter D.


3 45


Gilson Jeremiah 7 74


Farrell William


1 50


Goodwin Charles


1 50


Foster John


1 50


Gassett Lotan


6 28


Footman P.


1 50


Gray George


1 50


Finity Thomas


1 50


Gammell Eben


1 50


Footman J.


1 50


Gage Addison


58 48


Fermoyle Patrick


1 50


Goodwin Charles E. 1 50


Fermoyle Michael


1 50


Gray George H.


114 50


Fessenden wid. Almira


6 63


Grayham H. 1 50


Farmer Elbridge 40 20


Griffeth & Co. Charles 77 22


Frost Reuben


1 50


Gammon Aaron


2 28


Frost wid. Mary


5 85


Gannett Rev. George 2 09


Foster George


1 50


Gibson Thomas


3 84


Fowle John


137 22


Goff George


1 50


Frost Silas


66 44


Garrett Joseph


1 50


Frost Isaac


43 02


Glashan John Mc


1 50


Frost Isaac guardian for A. Frost


5 85


Gregor Andrew Mc


1 50


Frost Jonathan


92 96


Gile Wilber F.


1 50


Frost William


1 50


Griffeth Charles


102 32


Fulsom Henry


1 50


Green Samuel


7 94


Fletcher Walter


100 43


Green Marshall


1 50


Fessenden N. M.


15 54


Gardner Miles


9 95


Fessenden P. B.


11 64


Gould Francis


7 35


Fessenden John J.


1 50


Green wid. Esther


26 91


Fessenden George H.


3 45


Grant John D.


1 50


Frost Francis S.


31 53


Green Otis 7 35


2 28


Gibson James


G.


15


Gammell John $15 15


Hill Francis


$50 96


Gage Hittinger & Co. 180 57


Heustis Warren 14 37


Gannon Benard


1 50


Hill & Co. Henry Y.


53 14


Goodnow John


196 50


Hill Henry Y.


52 59


Hill Amos


35 79


Hill jr. Amos


75 89


Heron Elzer


1 50


Hill jr. Amos and Hen- ry Y. Hill 45 24


Haskell John A.


1 50


Haskell Andrew J.


1 50


Howland Nicholas 1 50


How Andrews


9 88


Hickey Patrick


1 50


Hammatt Francis A. 3 45


Hart James


1 50


Hatch Nicholas


1 50


Hagarty Jeremiah


1 50


Hodge Michael


1 50


Healy John


1 50


Hodge John


1 50


Homer Capt. James B. 61 56


Hill H. W.


7 74


Homer Alfred W.


2 28


Hearn William A.


1 50


Hill Eber


1 50


Hills George H.


15 54


Hill Nathaniel


7 06


Hinds David


1 50


Hall jr. Solomon


1 50


Heron Cornelius


1 50


Hinton John R.


2 67


Hathaway Charles


4 23


Hanson William


3 65


Harvey Morris


1 50


Harley Samuel


1 50


Holland John


1 50


Hill Addison


30 56


Hall Ammi


2 28


Hewes Joseph


6 18


Hutchinson T. K.


3 35


Hanson Joel F.


13 69


Hare John


1 50


Hill Charles H.


1 50


Hill Harrison


1 50


Hill 2d William


52 43


Hears Dennis


1 50


Hill Abraham


2 67


Huffman John


2 67


Hill wid. Nancy


9 75


Holmes John W.


1 50


Hill Nancy


2 05


Hart Henry


3 45


Hayward Charles H.


6 96


Hardy Milan


1 50


Hill 2d Amos


7 25


Haskell George W.


1 50


Hartwell John B.


11 84


Horton B. L.


3 45


Hartwell John H.


1 50


Hall Thomas


51 91


Hunt Nancy


2 01


Hall Isaac


7 55


Hinton John


28 80


Hurley Timothy


1 50


Hill Rev. George


3 45


Hutchinson William


1 50


Horton Rev. Francis


18 27


Holland John


1 50


Hill jr. Amos guardian


3 51


Hishhorn Anton


1 50


Hogan Thomas


3 06


Huffman Ferdinand


1 50


Hill wid. Anna


35 68


Hand Oscar


1 50


Hill 3d William


10 08


Hubbard Henry


1 50


Hill Samuel W.


