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3 00
E. Nutting, three days' haying
6 00
F. Hynes, for meat.
10 75
Mr. Wing, for meat.
1 10
Wm. S. Comey, for mneat.
54 87
A. Wright, for goods.
220 14
Conant & Co., for goods. 298 23
John B. Fletcher, for goods. 88 54
Wright & Fletcher, for goods.
60 38
Town of Ipswich, for Eunice Fletcher
118 88
Town of Groton, for W. O. Wright.
48 84
R. H. Phelps, for medical attendance upon Jacob Read and wife. 66 75
Town of Groton, for Mrs. Blake.
23 25
L. W. Blodgett, difference in sleigh
12 00
D. P. Lawrence, for poultry .
4 40
Hiram Decatur, for goods delivered to John Manday, 7 02 David Brinckerhoff, as by bill, for making cider(1872) and use of bull. 13 14
W. A. Webster, for medical attendance at the Alms House and on J. Edgerly 53 50
48 62
Town of Ipswich, for Mrs Fletcher, year 1873. to making out Reports, 1874 5 00
Read & Chamberlain, blacksmithing 4 40
Heywood & Burbeck, for grain 14 82
Abel Prescott & Co., bill ..
8 90
to making out Reports to State. 5 00
Oren Coolidge, for services as Overseer of the Poor,
10 00
Amount carried forward. $3,063 48
$208 00
A. Hines, for 28 days' haying
24
Amount brought forward. $3,063 48
Paid for going to Brighton twice after cattle. 10 00
for moving Mrs. Kindal to the Alms House 5 00
for going to Lowell after Hoyle. 3 00
for going to Ipswich after Mrs. Fletcher. 8 25
for carrying a pauper to the State Alms House.
3 45
for going to Groton twice and moving Mrs. Blake to Alms House. 4 00
for moving Wm. Read's family to the Alms House, 2 00
for going after J. Edgerly's family .
1 00
Wm. S. Comey, for meat
24 24
for pasturing oxen.
17 30
J. H. Read, for services as Overseer
10 00
for going to Ashland.
5 00
the Town Treasurer.
207 04
Conant & Co., for goods.
33 88
for grain.
33 89
Wm. Webster, for blacksmithing
29 10
for soap.
5 00
for fish.
15 16
for filling up well dug by order of the Directors of Nashua & Acton Railroad.
3 00
for beef.
3 77
for piling brush
6 75
for four scythes
4 99
for goods ..
2 22
for two shoats
21 60
for fish.
1 87
for four days' piling brush.
5 00
for two bushels fodder corn.
2 25
for points to landside plough.
1 55
for eight and one-half pounds dried apples
1 24
for yarn .
2 08
for grass seed .
6 85
for timber for shed
3 50
for killing two hogs
1 00
for chopping wood,
2 00
for work on the farm
1 50
for repairs on sewing machine
1 60
for hauling logs one day
3 00
for expenses to Brighton for cows.
4 00
for nine and one-half pounds of honey
2 85
for poultry 8 36
for bakers' bread. 22 51
for expense to Brighton and driving oxen up.
4 60
for clothing for Amos Hildreth.
15 93
David Brinckerhoff, use of bull.
7 00
Amount carried forward.
$3,621 81
25
Amount brought forward $3,621 81
Paid for eighty pounds of shorts
1 16
for making cider. . . 1 53
for driving oxen to pasture and going after them .. . 3 10
for a bag of cracked corn
1 85
for ten pounds pork.
1 40
for grinding corn
3 29
for tea and coffee.
5 04
for cloth for inmates.
5 35
for butter and cheese.
17 05
for boots for John Manday and sons
4 50
for cleaning beds and house
1 33
for spoons
1 00
for doctoring a cow.
1 00
for oats.
80
for repairs on plough
1 10
for fly trap.
1 00
for six baskets. .
7 50
for oil cloth for table.
1 75
for one day's work haying
2 00
for fowls and matches.
1 87
for carrying Lewis King to Tewksbury
1 00
for clothing for Butler and Betsey H
3 60
for one kettle
1 65
for use of bull.
