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10 00
for going to Boston on account of State paupers. .. 3 50
for carrying Mrs. O'Toole to the almshouse. .
1 00
for going to Lancaster and Lowell, on account of Augustus Thorning. 5 00
Daniel Sherman, for going to Lowell and Cambridge on Wm. Reed's case. . 4 40
Levi Reed, on William Reed's case.
2 40
George T. Day 1 40
N. S. Hamblin.
3 40
for carrying Mary Peabody and child to almshouse. .
1 50
Mrs. Samuel Hamlin, for work.
2 00
for moving Mary Peabody and her two children, and car fare to New Hampshire.
5 00
for nursing Mrs. Peabody.
2 50
for time spent at the trial of the Phelps case
3 00
for going to Salem, on account of Whittier
4 00
for keg of mackerel.
4 50
for blanks, to make out bills for State paupers
50
for express.
60
for administering the oath
75
for blacksmithing
17 22
Hannibal Bradley, for seven months' work on the farm .
84 00
for squashes.
4 00
Daniel Lawrence, for turkey .
1 50
work on the farm
20 34
for pair of balances.
4 00
for goods from pedler
3 19
for hay . .
34 53
for killing four hogs
2 00
for meat .
66 99
for crackers.
3 25
David Reed, for pig.
5 00
for two blankets.
2 62
for fare to Lowell twice
1 40
for bed quilt.
1 25
Amount carried forward.
$2,809 94
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Amount brought forward. $2,809 94
Paid for five hens .
2 50
Livingston, for soap .. 1 20
Mrs. Murphy, for damage done by the town's cows
1 00
Mrs. Colburn, for work.
25 00
Charles Colburn, for picking cranberries
1 50
for pig.
3 00
for goods
6 09
for coal
10 00
for washing machine
3 00
for driving oxen.
1 00
for potatoes
1 00
for freight on coal.
4 40
for goods from Lowell.
12 54
for two saws.
2 00
for medicine.
2 00
L. W. Blodgett, for turkey
1 12
Alice Bradley, for work.
5 00
for tea.
14 30
Thomas Quinn, cutting wood.
9 67
for goods. .
8 05
for bottoming chairs
1 30
for corn and oats
2 49
for fish
8 91
Charles Colburn, for going with milk.
50
A. Farrel, fare to Lowell.
40
for bedbug poison
1 00
for oil and wrench.
1 10
John Clement, for work.
2 50
Wm. White, for meat
2 34
for use of plough.
50
for filing saws
2 57
for tobacco.
1 50
for crockery.
85
for going to Boston and Cambridge on account of Phillip Callahan
5 00
for Timothy Noland
24 75
A. Fisher, for meat.
7 50
for going to Boston about State paupers
3 00
for going to Peabody
5 00
C. G. Sargent, for hose
3 00
C. W. Livingston, for soap. 12 55
going to Groton on account of W. O. Wright.
1 25
W. P. Ruggles, for use of bull. 3 00
for going to Lowell on account of John M. Burnett
2 00
for going to Littleton and Nashua on account of Nichols
5 00
Amount carried forward
$3,022 32
Kidder for work ..
32
Amount brought forward. $3,022 32
Paid for going to Haverhill, spending two days.
10 09
for note of Benjamin Palmer .. 72 00
Mrs. Colburn, for work at almshouse 14 00
for Mrs. Brown's trunk . 5 25
Board of State Charities, for Carrie Brown. 26 25
for looking up the settlement of Augustus Thorning 4 00
for two bedsteads. 3 00
for going to Cambridge on account of Win. Reed's case 4 00
1 50 for going to Lowell on account of John M. Burnett for going to Lowell on account of the Phelps case. . 3 00
4 00
for going to Boston on account of John Lehey. . for the expense to move him to Boston
5 60
freight bill for Timothy Noland
1 38
for cleaning clock .
1 10
Littleton, on account of W. H. Nichols.
31 50
for mending shoes.
65
for paper, to paper room .
50
for copy of deed and postage .
60
for making reports to Board of State Charities.
2 50
Mrs. Hosley, for washing.
2 00
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance at the alıns- house.
13 75
E. C. Atwood, for Jacob Reed
5 25
for two barrels.