13 59


Hoy Owen


1 50


Horey Ebenezer


7 12


Harrington Michael


5 40


Hill George


32 41


Hill Joseph


33 87


Hill Mary


6 87


Hyde Patrick


1 50


Hill Sarah


6 83


H.


16


Hill wid. Betsey


$9 75 Kenney Thomas


$1 50


Higgins Dennis


5 79 Kendall Hosea 1 50


Hill Charles


19 83 Kenity Thomas 1 50


Hopkins Capt. Reuben 83 65


Kenney Michael


5 79


Homer William F.


78 53


Kenney Andrew


1 50


Homer Eleazer


56 78


Kelley Michael


1 50


Hollingsworth J. M.


48 50


Kent James W.


1 50


Higgins Albert


22 17


Kidder Joseph


1 50


Hammit Samuel P.


17 88


Kendall Daniel


1 50


Hodgdon Dr. R. L.


3 06


Kimball & Russell


5 07


Hardy Solon


17 69


Hobbs Lorenzo


7 35


Harrington est. of Cy- rus D.


10 24


Lawrence Henry L.


16 71


Hill est. of Nathaniel


32 94


Lewis jr. Samuel


44 21


Hall jr. Jacob


15 54


Loud Nathaniel


1 50


Hurley William


1 50


Locke Horatio


15 93


Locke Henry


1 50


I.


Lanagan Thomas


1 50


Laula Patrick


1 50


Locke Esq. John


3 45


Lane George W.


1 50


Jenkins est. of Isaiah


8 00


Laduk Peter


1 50


Jarvis est. of John


15 99


Jackson Andrew


1 50


Lacy John


2 28


Johnson Nathaniel


15 15


Libby Ira


1 50


Johnson James


1 50


Larry Dennis O.


1 50


Johnson Francis


1 50


Fary Thomas O.


1 50


Joyce Matthew


1 50


Locke William P.


1 50


Joyce Robert


1 50


Lamora Joseph


1 50


Jennins James


1 50


Landers James


1 50


Joyce John


1 50


Locke Benjamim B.


3 84


Jorden Lewis


1 50


Locke Artemas


106 72


K.


Larkin William Locke Samuel B.


1 50


Keerer William


1 50


Littlefield Rufus


1 50


Kelley Patrick


1 50


Lennon Martin


1 50


King Andrew


2 67


Lakin Napoleon


1 50


Kelley John


1 50


Locke Leonard


1 50


Kenister Charles


1 50


Lewis Henry 1 50


Keep William


1 50


Lovejoy Elbridge 1 50


Kelley John


1 50


Lovejoy Warren


1 50


Kenney Timothy


2 94


Lynch Edward R.


1 50


Kendall Benjamin F.


1 50


Lane W. J.


32 20


Keith James


1 50


Lane W. J. guardian for


Kingman William H.


1 50 M. Hill 8 97


L.


Littlehale Langdon 1 50


Isaac


1 50


J.


Locke Warren


1 50


Johnson Charles


1 50


1 50


17


Lane J. W. guardian for


McNulty Patrick $1 50


A. Usher $5 07


Marsh Frederic L. 1 50


Locke Davis


34 26


Maron Thomas 1 50


Locke jr. Davis


3 84


Merrideth Edward


1 50


Lary Jeremiah


5 01


Moor William H.


1 50


Litchfield Franklin


6 96


Mahoney Daniel 1 50


Lynch Samuel S. 2 77


Mott Joseph 30 17


Locke George A. 40 96


Montree Conrad


2 67


Locke William H.


6 02


Motley George H. 1 50


Locke wid. Hannah B. 27 34


Murdough George 4 23


Locke Caroline A.


5 85


Locke Edwin


32 80


Maroney James


2 48


Lawrence Abel


2 28


Locke Elbridge G.


42 64


Mills C. H.


1 50


Locke wid Ann


16 79


Murphy Dennis


1 50


Lapoint Frank


1 50


Moody Daniel 1 50


Locke Charles D. 1 50


Mathew Thomas


1 50


Locke Stephen 31 14


Mills John


1 89


Locke Hannah C.


14 35


Mahoney Jeremiah


1 50


Locke est. of Albert 4 72


Mott Henry


10 86


Murphy Charles


1 50


Locke wid. Elizabeth


3 51


Locke est. of Abel


4 68


Lee Capt. George


968 31


Mills James


1 50


Langley Eliza A.