2 00
for pants for Read's boy.
1 00
as by D. W. Smith's books
32 91
due from D. W. Smith.
81 22
N. S. Hamblin, services as Overseer
10 00
for going to Lowell about S. Hoyle.
1 50
the town clerk of Billerica, for searching records. . .
50
for searching records at Cambridge on account of Mrs. Read.
1 50
for time spent hunting up the settlement of R. Perkins
10 00
for going to Littleton to settle bill on account of Mrs. Read .
1 00
for going to Ipswich on account of Mrs. Fletcher. .
5 00
for time spent looking up Wm. Furnald's settlement, Mr. Felch, for taking care of S. Hildreth one day. .
1 00
a tramp, to procure lodging.
50
for time spent on account of Mrs. Blake and Wm. C. Wright 6 00
Nelson Prescott, for watching with Sam. Hildreth. . 2 00
for time spent on account of W. H. T. Nichols .... 2 00
for going to Lowell about the claim against Carlisle,
2 00
Amount carried forward.
$3,857 56
4
5 00
for fixing pump. .
75
26
Amount brought forward. $3,857 56
Paid for carrying John Butler to the Alms Honse. 2 00
for going to Boxborough about Mrs. Jacob Read. .. 2 00 for going to Lunenburg and Townsend about Mrs. Jacob Read's settlement. 6 00
for time spent going to Tyngsboro' to search the records on account of Jacob Read's settlement, 2 50 for copy of deed. 75
for time spent going to Stoughton on account of Mrs. Wm. Read's settlement. 6 50
for going to Ipswich to look up the settlement of Ada Fletcher and her two children. 6 00
as by J. R. Bagley's books. 81 22
46 60
D. W. Smith, in part.
the Overseers. 20 22
$4,031 35
STATEMENT
OF THE EXPENSES OF THE POOR ABOVE THE INCOME OF THE FARM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 8, 1875.
Amount drawn from the Treasurer $2,142 00
Received for State pauper. 207 04
$2,349 04
RESOURCES.
Due from the County.
$22 00
D. W. Smith . 81 82
the City of Lowell 29 50
the Town of Carlisle. 59 75
for hay, 38.87; milk, 128.88 ; State paupers, 74.52 .. . 242 27
Paid the Town Treasurer. 207 04
$642 38
Loss on personal property 468 37
$174 01
Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of the interest on the farm. . $2,175 05
Cost of supporting the poor out of the Alms House, $810 07 66 in the Alms House. . . 1,364 98
$2,175 05
The number supported in the Alms House the past year. . Average number. 7
14
Number receiving two meals and lodging
628
Number receiving one meal
279
We have paid for labor on the farm and in the house, which has always gone into the next year's Report, which amounts to. $273 28
N. S. HAMBLIN, Overseers of the Poor OREN COOLIDGE, $ of Westford.
PERSONAL APPRAISAL
OF PROPERTY AT ALMS HOUSE IN WESTFORD.