1 00
for vest for T. Carney
50
A. F. Conant, for goods
1 53
for Mrs. Brown a dress.
81
Mike Mack.
50
for sweet potatoes
85
for straw .
40
for squash.
45
for tin ware.
2 10
Conant, for shorts.
3 09
for wash board and dipper
50
for car fare.
3 10
for tomato plants.
90
for corn ..
1 00
for cabbage plants
50
for sowing onions
50
for beans .
25
for rhubarb
12
for strawberries-two boxes.
66
J. H. Bradley .
143 18
for making out reports
5 00
N. S. Hamblin, services as overseer. 10 00
.
.
25
for pears.
Amount carried forward. $3,411 43
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Amount brought forward. $3411 43
Paid for medicine.
3 40
cash, Thomas Murphy 3 00
for mending boots .
35
express on irons for mowing machine.
80
for medicine
1 45
for coffee.
99
for candles
70
for weighing hay .
88
for three padlocks.
47
as by Bradley's books
7 05
In the overseers' hands .
34 58
$3,454 01
STATEMENT
OF THE EXPENSES OF THE POOR ABOVE THE INCOME OF THE FARM, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 8, 1878.
Amount drawn from the Treasurer
$2,331 00
Gain on personal property . 296 78
$2,034 22
RESOURCES.
Due from the State.
$55 00
from Haverhill for the last year, on account of
Whittier.
97 00
from Benjamin Palmer's note.
72 00
from the Overseers of the Poor 34 58
for milk
18 25
$276 83
Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of the interest of the farm, including a portion of the salary now due Mr. Bradley.
$1,914 20
Number receiving two meals and lodging 702
Number supported in the Almshouse. 13
Average number.
Number aided out of the Almshouse.
49
N. S. HAMBLIN, GEORGE REED, GEORGE HUTCHINS,
Overseers of the Poor.
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APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, FEB. 8, 1878
1 horse,
$165 00
Amount brought forward, $1,225 25
Harness,
16 00
Draught harness, .
7 00
2 ox-carts,
50 00
Farm wagon, 72 00 .
Hay wagon, . 25 00
74 00
12 tons English hay,
216 00
9 tons stock hay, .
108 00
9 turkeys,
13 00
3 tons meadow hay,
27 00
3 hog hooks,
1 25
13 ton corn fodder,
6 00
2 horse-wagons,
60 00
8 hay forks, . 4 00
Ox-sled,
4 00
11 meal boxes,
4 50
Rope, .
50
Wind-mill,
: 00
7 axes, .
3 00
Corn-sheller,
4 50
Carpenter's tools,
40 00
40 bushels corn,
24 00
Horse-sled,
20 00
1 bushel oats,
50
4 swine,
40 00
100 lbs. shorts,
1 20
6 chains,
4 00
2 hay-cutters,
:00
Cow-bell,
50
Mowing machine,
Horse-rake, .
35 00.
2 fails, .
50
Scythes and snathes,
10 00
Set of measures, .
50
Grindstone, .
5 00
42 flour barrels,
6 25
1 sleigh,
7 00
9 meal bags, .
1 80
Wheelbarrow,
1 00
9 sacks,
. 35
Grass seed, .
2 00
Apple picker,
50
Copper kettle,
: 00
2 drag rakes,
. 50 00
5 saw-horses,
2 50
3 ox-yokes, .
5 00
Garden rake,
75
5 iron bars, .
5 00
7 baskets,
3 50
5 ploughs,
23 00
Grain cradle,
75
2 cultivators,
5 00
3 hoes, .
75
5 shovels,
3 50
7 bushels beans,
17 50
4 spades,
1 00
2 harrows,
10 00
6 manure forks,
2 40
Stone drag, .
5 00
1 manure hook,
. 00
String of bells,
50
3 picks,
00
4 casks salt pork,
120 00
Ditching knife,
50
Cask hams, .
20 00
2 bog lioes, .
75
Washing machine,
5 00
Shafts and axles, .
3 00
Meal chest and meal,
· 5 50
3 water tubs,
1 50
40 gall. soap and cask, . 5 50
Ox-muzzles, .
25
10 gall. pickles,
. 4 00
Ladders and hooks,
.