1 95


Mack Patrick


1 50


Morton Thomas


3 84


Mercer William


1 50


imp. by O. Winship 15 02


Merrifield Joseph A.


-


Locke Edwin imp. by


Mrs. Ropes 4 29


Locke wid. Amos


9 28


Lelwall John 1 50


N.


Noyce J. L. 2 67


Nason Charles


1 50


Manning Thomas


1 50


Marrow William


1 50


Nicholas Abraham


1 50


Mahoney Bartholomew


1 50


Nicholas Matthias 1 50


Mahoney Dennis 1 50


Nason heirs of Eliakim 28 08


Mayor Thomas 1 50


Newhall C. H. 3 45


McCabe Michael 1 50


Niles William J. 64 98


Maligan Thomas 1 50


Nickerson Jonas C. 7 35


McNat David 1 50


Noland John


1 50


Maston Thomas H.


1 50


2


12


Mahanna Michael


1 50


Mosure James


1 50


Murphy James


1 50


Locke heirs of Benja'n 10 34 Locke heirs of Benjamin


14 96


Mayo Henry L. 17 00


Marsh Mansur W. 8 10


M.


Marriga Garrett 1 50


Neil Daniel Mc


3 06


Nourse Nathan


4 82


Lane W. J. imp. by W. H. Allen 3


Murry John


1 50


Mayo Timothy 1 50


18


O.


Proctor Moses


$25 49


Osborn John


$6 57


Pratt John


8 13


Potter J. S.


7 35


P.


Prescott and Proctor


46 80


Perry John B.


12 72


Pierce J. A. P.


40 35


Pratt Andrew


26 07


Parks Alfred


3 45


Patrick


1 50


Pierce Ebenezer P.


28 70


Puffer Jephther


1 50


Prentiss George


37 25


Peabody John


19 25


Prentiss George jr.


12 62


Piersons Joseph


2 28


Peck A. G.


329 88


Price William


1 50


Prentiss Samuel


3 45


Parks Thomas


1 50


Prentiss James


24 61


Puffer David


21 39


Prentiss Mary


1 95


Peabody James


34 94


Prentiss wid. F. R.


8 68


Prentiss Amos


1 89


Pierce wid. Lydia


16 38


Prentiss John


1 50


Perry Joseph


3 84


Porter Hugh


2 67


Parmeter Esq. Wm. E. 4 23


Pierce Frederic


1 50


Pierce Abel


32 99


Phillips Oliver


1 50


Pierce Oliver H.


5 40


Pratt Nathan


38 79


Pitts Bailey &


22 04


Payson Mary


19 50


Poland Benjamin


16 71


Pierce Jerome


1 50


Prescott Edwin R.


10 86


Pierce John W.


1 50


Proctor Abel R.


18 27


Pierce James A.


1 50


Pierce wid. Jonas


5 66


Pierce Thomas P.


51 13


Prentiss Mrs. Abbey W. 27 30


Prescott Jonas G.


1 50


Pitts - Bailey &


Price James


1 50


imp. by Gage Hittin-


Peabody Silas


2 67


ger & Co.


21 94


Perry Potter


1 50


Pierty James 1 50


Patterson Nicholas


1 50


Pike Daniel


1 50


Porter Charles


1 50


Rawson Warren


35 00


Patterson Matthew


6 35


Pattee A.


1 50


Pattee W. H. 1 50


Russell 2d., James 33 97


Pattee Jesse P. 62 93


Richardson Richard


8 52


Peck Charles


3 45


Richardson James M.


8 52


Pratt Converse F.


3 45


Richardson William


56 20


Pierce Thomas, trustee


Russell Oliver 12 91


for wid. Grant 4 29


Russell Thomas H. 5 40


Pierce Harrison 1 50


Russell William W. 1 50


Pierce Abner 118 02


Russell Capt. E.


8 52


Pierce Henry A.


1 50


Russell wid. Rebecca


5 46


Pierce Capt. George 60 30


Russell wid. Rebecca


Pierce Mrs. Harriet 7 80 imp. by S. Hardy 2 34


R.


Richardson & Co. Geo. B. 18 33


19


Russell widow Rebecca


imp. by G. C. Russell 2d


S.


Robbins Nathan


237 94


Spakeman Robert 1 50


Russell Amos


24 40 Simonds Marshall


13 59


Robinson T. S. G.


2 60


Readen Peter


2 28


Russell B. F.