Horse, $70; harness, 20; draught harness, 7; old harness, 50c .; curry-comb and brush, 1; 12 cows, 540; 12g tons of English hay, 250; 7 tons stock hay, 98; corn fodder, 15; 8 hay forks, 4; meal boxes, 6; wind mill, 4; corn sheller, 5; 15 bushels corn, 15; 10 bushels oats, 8; 100 lbs. shorts, 1.50; hay cutter and feed box, 8; mowing machines, 100; 2 fails, 1; set measures, 50c. ; 39 flour barrels, 6.63; 14 bags, 2.80; 39 sacks, 3 ; apple picker, 50c. ; drag rakes, 1.25; 5 chains, 4.50 ; 3 ox yokes, 10; 6 iron bars, 6; ploughs, 10; cultivator, 6; shovels, 3; spades, 1; 6 manure forks, 4; manure hook, 1; 2 picks, 1; ditching knire, 50c .; 2 bog hoes, 75c .; shafts and axles, 3; 2 water tubs, 1; muzzles, 25c .; ladders and hooks, 11; ox-carts, 60; farm wagon and hay wagon, 30; 30 fowls, 20; 2 hog hooks, 1; 2 whiffletrees, 1.50; horse wagon, 20; sleigh, 5; ox-sled, 4 ; 2 horse-sleds, 23; 15 tie chains 3.75; blanket, 50c .; cow bell, 50c .; horse rake, 1; 10 scythes and snathes, 8; grindstone and machine, 8; wheelbarrow, 3; 11 axes, 5.50; carpenter's tools, 70 ; copper kettle, 2; 5 wood saws, 4; 6 hoes, 3 ; 6 rakes and garden rakes, 2; stove pipe, 2.25; 13 baskets, 3; grain cradle, 1; 4 saw horses, 1; 8 bushels of white and colored beans, 20; washing machine, 2.50; meal chests and meal, 8; 3 harrows, 10; drag, 2; string of bells, 25c. ; soap, 7.50 ; gallons of pickles, 2; pounds butter, 18; 11 glass jars and contents, 4.50; gallon measure, 50c .; 4 00 lbs. salt pork, 56; vinegar, 10; 7 cider casks, 3.50; garden vegetables, 5; molasses and barrel, 5; kerosene oil and can, 3; 5 wash tubs, 3; cook stove, 70; 3 air-tight stoves. 21; Franklin stove, 2; 50 milk pans, 15; 12 tin pails, 4.50; 4 wash basins, 1; tin ware, 12; coffee mill, 50c .; wooden bowl, 50c .; clothes wringer, 5; water pot, 1; 10 lbs. lard, 1.80; 6 lbs. tallow, 60c .; saleratus, 32c .; cream tartar, 20c .; butter moulds, 1.75; bar soap, 60c .; churn, 1.50; 12 butter tubs, 1.20 ; bread trough, 1; fly trap, 1; cranberries, 3; apple parers, 1; candle mould, 50c .; sausage filler, 25c .; sugar, 1; salt, 1.50 ; spices, 50c .; pair steelyards, 80c. ; oil can, 25c .; tin and iron pots, 3; porcelain kettle, 1.50; iron griddle, 50c. ; chopping knife and trays, 2; waiter, 2; clothes bars, 1; earthen pots, 60c .; stove blacking and brush, 50c .; brooms, 1.75; tea 1.25; coffee, 1; mortar, 50c .; spice
28
boxes, 40c .; flour, 12; sieves, 50c .; jugs, 2; lamps and lantern, 3; knives, forks and spoons, 3; crockery, 8; set of shovels and tongs, 3; corn parcher, 50c .; candlesticks, 50c .; clothes dryer, 100 ; 85 bush. potatoes, 59.50; 8 tumblers, 65c .; lot of chests, 15; trunks, 10; cases drawers, 2; 12 bedsteads and beds, 125; 5 rocking chairs, 5; cabinet chair, 2.50; table cloth and towels, 1.50; bedding, 1.75; cradle, 2; 2 clocks, 3; 11 tables, 10; dinner horn, 25c .; clothes basket and line, 2; 12 window curtains, 3; 4 looking glasses, 1.50 ; 7 flat irons, 3; ash shovel, &c., 3; rifle, 2; gold necklace, 7 ; hand- cuffs and fetters, 2 ; bed pan, 1.50 ; injection pipes, 4.50 ; mop han- dles, 15c .; dinner bell, 75c .; sickles, 1; beetle rings and wedges, 2; 5 meat barrels, 4; meat fork, wrenches and hammer, 2; butter worker, 50c .; 14 cords of wood in shed, 56; 1500 boards and planks, 20; brushes, 1.50; bureau, 5; chairs, 2.50 ; shawl, 2; caster, 1; oil table cloth, 2.
Amount February 8, 1874, . $2.782 47
66
8, 1875,. 2,316 10
Loss on personal property,. 466 37
ALVIN FISHER, Appraisers A. W. CUMMINGS, of Property at
NOAH PRESCOTT, Poor Farm.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
Town of Westford,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 9, 1876.