00
Beetle ring and wedges, . 2 25
Amount carried forward, $1,225 25
Amount carried forward, $1,914 50
.
.
.
.
.
5 wood saws,
5 00
14 tie chains,
450 00
12 cows,
1 bull,
12 00
Horse-cart and harness, .
23 fowls, 11 50
Curry comb and brush,
1 25
00
.
.
35
Amount brought forward, 81,914 50
Amount brought forvard, $2,534 53
Butter workers, . 50
Cradle, . 1 00
Wrenches and hammers, 2 00 ·
Clock, .
2 50
24 chairs, 2 40
1 castor,
1 00
Dinner-horn,
25
Oil clotlı,
1 00
Clothes line,
25
Lumber,
12 00
Window curtains,
25 2
Shingles,
1 00
2 shawls,
2 25
125 pounds lard, .
15 00
2 bushels of cranberries,
3 00
Franklin stove,
1 00
90 bushels of potatoes,
45 00
30 milk pans,
4 50
50 cabbages, 1 00
4 waslı-basins,
Tinware, 10 50
50
2 fly traps,
1 00
Wooden bowl,
50
150 pounds pop corn,
4 50
Water pot,
75
Apple parer,
50
Stove blacking and brush,
30
Iron pots,
1 00
2 pounds tea,
1 00
10 pounds butter,
2 50 2
2 tons coal, .
14 50
Gallon measure,
50
50 pounds soap grease,
2 50
200 gallons vinegar,
40 00
30 cords of wood,
150 00
16 casks,
8 00
3 brooms,
1 00
Molasses and barrel,
6 00
Mortar,
75
Oil and can, .
2 00
5 boxes and spice,
1 00
4 wash tubs,
2 50
11% barrels of flour,
12 00
Cook stove, .
45 00
2 sieves,
Wash boiler,
3 50
Jugs,
Lamps and lanterns,
6 00
Coal stove, .
10 00
Knives, forks and spoons,
4 00
3 air-tight stoves,
15 00
Clothes wringer, .
7 00
Shovel and tongs,
2 50
Butter moulds,
1 50
Candlesticks,
50
2 churns,
4 50
Clothes-drier,
1 50
23 butter tubs,
2 30
6 tumblers,
60
Candle mould,
25
9 chests,
10 00
Sausage filler,
25
7 trunks,
6 50
10 pounds sugar,
1 00
Case of drawers and contents,
5 00
Salt,
2 50
7 flatirons,
2 75
2 kettles,
1 80
Ash shovel,
1 25
Iron griddle,
50
Rifle,
3 00
Clothes lines,
1 00
Handcuff's,
2 00
Chopping knife and tray,
75
Bed paul,
1 50
Waiter,
75
2 injection pipes,
6 00
3 pairs steelyards,
: 50
Dinner bell, .
75
Earthen pots,
50
Mrs. Kendall's beads,
7 00
Bedsteads and beds,
145 00
4 mop handles,
1 00
õ rocking-chairs, .
6 00
3 sickles,
50
Cabinet chair, 2 50
Rubber blanket, 1 00
7 table cloths and towels,
3 25
Buffalo robe,
4 00
Bedding,
190 00
6 pairs stockings,
2 30
Amount carried forward, $2,534 55
Total, . $3,305 00
ALVAN FISHER, A. W. CUMMINGS, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT,
Committee.
30 bushels of roots,
9 00
3 bushels of onions,
1 80
Coffee inill,
2 00
50 pounds dried apple,
7 50
Crockery,
10 00
.
8 tables, 8 00
3 looking-glasses, 1 00
REPORT OF THE LIBRARY DIRECTORS.
The Directors of the Public Library hereby submit their twenty-third annual report, and would therein briefly call the atten- tion of the citizens of Westford to the condition of the institution in their charge.
It is ascertained from the librarian's ledger, that for the year ending February 1, 1878, there have been nine thousand five hundred and eighty-three issues of books to four hundred and sixty- six different applicants, showing an increased circulation of six hundred and six volumes over that of last year. The whole number of books in the library is three thousand one hundred and ninety- five, of which two hundred and eighty-five have been added during the year, by purchase and gift.