22 46


Russell Bowen


24 66


Sullivan Dennis 1


1 50


Richardson W. H.


18 80


Stacy John


1 50


Robbins Edwin


4 23


Seers Nelson


1 50


Ramsdell Thomas


35 24


Stowe William 5 40


Stines James 1 50


Stevens George


1 50


Russell Mrs. Sarah 1 95


Russell Col. Thomas


201 14


Russell Josiah H.


22 66


Russell George C.


35 82


Russell George C. trus-


tee for E. Russell 3 90


Russell Thomas J. 52 88


Russell Eliza A. 1 40


Sullivan John 1 50


Russell James 129 40


Sullivan Thomas


1 50


Russell & Whittemore


8 97


Stevens John R.


1 50


Ruth William


1 50


Swaim Rev. S. B.


8 52


Roake John 1 50


Ryan John 1 50


Schouler jr. James 25 29


Sargent Elijah 1 50


Schouler Robert 57 47


Sullivan Michael


1 50


Russell Alvin


1 50


Row Patrick


1 50


Schweizer John


1 50


Richardson Mark A.


5 40


Schwamt Theodore


1 50


Russell Ira L.


1 50


Russell George H.


1 50


Robbins Daniel


15 93


Rutter George


1 50


Sinclare Robert 1 50


Sutton Thomas 1 50


Stacy Nathan


1 50


Russell 2d. George C. 14 57


Scheirden Francis


1 50


Robbins Joshua


57 37


Setchell W. F. A.


10 08


Russell heirs of James


Shaw James


1 50


Soles William


3 84


Sweat William S. 2 28


Smith Rev. Samuel A. 4 82


Swan - 1 50


Sweeny Daniel 1 50


Shepherd Norman A. 1 50


Stanwood Daniel R. 3 06


Stanwood jr. Theodore 3 45


Solomon John 1 50


Solomon Edward 1 50


Somes John 5 40


Richardson George E. 1 50


Richardson George B. 34 99


Rearden Bartlett


1 50


Swain & Wellington


3 12


Spear Jason 1 50


Stokes Richard 1 50


Swan Harrison 1 50


Ruffley Henry 1 50


Russell James S. 10 08


imp. by Moses Proc- tor


16 77


Rich Leonard 1 50


$29 84


Sullivan Jeremiah $1 50


Shattuck Isaac 50 25


Sweeney Jeremiah 1 50


Swan 2d Charles 1 50


Robbins Nathan imp. by David Puffer 2 34.


20


Squires John P. $29 68


Taylor William $1 50


Sanders wid. Mary


2 34


Timothy 1 50


Swan Henry


18 37


Teel George S. 18 27


Swan Samuel


17 49 Thaxter James 8 33


Schouler & Bro. Robert 52 46


Thorp Albert


1 50


Schwamp J. & C.


4 97


Tufts wid. Helen


1 95


Swain B. D.


3 45


Teel Joseph


27 14


Swan est. of Henry


14 92


Thorp Thomas


12 03


Scwamp Jacob


1 50


Tufts Capt. Benjamin


21 00


Swan Martha


3 12


Tufts Ephraim


84 56


Swan Timothy


48 46


Taft H. B.


9 69


Schouler John


72 77


Tufts Horatio


1 50


Swan Charles


1 50


Trask M. C. 5 21


Teel Albert


11 25


Spear Joseph S.


18 27


Swan wid. Phebe


16 77


Snelling est. of Char- lotte


13 65


Storer Edward


13 89


Society Baptist


50 87


Stearns Leonard


33 97


Smith Edward


32 32


Smith James E.


1 50


Stearnes George 33 97


Smith Francis


6 96


Smith Joseph


5 01


Simpson Alonzo


13 20


Sheen John


2 87


Starkweather E. C.


15 93


Swan Stephen


55 47


Symmes Stephen


46 94 .


Symmes jr. Stephen


13 89


Schwamb Charles


2 67


Schwamp Peter


1 50


Shay Henry


1 50


Swan heirs of Gershom 17 75 Smith Rev. Samuel guar-


dian for E. P Smith 5 38


Do. for Sarah Smith 6 55


Do. for E. D Smith 7 09


Woodbridge James M. 2 48


Woods William T. Woods Isaac 3 84


11 25


T.


Tufts Charles H. 1 50


Toomey Cornelius 3 45


Trask Cooledge 1 50 Wyman heirs of S. imp.


