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OTIS WITHINGTON, THOMAS GRIGGS, SAMUEL A. ROBINSON, CHARLES STEARNS, A. B. SHEDD,
Committee on Tenth Article.
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The following is the vote referred to in the foregoing report, viz. :
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways be authorized and directed to cause the grade of Washington street to be altered between two gateways of Thomas Griggs, opposite the driveway of Augustus Aspinwall, by filling near cach gateway, raising the lower side of the street and the side- walk adjoining, and reducing the crown of the avenue of Mr. Aspinwall, or in such other manner as they shall think best to make the same safe for public travel, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated to defray the expense of the same.
On motion of Wm. Aspinwall, the foregoing was amended as follows, to wit :
Voted, To strike out the following words, " and directed," " by filling near each gateway, raising the lower side of the street and the sidewalk adjoining, and reducing the crown of the avenue of Mr. Aspinwall, or," and the word "other."
The vote as above amended was then passed, and is as follows, to wit :
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways be authorized to cause the grade of Washington street to be altered between the gateways of Thomas Griggs, opposite the driveway of Augustus Aspinwall, in such manner as they shall think best to make the same safe for the public travel, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated to defray the expense of the same.
Voted, That the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars be added to the appropriation for gutters and drains.
Voted, That the sum of three thousand dollars be added to the appropriation for highways.
On motion of William Aspinwall-
Voted, That the Surveyors of Highways are requested to keep their accounts in such manner as to show the amount of money expended on each street, and exhibit the same in the report of the Treasurer at the close of the year.
The various appropriations voted by the town at the annual and adjourned meeting, to be raised by taxation the present year, are as follows, to wit :
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For schools
$17,000 00
support of poor
900 00
highways (March 23d, $4,000; April 7th, $3,000)
7,000 00
fire department .
700 00
sidewalks
800 00
gutters and drains (March 23d, $500; April 7th, $350) .
850 00
county tax
9,000 00
state tax
25,488 00
collecting taxes
400 00
abatement of taxes
600 00
interest
4,800 00
extinction of town debt
27,000 00
town officers
1,700 00
repairs of town buildings
800 00
ringing bell
125 00
lighting streets and town buildings
2,200 00
cemetery
100 00
police
600 00
library
559 00
board of health
200 00
military purposes
12,000 00
contingencies .
1,500 00
making Newton street
1,500 00
making Dudley street
850 00
building wall on Boylston street
250 00
alteration of Washington street
300 00
Dissolved.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER,
Town Clerk.
List of Soldiers in the Town of Brookline, taken May 1, 1863.
The following list contains the names of persons in the town of Brook- line, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, liable to be enrolled in the Militia, as taken by us, the Assessors, on the first day of May, 1863 :
Lafayette Fairbanks
Wm. A. Wyman
David Rumrill
John Fairbanks
John C. Burt
Andrew Marsh
Sanford P. Ware
Enos J. Stone
John P. Drew Henry A. Green
Richard Briggs
Charles U. Cotting
John A. Burnham, Jr.
Wm. B. Chaplin
Edward Seymour
Wm. Deel James M. Hubbard
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Frank W. Reynolds 14
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Charles Rogers Thomas B. Hall S. H. Gregory
Patrick Kerrigan
John L. Aldrich
William J. Swift
Daniel W. Rogers
John K. Rogers
Francis G. Faxon
Albert F. Sise Fred Higginson John Chapman
Edmund M. Browne
Henry L. Richardson
Augustus B. Whittemore
Michael Lemist
John A. Howard Michael Maloney
James R. Tebbets
Ira A. Stubbs
Patrick Mitchell
George Dexter
Bird
Frederick Dexter
Henry E. Pierce
Horatio B. York
Robert S. Littell
Isaac Fenno
Edward Wilson
Charles M. Blake
Pat. Meany
Thomas Quincy Brown
Wm. G. Wheildon
George Brooks
Alonzo Farrar
Thomas S. Pettengill
Edward S. Dane
Joseph Gordon
John H. Dane
D. H. Daniels
Charles Soule, Jr.