Wishing the library to have the largest usefulness, the com- mittee have not purchased books of a sectarian character, leaving to the gifts of individuals, or corporations, to supply any seeming want in that direction. The library is indebted to the Unitarian Association for their published books, some sixty volumes. It also sends each year its present organ, the Monthly Unitarian Review, as it did, from the first, the Old and New. The publishing fund of the Swedenborgian Church has given the theological works of Swedenborg, twenty volumes. Nearly all the works in the public library relating to spiritualism, are the gifts of individuals. In addition it has received the past year, Massachusetts State Depart- ment, "Pub. Doc's.," five vols .; Massachusetts "Census," three vols .; Massachusetts " Board of Education," two vols .; Massachu- setts " Board of Health," one vol .; Hon. B. F. Butler, three vols.
With regard to the condition of the books we can not express that entire satisfaction we could wish. Too large a number of volumes, in proportion to the whole, have to be rebound, or are condemned, annually. This betokens a carelessness on the part of patrons of the library, against which we earnestly protest, which,
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from the nature of the case, is all we can do, as the injuries are generally of such nature, that it is impossible for the librarian to note then.
At the request of the directors, the librarian has ascertained the percentage of works of fiction taken out during the months of April and May, and October and November, which was seventy- two per cent. during the first two months, and seventy-four for the last-named months. It is believed, from reference to the record books, that seventy-three per cent. will express the average rate of fiction taken out during the year. Judging from the catalogues sent from other towns, this is about the accustomed per cent. of works of imagination, showing that human nature is everywhere much the same; and from these being now made the vehicle for the inculcation of moral truths, and of the kindly and social virtues, they may well be the stepping-stones in the formation of a taste for more solid books.
We call attention to the fact that a large number of statistical and other public documents, valuable as works of reference, encum- ber shelves that otherwise would be devoted to the use of publications of more interest to the general reader. With this removal ample room would be had for the proper shelving of such books as may be added for several years to come. Another point of consideration is that, as all the shelves are stationary, much space is wasted that could be used if they were movable, and we suggest that such addi- tional shelves as will be necessary, in future, be put up adjustable, which could be done with little extra expense.
The origin of our free public library may not be generally known to the present generation. In 1797, a respectable number of the citizens of Westford agreed to form a shareholders' library, the number of shares not being less than fifty; the price of each share was two dollars. With commendable spirit they took from one to four shares each. With the money resulting therefrom, the first purchase of books was made. The small tax of twenty-five cents was imposed on each share, which, with the fines accruing-always faithfully collected -paid the expenses of the library and admitted of the purchase of a few books each year, not, as now, of the latest works, which were beyond the means of the library, but still, works of sterling value in History, Travels, Biography, etc. It is observable in their list of books, that they catered to the public taste by admit- ting one of the very few novels then known, the Vicar of Wakefield.
The library was kept at private houses, at small cost-in one
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house thirteen years, at six dollars a year-the librarian acting also as clerk and treasurer. The books were given out every day, and at any hour. By reference to ancient records, it is found that the ability of its directors to purchase books was enlarged by increasing the number of its shares to sixty, to accommodate new applicants for its privileges. As the library increased, its patrons, appreciating the advantage it would be to the town to have a free public library, began, in 1853, to agitate the question of giving up theirs for this purpose, and in 1854 it was submitted to the voters of the town and accepted, with the following conditions : That the town should pay all expenses connected with the library, and appropriate not less than thirty dollars a year for the purchase of new books.
In this way Westford was one of the earliest towns to establish a free public library. It was in 1848, only six years previous, the Massachusetts Legislature passed an act authorizing a public library in Boston. The neighboring towns had libraries of the same descrip- tion, but suffered them to be extinguished by sale, or a division of the books among the shareholders, instead of exercising the wiser forethought of the fathers here, who provided for the increase of books until they were able to present the town with rather over thirteen hundred volumes, the foundation of the present valuable collection.
The town has been faithful to its agreement, increasing its appropriation from time to time, to accommodate the increasing number of readers. We ask, therefore, with confidence, that the town will appropriate for the library one hundred dollars this present year.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance of appropriation from Di-
rectors of Public Library, for year 1876-7. $ 30 26
Annual appropriation for new books. 100 00
Dog tax appropriated « 66 189 81
Exchange of books
1 00
Two books lost.