Thorp Thomas E. 1 50


Toomey Michael 1 50


V.


Vaughn Michael 1 50


W.


Whittemore C. B. 5 40


Woods B. F. 10 09


Walker Edwin R. 6 18


Wallace W. J.


3 06


White Charles


1 50


Wyman James


14 27


Wellington Henry


1 50


Willey Hobbs


1 50


Walker C. A. 4 04


Whittemore Horatio F. 1 50


Whittemore wid. Sarah 57 33


Wyman John P. 9 30


Wyman John & A. P. 58 51


by M. C. Kenney 5 85


Woodard George W. 1 50


ยท 8 13


Teel est. of B. C.


8 48


Tufts Henry 18 27


U.


Underwood Dr. Joseph 14 37 Underwood Napoleon 17 88


Teel Thomas H.


72 78


Teel Thomas R.


21


Wright Stephen E. $1 50


Word Samuel 1 50 Whittemore Gershom 20 90


Wyman Abner P.


Walton Edmond


Wilson James 1 50


Washburn C. L. 3 45


Whittemore wid. E. L. 3 65


Ward Willard 2 67


Wait wid. Cynthia 5 85


Wyman heirs of Sam'l 30 55


Wellington est. of Tim-


othy 78 68


Wyman Joseph 56 12


Warren Marshall S.


1 50


Whittemore William A. 75 29


Winn Albert


72 19


Whitten J. W. 33 87


Woodbridge John R. 3 84


Woodbridge Henry 1 50


Whitteridge Thomas


1 50


Whitten Robert 1 50


Walland Daniel


1 50


Watson James 1 50


Welch Thomas


1 50


Wiggins Joseph 1 50


Walton Joshua 1 50


Wheeler Daniel 1 50


Woodbury Charles T. 1 50


Woodbridge S. F. 84 80


Wellington J. O. 78 26


Winn Charles G. 98 12


Warner James 1 50


White Nathaniel


1 50


Woodbridge Samuel


3 45


Winn Albert, guardian


for M. D. Frost, 35 10


Winn wid. S. 2 73


Whittemore Wm. H.


51 81


Yates wid. Almira 21 39


Whittemore Charles


13 20


Yates est. of Joseph 15 60


2%


Winneck est.of Wm.B. $23 69


16 32 Whittemore Henry 33 09 4 23 Whittemore Henry trus- tee for Isaac Coffin 3 90


Whittemore Henry trus- tee for E. A. & H. C. Whittemore 60 06


Whittemore Henry C. 1 50 Whittemore wid. Re- becca 36 35


Wells Sarah 5 27


Winn Russell & Schou- ler 8 97


Whittemore est. of Jon- athan 78 59


Whittemore Francis H. 27 24 Whittemore est. of El- bridge 11 70


Wilson wid. Sally 1


Winn John


11 25


Wilson Horace 6 97


Winship Oliver 1 99


Wellington David K. 14 76


Wyman James M., 1 60


Whittemore Fessenden & 27 30


Whittemore heirs of


William 34 52


Wyman jr. Luke 14 76


Wyman Luke 35 82


Wyman wid. Mary 2 63


Wright est. of Joshua 7 80


Y.


Yoar Michael 3 06


Yates Charles 1 89


LIST OF NON-RESIDENTS.


AS ASSESSED


For the Year 1855.


Wid. Francis Bowman $3 90


George Adams


$9 39


Philander Ames 98 Heirs of John L. Sullivan 5 85


William Cotting 67 57


Jacob Handscomb 2 93


David Cooledge 1 56


Dr. Benjamin Cutter 13 26


Smith Lougee


53 24


Wid. Susan Hoffmaster 4 39


J. V. Fletcher 36 49


William Horne 1 56


Heirs of David and Jo- siah Kendall 2 15


Est. of Micajah Locke 17 00


Asa Locke 11 31


Phineas Lawrence 6


72


Joseph Dickson 3 51


Est. of Emerson Parks 7 80


Francis Russell guard'n 3 12


Wid. Abig'l Richardson 2 73 Francis Russell 3 42


Josiah Bright 1.17


Nathan Smith


6 34


Jeremiah Russell 2 26


James M. Fessenden 2 05


John R. Hagan 8 97


Reuben Reed 21 26


George Cutler 3 90


Silas Cutler


11 70


Frederick Tudor 126 85


Est. of James Brown


66 09


J. W. Converse 29 64


Jefferson Cutter


14 82


William Marlborough 22 23


John S. Ellis


1 56


Thaddeus Fisk


53 63


Moses A. Gatchell


9 75


Watson Goward


17 55


John Swan, jr.