LOWELL, MASS .: STONE, HUSE & CO., STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, No. 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1876.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1875
TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN,
I. P. WOODS, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, N. H. WRIGHT.
ASSESSORS,
C. L. FLETCHER, A. P. CUTTER, H. CHAMBERLIN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, NATHAN S. HAMBLIN, DAVID REED, A. W. CUMMINGS.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. Henry Read, Ch'n, William S. Kittredge, Sec'y, William A. Cram, Miss Olive A. Prescott, Miss Eliza M. Babbitt, Aug. Bunco, Alonzo P. Reed, Arthur Wright, Jas. Callahan.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
4
FENCE VIEWERS,
ELI TOWER, GEO. HUTCHINS, NATH'L SWEETSER.
CONSTABLES,
William L. Kittredge,
George E. Coburn, James Morrill,
David Reed, Chas. H. Fletcher, John Lanktree.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM,
Artemas W. Cummings, Luther W. Blodgett, Thad. A. Blodgett.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS,
Dist. No. 1, Geo. E. Harris,
2, James O'Brien,
66 3, William Kittredge,
66 4, Moses Edwards,
13, Benj. M. Fletcher,
66 5, James Hildreth, 66 66 14, Nathaniel Sweetser,
66 6, Joseph W. Keyes,
15, Amos Leighton,
66 7, Geo. A. Blood,
16, Calvin L. Howard,
66 66 8, Chas. F. Shaw,
17, Lyman A. Smith,
9, Geo. W. Cummings, 66
18, Josiah Walker.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY,
TRUE A. BEAN, C. L. FLETCHER, W. L. KITTREDGE.
LIBRARIAN, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
Dist. No. 10, Orin Cooledge,
66 11, Luther Wilkins,
66 12, Julian Hildreth,
5
WEIGHERS OF HAY,
John B. Fletcher, Geo. W. Heywood, Jacob Smith,
N. H. Wright, Arthur Wright, S. A. Hamblin, Allan Cameron.
John M. Fletcher,
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER.
Cyrus Hamlin,
A. J. Blaisdell, Lorenzo Sweetser,
Arthur Wright,
Henry Hamlin,
Allan R. Perham,
Ephraim A. Stevens,
George H. Prescott,
S. A. Hamblin,
Wesley O. Hawkes,
Charles L. Fletcher,
Daniel Falls,
Jacob Smith,
T. H. Hamblet,
Hiram H. Decatur,
Chas. E. Whidden,
A. W. Frederick,
W. H. H. Burbeck,
George W. Cummings.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES, ALLAN R. PERHAM.
FIELD DRIVERS,
Daniel Ward, Lewis C. Dane, Edgar F. Nutting,
A. W. Cummings, True A. Bean, A. P. Richardson, John E. Holden,
Samuel L. Taylor, Timothy Fletcher, F. O. Decatur.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN, AND WEIGHERS OF COAL.
JACOB SMITH, AUSTIN T. KIMBALL.
J. W. TAYLOR,
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS, W. S. SHEPARD, JOHN LOGUE.
MARRIAGES
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D, 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
January 4.
..
Charles Frank Fellows. Maria Callahan
25 23
Westford, Westford,
Lowell, Mass. Westford,
February 4.
..
Henry Winslow Bryant. Martha J. Tracy.
25
28
Barnstead, Conn. Westford,
Meredith, N. H. Stanstead, Conn.
March 18 ..
Julian Hildreth Myra Abby Whitney
19
Westford, Gardner, Mass.
Westford, Gardner, Mass.
March 25
William Wallace Johnson. Anna (Matthews) Barren.
24 28
Westford, Westford,
Digby, N. S. Halifax, N. S.
June 3.
John Wayne Jennie Cameron.
34 29
Westford, Lowell,
Lancaster, N. B. Nova Scotia,
July 8.
Erastus Fiske .. Cora Belle Mayville.
33 19
Westford, Littleton,
Abbotsford, P. Q. Bangor, Me.
August 18.
Frederic S. Coburn Hannah Coburn ...
18
Lowell, Westford,
Worcester, Mass. Westford,
August 21.