1 00
Fines
8 86
$330 93
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PAYMENTS.
May 5, 1877. A. Williams & Co., bill of books .. $132 49 October 6, 1877. Lockwood & Brooks, bill of books. . 54 82
January 11, 1878. Estes & Lauriat, bill of books. 121 24 February 8, 66 Estes & Lauriat, bill of books. 15 81
3 40
Miscellaneous books
2 63
Express, postage, etc. .
Balance, cash in hands of Directors. 54
$330 93
Balance, cash brought from old account. $0 54
CHARLES L. FLETCHER, MRS. J. W. P. ABBOT, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, Directors of Public Library.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 12, 1879.
LOWELL, MASS .: STONE, BACHELLER, & LIVINGSTON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 18 JACKSON ST. 1879.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1878.
TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN, GEORGE T. DAY, BENJ. G. BROOKS, NOAH PRESCOTT.
ASSESSORS,
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, EDWARD PRESCOTT, GEORGE HUTCHINS, GEORGE REED.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. HENRY READ, EDWIN R. HODGMAN,
OLIVE A. PRESCOTT,
HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS, MOSES EDWARDS, JOHN WILSON.
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
CONSTABLES,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, JOHN P. TAYLOR,
JOHN LANKTREE, WESLEY O. HAWKS.
FENCE-VIEWERS,
ELI TOWER, GEORGE HUTCHINS, WILLIAM KITTREDGE.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM,
ALVAN FISHER, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT,
ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY,
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, WILLIAM E. FROST, ELIZA A. BABBITT.
LIBRARIAN, ALBERT A. WRIGHT.
WEIGHERS OF HAY,
JOHN B. FLETCHER, ARTHUR WRIGHT,
JACOB SMITH,
GEO. W. HEYWOOD,
ABIEL J. ABBOT,
SAML. A. HAMBLIN,
N. H. WRIGHT, CHARLES E. W HIDDEN,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, W. H. H. BURBECK.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER,
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
WESLEY O. HAWKS,
THOMAS DREW,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
GEO. H. PRESCOTT,
FRANK O. DECATUR,
ALBERT W. FREDERICK,
HENRY A. HILDRETH,
JACOB. SMITH,
CHARLES L. FLETCHER,
GARDNER A. PERHAM, ALBERT S. READ,
GILMER STONE.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES, ALLEN R. PERHAM.
FIELD-DRIVERS,
TIMOTHY FLETCHER, EDWARD C. ATWOOD, M. D.,
DANL. E. ATWOOD,
JAMES A. WALKDEN,
FRANK C. HILDRETH,
CHARLES DANE,
NAPOLEON B. BLOOD,
GEORGE REED.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN AND WEIGHERS OF COAL, JACOB SMITH, DANIEL HOUGHTON, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER.
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
COMMITTEE ON TOWN HISTORY,
GEORGE T. DAY,
WILLIAM E. FROST,
EDWIN R. HODGMAN, ALVAN FISHER,
JOHN M. FLETCHER.
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MARRIAGES,
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1878.
DATES.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
January 1. .
... Daniel E. Atwood.
27
Westford. Stow.
Pelham. N. H. Stow.
March 23.
Richard B. Tobie.
53
Lowell.
Pittsfield, Me. New Durham, N.H.
May 29
George F. Dupee
28
Westford.
Westford.
Annie E. Richardson
25
Gilford. N. H.
Brownfield, Me.
May 30
Edwin B. Gilson
23
Westford.
Westford.
Kate D. Blodgett.
17
Westford.
Westford.
June 6.
George W. Heywood.
48
Westford.
Westford.
Mary E. Cushing
32
Boston.
Roxbury.
June 15.
Augustus L. Gilson.
25
Westford.
Westford.
Cora J. Saunders.
18
Brookline, N. H. Brookline, N. H.
July 18
Franklin B. Craig
20
Westford.
Neponset.
Ida E. Gilson.
18
Westford.
N. Chelmsford.
July 21
Joseph H. Kecy.
28
Westford.
Westford.
Emeline S. Stevens
24
Westford.
Newry, Me.
August 10 ..
John W. Raymond
21
Westford.
Westford.
Mary E. Willis
22
Westford.
New York City.