Daniel H. Rogers
Solon F. Whitney
J. P. Tucker
Charles Burrell
Charles W. Wilder
Charles H. Stearns
Augustus E. Batchelder
Wm. Courtney
William L. Wellman
Wm. Stearns
Pat. Riley
George B. Cunningham
G. W. A. Williams
Geo. S. Dearborn
Arthur K. Fay
James W. Coolidge
Albert M. Aldrich
Josiah Busnell
A. D. Turner Benj. F. Fulsom
Sidney Hatch
James Lunney
David S. Plummer
Aaron P. Pond
Chas. F. Huntington
Wm. J. Griggs
Leonard Mecum
Isaiah L. Brackett
Geo. L. Richardson
Henry A. Upham
Zenas F. Brett
R. S. S. Andross
Thomas H. Leavitt
Wm. D. Coolidge
George H. Coolidge
George G. Sampson
Augustus N. Sampson
John E. Cousens
Charles Kimball
Moses Eastman
Charles D. Lincoln
Lyman C. Newton Stephen R. Griggs
Geo. C. Barrett Benj. Pierce Warren G. Currier
Samuel Herrick
Dwight Leonard George Erhard
Wmn. A. Bangs Daniel ()'Keefe
Wm. L. Thwing E. W. Thwing
Richard M. Lincoln
Nehemiah Washburn
Richard Soule, Jr.
Amos L. Wood
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Walter Golding Andrew Chase Geo. Sherwin Edw'd Young James W. Edgerly John F. Phillips Henry A. Wrann Cyrus Ruggles Charles E. Mecum
John Smith
Chas. L. Palmer
Jesse F. Houghton James Rooney
Edwin Clark F. C. Sherman Michael Mahan
Geo. Black
Chas. W. Porter
James Mahan
Willard Onion, Jr.
James Haley
Thomas B. Griggs
E. W. Sanford
George W. Atkinson
A. J. Pickens T. E. Francis
Revilo Hinds
E. R. Butler
Edward A. Dana Arthur W. Blake
A. W. Bowman
Henry J. Blake
Joshua H. Putnam James M. Seamans
Wm. Lincoln
D. Francis Lincoln Wm. E. Lincoln
Wm. Flagg Jolın W. Candler
George Magee
Pat. Dillon
Alvin A. Rice
Daniel W. Phelps
John P. Bliss
John Koch
John Kelly Geo. W. Bird
Jacob Miller Joshua A. Little
Adam Halfenstine
Edgar G. Cresly
John D. Kelly
Richard H. Gilson
Warren H. Gilson
James Darrah Wm. Darrah Frank Parker
W. P. Freeman . John O. Libby John Cutter
Michael W. Quinlan
Nicholas Watson
Jona. D. Long Oliver Cousens
Edward Winship
Henry Hall
Handel P. Blake
Thomas Waterman
Alonzo Bowman
Charles H. Draper
Asael G. Matthews
Addison Richards
Philip S. Allen
Charles H. Whitehouse
Peter W. Pierce
Wm. H. Barnard Charles Chase
George H. Lincoln George E. Bogman Benjamin F. Baker Stephen Libby Willard A. Goodwin
John A. Jordan
Bradford Kingman Michael Griffin
E. F. Archer
Timothy Corey Chas. W. Dunn
F. Henry Corey Chas. Rohan
Charles McCorland
Pat. R. Savage
Michael Hickey Sylvester Kimball James F. Weeks Wm. Bellows
Henry B. Eager Chas. P. Trowbridge
Florian Kaiser
Charles Haak
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Osavius Verney
Fred Barnard
Arthur Kemp
John E. Horr
Geo. F. Johnson
Geo. M. Mellen
Eben Morse
Chas. E. Mellen
Dennis Driscoll
Isaiah S. Getchell
Albert Ricker
Elisha T. Penniman
Edwin Grover
Charles Smith
Moses Thompson
Robert Hamilton
James R. Burdett
John H. Fisher
Wm. F. Hall
Francis K. Fisher
John Johnson
Michael Manly
Geo. B. Withington
Abraham B. Shedd
Daniel Weeks
H. S. Williams
G. Theodore Stearns
James B. Dana
George W. Hancock
Lawrence Kelly
Wm. Mullens
Orland Bean
Thomas Curry, Jr.