1 17


M. C. Kenney


20 28


Est. of James Brown


Earl W. Johnson 15 02 imp. by Edw. Brown 16 19


Timothy Whittemore 15 60


Thomas Hutchinson 19 73 Est. of Stephen Robbins 16 77 Henry Wellington, jr. 16 39


John Thayer 4 29


Michael Campbell 1 37


William A. Russell 15 60


Levi Russell 12 29


Widow Lydia Whitney


& Walter H. Russell 3 46 James Stearns 78


Isaac Sanderson


49


Frederic Tudor, imp. by S. Lynch 24 57


Fisk Elbridge 8 19


James L. Pitts 2 34


Joseph Palmer 1 95


Mr. Glidden 4 68


N. Packard, 39 00


C. W. Kingsley 8 78


23


James M. Usher $16 58


Rev. Mr. Green $1 95


Heirs of Wm. Dickson


1 56 Jacob Stearns 78


Frederic F. A. Frost 5 83 William Munroe 2 73


Jacob Hittinger


65 13 Oliver Winship


3 51


David Hill


8 19


Aaron Locke


59


Thomas H. Bailey


78


B. F. Allen


9 85


Samuel Cutter


19


50 Est. of Anna Tufts


1 17


Adolphus Davis


33 93


John Swan


2 15


Dr. G. H. Dadd


6 50


Thomas Dewer


78


Washington Jacobs


1 56


William White


78


P. D. Wallace


78


Daniel White


1 76


John W. Prentiss


98


Est. of J. C. Collins


78


Jonas Viles


4 29


E. R. Collins


1 56


J. M. Baldwin


1 56


William Bullock


98


Edward Riddle


3 51


Veasey Joseph A. 27 89


J. C. Chase


9 36


Est. of Preston Shepherd 9 75


The above is a true and correct copy of a list of Town, State, and County taxes for the Town of West Cambridge, assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the inhabitants of said Town, and also the non-residents, according to a valuation, as taken by subscribers on the first of May, A. D. 1855, and committed to Josiah H. Russell for collection for the current year, with their warrant in due form of law.


THE AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION.


Real Estate,


$2.060.484


Personal Estate,


1.208.870


$3.269.354 which at 3 9-10 mills on the


dollar pays -


- $12.750 48


743 Polls


1.144 50


$13.864 98


Town Grant, 10.500 00


County Tax, 1.611 48


State Tax,


1.239 50


Overlayings,


514 00


$13.864 98


STEPHEN SYMMES, JR., r WILLIAM DICKSON, J. O. WELLINGTON,


Assessors of the Town of W.Cambridge. West Cambridge, June 1855.


REPORT


OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF WEST CAMBRIDGE,


FOR 1854-5.


IN making up the Report of the School Committee for the past year, we shall aim to present to the inhabitants of the town as clear a statement as possible of the condition of the schools at the present time, and the progress that has been made. We shall endeavor to fill our report with what facts and statistics we have been able to gather, as evidence of the manner in which the Committee, and those placed in charge as teachers of your children, have fulfilled their several duties.


We are perfectly aware that it is unnecessary at this day, to plead the cause of education. It is equally unnecessary to press upon your attention the great utility of our public schools. These matters you all understand and appreciate. You are willing to tax yourselves largely and freely for the education of the young ; you are willing and desirous to make education free and open to all, without cost to the child so that the son or daughter of the poorest man in the commu- nity may derive as much benefit from our public schools as the children of the wealthiest tax-payer among you. All you ask is, that the money raised for the support of schools shall be judiciously and properly expended, so as to produce the best and largest results. You ask of your Committee to report to you the manner in which the schools have been con- ducted, and the profit derived from the generous provisions


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made by the town. In the following pages, according to the best of our ability, we give you the desired information, bc- ginning with the


CENTRE DISTRICT.