William Francis Fitch. May Bianche Wadleigh
26 25
Westford, Westford,
Groton, Prov. of Quebec.
September 25. . Charles Edwin Smith.
22
Westford, Westford,
Bangor, Me. New Hampshire.
October 4. . .
.
John L. Kelley Hannah Eliza Bicknell.
24 18
Mt. Vernon, N. H. Westford,
Mt. Vernon, N. H. Westford,
December 8 ....
Richard Heath. Mary Ann Miner.
34
Westford, Westford,
England. Ireland.
Marriages recorded ..
11
5
Marriages between natives. Marriages between foreigners 3
Marriages between natives and foreigners 3
18
Nellie Frances Willoughby
20
40
22
BIRTHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
PARENTS.
January 18 Lottie Evelyn Heywood.
25 .. Jessie Frances Brooks
27 .. Elizabeth Casey.
Edwin E. and Mary K. (Fletcher) Heywood. Benj. G. and Frances E. (Downer) Brooks. Daniel and Margaret ( McCarty) Casey. William C. and Louisa (Lee) Edwards.
February 24. Frederic Walter Edwards
March 11 .. . . . Michael Driscoll ... Timothy and Mary (O'Brien) Driscoll.
66
15 .. . .. Josephine Cora Wing.
Thomas and Sarah J. (Keyser) Wing.
29 .. .. Mary Gertrude Balch.
April 9 .. ... William James Flynn,
Wayland F. and Sarah F. (Richardson) Balch. John and Ellen (Dugan) Flynn.
May 12.
Catherine Hanley ...
Daniel and Catherine (Mahoney) Hanley. Stillman B. and Clara (Morse) Gray. David C. and Betsey J. (Fitch) Harris. Samuel G. and Harriet S. ( Flagg) Humiston.
June 10. . ... Florence Mary Wright Fellows Charles F. and Maria (Callahan) Fellows.
66 13 .. . .
Harry Page Wright ...
Charles A. and Celia J. (Smith) Wright. Calvin L. and Mary J. (Hale) Howard.
July 10. ...
Mary Ann Sheahan ...
13 .. Julian Willis Weston.
August 2. . .. Clara Mabel Coburn.
David and Maria (Griffin) Doody. Andrew and Catherine (Dailey) Sheahan. George and Olive S (Willard) Weston. Ward A. and Jennie (Smart) Coburn. Henry and Philomena Couillard.
66 19 ..
... Joseph Couillard.
66
22 .. Lillie Frances Nutting.
Edgar F. and Louisa M. (Smith) Nutting.
September 15 Anstin Wilbur Frederick. 15 Alfred Thomas Willis Prinn ..
21 Freddie Searles
William and Caroline M. (Witlis) Prinn. Charles J. and Martha M ( Bicknell) Searles.
66 22 Thomas Dyer.
Josiah and Ann (Ackerly) Dyer. James and Isabella (Frazer) Mckay. John H. and Ellen (Read) Lackey.
66 2 .... Arthur Lackey ..
4 .... Martha Jane Taylor Samuel L. and Alta M. (Schellinger) Taylor.
8. .. . Charles Edwin Shaw
Charles F. and Henrietta (Carter) Shaw. Josiah and Ellen R. (Ireland) Tyzzer.
November 3. Georgia Gertrude Tyzzer. 8. Gertrude Wright Pelsne. George W. and Caroline (Lee) Pelsue.
28. Euphemia Campbell Harris .. Charles A. and Sarah M. (Turnbull) Harris.
December 1. Blaisdell. Alvin J. and Elizabeth (Hutchings) Blaisdell. Joseph and Rosanna (Casey) Edgerly.
30. William Edgerly.
Births recorded. .38
19 Males ..
Females .19
Births of native parentage. .19 Births of foreign parentage. .11
Births of native and foreign parentage. 8
66
Thomas and Mary A. (Murphy) Quinn. 9 .. Thomas Henry Quinn .. 11 .. ... 14 .. ... .John Herbert Cole .. William Edward Conley Michael and Ann (Fay) Conley. John and Ann M. (Lathrop) Cole. George and Mary E. (Taylor) Butterfield. 26. Ida Rachel Butterfield
66 20. Arthur Stillman Gray. Samuel Calvin Harris
66 21. ...