August 10.
Willie M. Wright.
21
Westford.
Westford. Acton.
August 21 ..
John H. Giles.
30
Westford.
Anna Ida Chesley
19
Westford.
Chesterville. Me.
November 12 ..
Lester H. Hamblet
25
Dover, N. H.
Westford. Shirley.
Nellie F. Pope
23
Ayer.
December 12 ..
Willie White
22
Westford.
Scotland.
Clara F. Carter.
Westford.
Westford.
Addie S. Hosmer.
21
Westford.
Marriages recorded.
13 Marriages between natives. 12 Marriages between native and foreign. 1
21
Lizzie 1. Davidson.
Eunice J. Hildretli.
62
Westford.
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BIRTHS,
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1878.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS.
January 4. 66
Frank Willard Harris
13. Daniel Francis Gillis.
Feb. 3 ...
Emily Elizabeth Prinn.
** 10 ..
Juli u A. Augusta Hutchinson.
66 14.
Edith Ann Seiffer.
19.
Doody.
66 21. Lilia Frances Sullivan Robert Cushman Flagg.
March & ...
66
10 ... Harry Curtis Felel.
66
17 ... Adnah Prescott Comey
60 22 ...
Nina Madora Frederick
66
22 ...
Clifford Alliston Moore
66
25 ... Lula Viola Dane .
28 ... Carrie Elizabeth Fifield
Alfred William Searles
May 6 ..
·· 13. Ellen Abigial Burke
14 .. Elmer Francis MeLenna
15. Elizabeth Jennings.
June 3. Charles Philip Larkin
66
4. Lillian Ann Maria Blaisdell ..
6:
12 ... 17. Mary Evelyn Atwood.
July 20 ... Arthur Edward Day.
21 .... William Thomas Wing
August 2 .. - Sugden ..
7 .. Eva Elnora Hutchins
66 14 .. Ernest Linwood Closson .. 23 .. Patrick Donohue. Boutilier.
Sept. 27. Oct. 13 ... Florence Ada George
15 ... John Campfield.
.6
17 .. Amos Burnap Polley
.6
21. Jonathan Henry Colburn
.. 23. Joseph William Queesy
..
28 Sadie Gilson.
Nov. 18 .. Cora Juliette Pearson.
6. 26 .... Elmer Wesley Caunter
28 .. Nellie Blanche York.
Dec. 1 . .. . . Bertha Alma Walkden.
66 4. . .. Thomas Richmond Frost.
66
20 .... Anna Louisa Records
27 .... Mary Dailey
6. 27 ... John O'Brien.
6. 29 ... Louisa Frances Pelsue.
Births recorded.
46
Native parentage. 25
Males.
21
Foreign parentage. 14
Females
24
Native and foreign parentage .... 1-
William F. and Lucinda L. (Baker) Harris. Daniel and Winnifred (Quinn) Gillis. William and Caroline (Willis) Prinn.
George and Annie (Foley) Hutchinson. Frederic and Annie (Kelly) Seiffer. David and Maria (Griffin) Doody. Timothy and Ellen (Mahoney) Sullivan. Rufus and Mattie B. (Rowley) Flagg.
John P. and Ann Maria (Kendall) Felch. William W. and Mary (Jackson) Comey.
Albert W. and Augusta (Davis) Frederick. Edward A. and Mary E. (Riddick) Moore. Lewis C. and Lena V. (Blodgett) Dane. Geo. H. and Mary J. (Dow) Fifield. Charles J. and Martha M. (Bieknell) Searles. Oren W. and Sarah E. (Pinkham) Cummings. Josiah B. and Hannah (Ackerly) Dyer. Dennis and Abigail (Whalley) Burke. Alvin A. and Lillian (Spaulding) McLenna. Michael and Bridget (Mahanoy) Jennings. Cornelius L. and Bridget (Bradley) Larkin.
April 4 .... 66 30 .. Maud Evelyn Cummings Josephine Dyer.
Sadie Blanche Cummings . .