Augustus Bickford
Wm. Rooney
John H. Whitney
Follen Cabot
Michael Morton
John H. Henshaw
Wm. L. Taft
Francis Henshaw
Sylvester S. Burley
Edward Atkinson
Michael Dalton
David Ring
Thomas McMahon
Thomas W. Nickerson
Eben W. Reed
Lewis S. Price
John Zecher
Joseph Nutter
Alonzo C. Jackson
Samuel Townsend, Jr.
Timothy Nyhan
Charles Sprague
John S. Martin
Silas H. Langley
Thomas Townsend
Isaac Lord
George H. Townsend
Moses Ricker
Jeremiah Shay
Albert H. Woods
Edward C. Cabot
Geo. Bacon
Patrick Ellis Geo. J. Fisher
Charles H. Heath
Daniel A. Dwight
George G. Dawes
Augustine Shurtleff
Burton W. Neal
Hiram Norcross
George N. Dana
E. I. Thomas
Lewis Perrin
James H. Leighton
Samuel Clark Wm. B. Bird
Thomas G. Hurd
Alfred Kenrick, Jr.
Albert A. Cobb
Richard Hills
Wm. G. Weld
Wm. G. Dearborn
Thomas E. Lanman
Chas. A. Patch W. G. Churchill
Michael Glynn
, Edw. H. Chamberlin James Cummings
Joseph Roy
John Kelly Patrick Byrnes
Benj. F. Baker
Thomas Curry Wm. Sheafe
James M. Howe
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Militia List, 1863.
Thomas J. O'Neal John Buggy Michael L. Hicks Geo. Craft Chas. Craft Xanthus Goodnough Geo. W. Goodnough Daniel W. Reed
Pat. McAvoy
Geo. Atkinson
Wm. D. Philbrick
E. S. Philbrick John C. Eager
Edwin Field
Francis A. Jewett
Francis W. Fay
Eben Wright
Joseph W. Goddard
Michael Downs
John F. Rogers
James M. Codman
Henry Whitney
Horatio A. Hovey
J. Wingate Thornton Enos Dodge E. W. Cutler
James Towle
A. L. Cutler
Chas. L. Bixby
James M. Alger
L. W. Hastings
Charles P, Gardiner James Curry George Merrows Horatio Sanborn
Wm. J. Parsons
Wm. S. Wilson
Moses Jones
James Edmond
Thomas P. Ritchie
Samuel G. Lamson
Jas. Elliot Cabot Geo. Cowan Albert Cowan Edwin Cowan Thomas Miskill
John P. Loftus
Geo. W. Rollins
Geo. E. Nelson
Leonard Locke Arthur Amory Robert Amory
Valentine R. Bridgeman Geo. R. Phelps Francis A. White
Rufus H. Whitney Andrew J. Harrington
Marshall Russell Geo. H. Morse John Conroy W. P. P. Longfellow Thomas Welch
Joseph Dunn Herman Morse
Moses M. Judkins
Milton Young Francis P. Denney Willard J. Humphrey
James Baker John English John Hennessy Geo. W. Weld
James H. Harris
John W. Griggs Wm. Jennings Thomas Merriman J. Anson Guild James Kerrigan
Benj. F. Goddard
Matthew Towle Thomas Hartigan Wm. Brannan
James Quinn Gorham Gray
Wm. E. Webster J. H. Shedd Albert Cushman Patrick Mitchell James H. Clapp Henry Blaney Geo. E. Hersey Frank Haven Geo. A. Slack
Benj. Heustis, Jr.