22 .. George Edwin Humiston
66 14 ..... Sarah Caroline Howard
20 .. ... Anna Elizabeth Doody
Albert W. and Augusta (Davis) Frederick.
October 1 .... Mary Ella Mckay
DEATHS
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1875.
DATE.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MONTHS.
DAYS.
January 22
Infant child of Wm. O. May.
February 21.
Jerry Desmond.
48
-
March 12 ..
Amos Heywood.
83
8
1
25 ..
Clara C. Shaw ...
21
11
24
27.
Amos Hildreth, 2nd
65
10
27
April 5 .. 7.
Sabra Gates ...
62
6
27
20.
Ida E. Closson ..
1
7
23
May 5 ..
Sarah L. Proctor
87
7
3
" 16 ..
Betsey Wright Haywood.
84
6
10
June 1.
Lorenzo Dow ..
31
5
11
14.
Warren Abbot Read.
38
4
9
18.
George Britton ..
48
10
26
8.
Rebecca F. Prescott ..
54
4
1
9.
Sarah Harris.
53
-
10 ..
Eratus B. Searles
2
7
20
Ella A. Farris.
-
4
14
13 ..
Betsey Boynton
90
1
10
22 ..
Ida F. McKenna.
1
24
25.
1
3
28 ..
Carrie M. Edgerly ..
10
6
September
4.
William H. Edgerly.
10
13
17.
Henry S. Dane ...
1
4
18.
Rebecca F. Coolidge
79
7
8
66
19.
Sarah Richardson ...
88
10
21
21
Infant child of Charles J. Searles.
-
-
-
October 8.
Simeon Prescott.
49
8
4
12.
Arthur Lackey.
72
2
28
18.
Ella M. Graham ..
27
7
9
6 6
31 ..
Bradley V. Lyon.
52
6
18
November
Freddie Searles.
1
22
12.
George Coburn ..
12
7
13
18.
Hattie M. Barton
-
5
27
30.
Morris Millard ...
65
-
December 12.
Elizabeth C. Heywood.
41
8
9
Mary Ann Burgess.
50
-
July 3.
Harriet Ann Wright.
61
August
6
20.
Ethel Whitney
-
1 HEI 77
1
29
William Dinsmore
19
-
16.
Francis K. Proctor
10
Ira Leland ...
Whole number, 39.
AGE.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., NOVEMBER 17, 1875.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County, one hundred eighty- nine 60 dollars for dog licenses, as per his account of this date. $189.60.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1875.
Abbot, J. W.
Evans, M. H. A.
O'Brien, James.
Banister, F. W.
Fletcher, Almira.
Osgood, A. P.
Banister, J. F.
Fletcher, Andrew.
Patch, Jane A. L.
Bean, T. A .- 2.
Fletcher, Benj. M.
Patten, Rufus.
Blodgett, G. W.
Fletcher, L. L.
Perham, G. A .- 2.
Blodgett, T. A.
Fletcher, L. T.
Polley, A. G.
Brinkerhoff, D.
Fletcher, S. D.
Prescott, N. P.
Boynton, J. M.
Gardner, Robert.
Read, J. H.
Brooks, B. G.
Gilson, J. F.
Reed, William, 1st.
Brown, J. E.
Gould, Edwin.
Robbins, F.
Burbeck, S. N.
Greig, John.
Sargent, C. G.
Butterfield, J .- 2.
Hamlin, Henry.
Sheahan, Andrew.
Carkin, A. W.
Hamblin, S. A.
Shepard, W. S.
Carkin, C. H.
Hawkes, W. O.
Shugrue, P.
Carkin, I. W.
Hildreth. H. A.
Smith, Lyman A.
Closson, O. S.
Holdsworth, D.
Smith, Mary A .- 2.
Comey, W. S.
Horan, Thomas.