Alvin J. and Elizabeth A. (Hutchins) Blaisdell. George W. and Sarah M. (Whitney) Cummings. Edward C. and Caroline (Shaw) Atwood. John W. and Emma M. (Sprague) Day. Thomas and Sarah J. (Keyser) Wing. Thomas and Caroline (Robinson) Sugden. George and Eliza A. (Hutchinson) Hutchins. Orin S. and Hulda (Campbell) Closson. Florence and Maggie (O'Neal) Donohue. George and Jane (Hutt) Boutilier.
Ransom N. and Ada (Shaw) George. Abram and Mary (Murphy) Campfield. Alvin G. and Marietta (McIntire) Polley. Jonathan T. and Mary E. (Day) Colburn. Louis I. and Mary (Trottier) Queesy. Edwin B. and Kate D. (Blodgett) Gilson. Oscar U. and Mary A. (Kennedy) Pearson. John W. and Elizabeth J. (Mann) Caunter. John A. and Agnes (Plummer) York. James A. and Lydia (Kelly) Walkden. William E. and Sarah H. (Keith) Frost. Thomas and Ann (McDonald) Records. George F. and Maggie (Casey) Dailey. Cornelius and Harriet (Donovan) O'Brien. George W. and Caroline (Lee) Pelsue.
6
8
DEATHS,
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D. 1878.
DATES.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
January 9.
Sarah Conant.
96
66
9.
Elizabeth Cunningham.
74
..
.
13.
Mary L. Loftus.
38
..
..
66
28.
Bethia P. Heywood.
73
2
24
February 6.
Sarah W. Parker.
76
10
4
22.
John Tower
60
10
..
..
28.
Maria Fellows
26
4
..
..
29.
Cora May Lister
1
10
25
April 4 ..
Mary E. Dunn
24
8
6.
22.
Mary F. Tower.
65
2
22
25 ..
Violet Bailey .
1-
1
25
.6
28.
Mary O'Brien.
38
1
*2
May 1.
Susan L. Prescott
19
. .
2
..
16.
Dennis Mccarthy, Jr
13
5
27
June 5.
Martha E. Reed.
19
8
12
13.
Sarah M. Cummings
22
. .
..
..
14.
Bertha L. Lovejoy
19
10
21
July 1.
Martha E. Nickles
2
6
. .
66
14.
Infant child of Geo. White
58
11
29
..
20
S. Josephine Osgood
15
3
10
August 10.
Sarah Osgood.
91
11
28
September 1
Samuel R. Tilton .
33
. .
9
October 4.
John Richard Yapp.
62
11
8
November 4.
George A. Blood.
41
8
14
Joseph W. Quessy
..
. .
..
6 ..
Edmund Symmes.
72
t-
5
..
10 ..
Alice E. Kimball .
19
..
..
66
20 ..
Elizabeth Wilson.
83
10
. .
..
20
Harriet C. Wilkinson
66
4
. .
December 4.
Louis H. Hildreth
65
9
..
66
24.
Betsey P. Day
77
10
20
Male. Fem.
Male. Fem.
Between 90 and 100 years of age .. 0
2
Between 30 and 40 years of age . .. 1 2
..
80 “ 90
0
1
66 20 " 30
6
66
66
0
3
. .
70 “ 80
66 66
1
4
10 "
20
66
66
1
5
..
60 4 70
66
..
2
2
10
66
66
0
1
50
60
6.
1
1
5
66
1
1
..
40 ·· 50
..
1
0
Under 1 year of age
4
Whole number
36
Males.
22 Females.
14
Of the above, - were born in Westford; - in other towns in the Commonwealth; and
- in other places.
. .
1
23
5.
John Ervin Brawn
. .
. .
. .
16.
Charles G. Sargent
..
1
2
March 21
Frederic H. Hildreth
17
16.
Infant child of A. A. McLenna.
. .
1
5
29.
William O. Wright
14
5
6.
..
...
. .
6
AGE.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., Nov. 1, 1878.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County One Hundred and Fifty-Six 1% Dollars, on account of Dogs Licensed for 1878-$156.60. *.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1878.
Bannister, F. W.
Fletcher, Andrew
Osgood, H. G.
Bannister, J. F.
Fletcher, L. L.
Perham, A. R.
Blodgett, L. W.
Fletcher, L. T.
Perham, G. A.
Blodgett, J. W.
Frederick, G. S.
Polley, David
Blodget, T. A.
Gardner, R.
Prescott, Eben
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