At the commencement of last year, the charge of the Gram- mar School went into the hands of Mr. C. L. Washburn, a young man educated at one of our State Normal Schools for the profession of teaching. He came here with good recom- mendations as to character and success as a teacher, and your Committee believe they have not been disappointed in the choice made. When Mr. Washburn took the school, from a series of previous disasters and disappointments, it was in- a low and disordered condition. It had lost its confidence and courage. But we are happy to state that, through the skill, energy and industry of the present teacher, aided by a ready co-operation of his pupils, the school, in one short year, has risen, in many points of excellence, to a condition never enjoyed before.


Many sound and valuable improvements have been made. The Committee have been much gratified to witness the change that has taken place within the school-room in regard to order, promptitude and studious deportment. We wish we could speak as favorably of the out-door conduct of the members of this school. Complaints have reached us in regard to rude- ness on the part of the boys, while engaged in their sports and recreations around the building and in the streets. We are sorry for the reputation of the school to hear any such reports, and should not speak of them here, were it not with the hope of their immediate correction thereby. We regard the character as dearly as we do the reputation of the schol- ars; and are of the opinion that no intellectual brilliancy, or attainments of scholarship, can excuse or compensate for rudeness to strangers, or the invasion of others' rights. This is an unpleasant matter to allude to in a report to be made public, and we trust the occasion for it will not occur again.


The school has been well attended during the year, and an


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unusual interest manifested in the various studies pursued. Especially has great attention been paid to Geography and Arithmetic. The teacher has aimed to instruct by giving the plain and comprehensible principles on which a thorough knowledge of the subjects in hand are founded. After a pupil knows the principle of a thing, he can easily understand the facts : he can understand a rule in Arithmetic after he sees the principle and the reason for it. The principles of map- drawing have been taught, and the scholars, who have given their attention to it, have made remarkable progress, giving us, at the examination, some fine specimens of outline maps drawn upon the blackboard. In other branches, such as His- tory, Philosophy, Physiology, Book-keeping, Grammar, Punc- tuation, fair progress has been made. In Mental Arithmetic, the smaller classes were somewhat deficient. In the reading there is also some deficiency as to style and manner. There is a stiff declamatory tone - a want of flexibility of voice, man- ifested in the older scholars, that ought to be abandoned. But in these respects we have witnessed some improvement for the past year. We have only to add that the school has been well and ably taught, and is now in a prosperous and satisfac- tory condition.


The Primary School in this district has been in charge of Miss L. C. Tucker, a teacher of such well known abilities and success, as to need no praise at our hands. Her school comprises the usual studies of the primary department. It is the duty of the teachers in this department, to take children upon their first entrance, and fit them for the next grade. They are transferred to the Grammar School by qualification and not by age or size. Our standard of qualification for the upper school comprises Mental Arithmetic, Elementary Geography, Reading and Spelling plain English, and other little, but necessary subjects found in the spelling book. When these are gone through with in a thorough manner, and the children are able to take more advanced studies and go on with them in classes, we deem them fitted for removal to the Grammar School. We make this statement here, because some, who never visit the schools, complain of our method of


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transference from one to the other. We are aware that, in this school in particular, quite a number of children were sent up a year ago, too young, and at an unusual time. We think it was an injury to the scholars thus transferred; but it was done by a former member of the board, without the concur- rence of his associates.


The school for the past year has gone on pleasantly and prosperously, and notwithstanding it was suspended a short time in the winter, on account of sickness, and for a number of weeks was thin in attendance, it passed a creditable and satisfactory examination. The school is in good hands, is advancing rapidly, and the parents have reason to rejoice that their children are under the management of one who takes so much pains, not only to instruct them properly, but to culti- vate within them amiable feelings and gentle manners.


NORTH-WEST DISTRICT.


The Grammar School in this part of the town has been under the tuition of the present incumbent, Mr. Silas Peabody. During the time Mr. Peabody has had charge of this school, it has gone on increasing every term, and every year, in inter- est and character. The district has been very fortunate in retaining his services for so long a time. He devotes his time and energies wholly to his profession, and we see the stamp of his mind and force of character in the conduct and ability of his pupils. This school, for the year past, has maintained a high rank, embracing studies and exercises scarcely inferior to those found in High Schools and Academies. One cause of its prosperity is, that the scholars in this district have remained in school until they are old enough to appreci- ate the worth and advantages of education, and able to go beyond the mere preliminaries of the District School. For thorough culture 'and solid attainments, we believe there are no scholars in town, whether educated at private schools or in the city, that are in advance of those in this district. This school, in fact, embraces nearly all the studies and branches found in a High School. At the annual examination, there




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