Spaulding, C. W.
Comey, W. W.
Horne, George F. Hutchins, Geo.
Sprague, I. W.
Conley, Kate.
Sweetser, N.
Coolidge, Orin.
Keyes, J. W.
Thomas, George.
Cummings, Walter.
Kittredge, W.
Vose, William M.
Cummings, John W.
Lee, Noah A.
Ward, Daniel.
Day, Amos.
Lee, William.
Whidden, C. E.
Day, Isaac E.
Leighton, Amos.
Whitney, Henry J.
Decatur, H. H.
Leland, Ira.
Whitney, Hiram.
Decatur, John H.
Lyon, B. V.
Whitney, Susan.
Desmond, F.
McGlinchy, J.
Whitney, William M.
Dillings, James.
Meads, D. H.
Worcester, I. S.
Downs, M. F.
Moore, E. A.
Wright, Arthur.
Drew, Greenleaf.
Morrison, James.
Wright, Erastus.
Drew. Thomas.
Mullen, James.
Wright, George O.
Dubois, John.
Murray, Arthur.
Wright, J. M.
Edwards, Moses.
O' Brien, M.
Whole number licensed,
102
Males,
100
Females, .
2
2
REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Westford, February 9, 1876. S
The committee appointed by the Selectmen to reckon and settle with Sherman D. Fletcher, Town Treasurer for the year ending at date, submit the following report.
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in treasury at last settlement
$2,765 76
Cash borrowed .. 7,458 82
Corporation tax, 1875 754 04
National bank tax, 1875. 745 60
126 00
State Aid to soldiers' families prior to 1874. . 66 66 66 in 1874
600 00
State school fund 1874-5.
216 17
State on account of paupers by Overseers of Poor
81 42
County Treasurer, dog tax, 1874.
169 29
T. 'A. Bean, rent of Town Hall 66 66 66
37 00
E. A. Stevens, old school-house No. 1.
850 00
E. A. Stevens, interest on note 58 50
150 00
M. F. Downs, license. .
150 00
State for rent of armory .
33 00
County Treasurer, interest for advance payment of tax. .
15 09
State Treasurer, interest for advance payment of tax . .
8 30
Luther Prescott, auctioneer's license
2 00
J. W. Bruce,
66
2 00
·
Wm. Kittredge, storing sleds.
2 25
John Lanktree, collector 1873
140 68
66 66 interest on taxes.
8 00
66
collector 1874.
1,442 23
66 66
66 before Oct. 6, 1875 9,742 86
66
66 before Dec. 6, 1875 1,672 29
66
66 after Dec. 6, 1875 2,000 00
11 50
I. W. Sprague, license
$29,242 90
.
11
PAYMENTS.
.
Amos Heywood, notes and interest.
$ 414 82 3,112 00
E. C. Heywood, estate of, notes and interest. . Abigail Lawrence, 66 66 .
397 68
Alonzo P. Reed,
66
66 66
.
. . 305 60
John Lanktree,
66
66
. .
134 67
J. H. Kendall,
66
66
66
934 30
Wm. H. Anderson, trustee, “
1,199 37
Sarah B. Lunt,
537 72
Louisa Gilson,
66
66
66
.
$9,830 36
Interest on other notes
1,902 50
State tax for 1875
1,660 00
County tax for 1875 ..
1,064 94
State Treasurer on account of licenses .. ...
75 00
Refunded to State-over payment of corpora- tion tax, 1874 . 7 11
Refunded to State-over-payment of corpora- tion tax, 1875. .
7 87
Orders outstanding at last settlement
43 84
Overseers of Poor on orders.
1,907 50
Orders for incidental and other expenses Schools .
3,240 98
Cash in Treasurer's hands
2,703 40
$29,242 90
Your committee further report that the town is indebted to the following persons on notes and other claims.
Sally B. Cummings, notes. $ 300 00
N. H. Wright, notes.
2,200 00
Alson Tuttle, notes
2,000 00
E. C. Heywood, estate of, note.
1,000 00
Alvan Fisher, notes
1,200 00
Sarah S. Reed, 1,800 00
Eli Tower, 2,000 00 66
Charles L. Fletcher, "
1,400 00
Jesse Wright, 2,000 00
500 00
Daniel Flagg, 450 00
Ira Leland, estate of, note.
300 00
Amount carried forward
$15,150 00
·
1,041 61
J. F. Gilson,
66
66
. .
520 12
G. W. Cummings,
66
66
. .
410 03
66 66
. .
66 66
. .
102 35
D. W. Smith,
66 66 66
720 09
Wm. Reed, 1st,
6,799 40
Sarah B. Lund, note.
12
Amount brought forward. $15,150 00
Caroline M. Davis, note
1,000 00
Geo. R. Harrison, 66
100 00
Ruth Farley,
100 00
Hannah M. Whitcomb, "
200 00
Mrs. D. C. Harris,
800 00
Clara A. Smith,
100 00
Arabella R. Prescott, 66
150 00
Trustees of Westford Academy, note
2,000 00
Martha J. Reed, note
500 00
Rachel W. Davis,
800 00
Sarah W. Parker,
2,200 00
Wm. H. Anderson, trustee
2,500 00
$25,600 00
Accrued interest on above notes.
1,265 55
Balance of appropriation for schools unexpended.
1,760 83
Due from land taken for school-house No. 9. 100 00
$28,726 38
RESOURCES.
Due from State Aid to soldiers' families, 1875, $492 00
John Lanktree, collector, 1873.
36 00
66 1874. 82 28
66 66 66 1875
3,512 58
Cash in Treasurer's hands.
2,703 40
$6,826 26
Balance against town Feb. 9, 1876. $21,900 12
11, 1875 24,444 43
Decrease of liabilities. $2,544 31
GEORGE DREW, GILMAN J. WRIGHT, Committee. ALONZO P. REED,
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER,
Treasurer.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Sherman D. Fletcher, Treasurer's salary to March 1st, 1875. $50 00
Entertainment furnished committee to reckon and settle with Treasurer .. 4 00 Time and expense paying State and Coun- ty taxes and collecting Corporation and Bank taxes, 1874. 8 00
Time going to Almshouse about damage by fire. .. 1 00
Time and expense to Lowell twice about insurance for damage by fire at Alms- house.
3 00
Time and expense of collecting dog tax of County Treasurer, 1874 .. 2 00
$68 00
Edwin R. Hodgman, Town Clerk's salary 12 00
To postage and express.
3 34
Going to Tyngsboro'
3 00
Copying for Town Report
1 50
Recording 39 births.
19 50
66 20 deaths.
4 00
16 66
1 60
66 3 66 not reported to Clerk,
1 05
66 11 marriages ..
1 65
Going to East Cambridge ..
3 00
50 64
Isaac P. Woods, making Town and State Aid Reports, Road and Dog Warrants, and services as Selectman for the year 1875.
To time and expenses about guide boards To time and expenses in procuring and erecting stone bounds at each angle on new road from Graniteville to Forge Village. 4 00
20 00
4 00
Amounts carried forward $28 00
$118 64
.
14
Amounts brought forward. . .....
Isaac P. Woods, to time spent in procuring new applications for State Aid, to take place of originals, which had been lost at State Auditor's Office. . To perambulating town line of Littleton, Acton, Carlisle and Tyngsboro'. ... To horse hire, &c.
$28 00 $118 64
3 00
6 00
10 00
47 00
Paid S. D. Fletcher for going to Boston twice on State Aid business.
5 60
Henry Chamberlin, services as Selectman. Extra time as Selectman.
20 00
To three days, self and horse.
12 00
37 00
William H. Brown, for guide board.
2 00
Nahum HI. Wright, services as Selectman
5 00
Extra time as Selectman.
20 00
25 00
LIBRARY.
Library committee for new books as per bill. . 66 66 for binding and repairing
251 13
old books.
20 25
William L. Kittredge, for blank books and ex- tra work on books.
6 20
$277 58
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Edward Symmes, for surveying at East Ceme- tery ..
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