J. A. Willard Albert Haven
George A. Wadleigh Wm. R. Paine
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John B. Turner
George N. Bigelow
F. H. Sweetser
Charles O. Foster
H. S. Burdett
Seth A. Towle
H. S. Chase
E. G. Tilestone
John Keefe
Wm. Aspinwall
Reuben A. Chace
B. W. Hobart, Jr. Horace James
Henry Collins
Chas E. Abbott
Henry G. Seaverns
David T. Kenrick
Sullivan Rogers
James Knight
Edward Bogan
John Doyle Charles Madden
Edward Leahy
Pat. McNamara
Michael Mahoney
John McNamara
Francis McNamara
James Lunney
Wm. Jennings
Patrick McDavitt
John Mealy
Patrick Coudry
Returned by THOMAS B. HALL, WM. B. TOWNE, Assessors of Brookline.
Received into the Town Clerk's office, August, 1863, and return thereof made to the office of the Adjutant-General.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1863.
WARRANT.
BEAL.
SEAL.
SEAL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline,
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the third day of November next, it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month, at one of the clock in the afternoon, at which time and place the polls will be opened and kept
Charles W. Eaton
Terrance Gallagher
Bernard Malone
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General Election, November 3, 1863.
open until fifteen minutes before five of the clock, during which time they will be required to bring in their votes to the Selectmen for the following State and County officers, to wit :
For Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Councillor for Coun- cillor District Number Six, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney-General, a Senator for the North Norfolk District, a Representative to the General Court for the Third Nor- folk District, one County Commissioner for the County of Norfolk ; also, for a Register of Probate and Insolvency,- all to be voted for on one ticket.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant to the Selectmen, with your doings thereon, four days at least before the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this twenty- third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and sixty-three.
. JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS.
BROOKLINE, October 29th, 1863.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes within named, by leav- ing a printed notice of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days before the time of said meeting.
JOHN DUSTIN, Constable of Brookline.
A true copy of the warrant and return thereon.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled at the Town Hall in said town, on Tuesday, the third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and were called to order at one of the clock in the afternoon, by James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
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The Town Clerk then read the warrant and the return thereon.
In conformity with the warrant, the polls were then opened and kept open until quarter of five o'clock, when they were declared closed.
The Selectmen and Town Clerk then proceeded to sort and count the votes, and the whole number of votes given in was three hundred and ninety-nine, which were sorted, counted and recorded, and declaration thereof made in open town meeting, as required by law, and were for the follow- ing persons and officers, to wit :
For Governor : Three hundred and ninety-one.
John A. Andrew, of Boston, two hundred and fifty-five.
Henry W. Paine, of Cambridge, one hundred and thirty-six.
For Lieutenant-Governor : Three hundred and ninety-four.
Joel Hayden, of Williamsburg, two hundred and fifty-nine.
Thomas F. Plunkett, of Pittsfield, one hundred and thirty-five.
For Secretary of the Commonwealth : Three hundred and ninety-five. Oliver Warner, of Northampton, two hundred and sixty. F. O. Prince, of Winchester, one hundred and thirty-five.
For Treasurer and Receiver-General : Three hundred and ninety-six. Henry K. Oliver, of Salem, two hundred and sixty-three. Nathan Clark, of Lynn, one hundred and thirty-three.
For Auditor : Three hundred and ninety-four.
Levi Reed, of Abington, two hundred and sixty.
Moses Bates, of Plymouth, one hundred and thirty-four.
For Attorney-General : Three hundred and ninety-four.
Dwight Foster, of Worcester, two hundred and sixty.
Theodore H. Sweetser, of Lowell, one hundred and thirty-four.
For Councillor for District Number Six : Two hundred and sixty-four. Jonathan D. Wheeler, of Grafton, two hundred and sixty. Moses B. Williams, two. F. W. Bird, two.
For Senator, North Norfolk District : Three hundred and ninety-one. George Frost, of Roxbury, two hundred and fifty-eight.
Alonzo W. Boardman, of Brookline, one hundred and thirty-three.
For County Commissioner : Three hundred and ninety-five. Milton M. Fisher, of Medway, two hundred and fifty-nine. John Fisher, of Dedham, one hundred and thirty-six.
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For Register of Probate and Insolvency : Three hundred and ninety-four. Jonathan H. Cobb, of Dedham, three hundred and ninety-four.
For Representative to the General Court from the Third Norfolk District : Three hundred and ninety-four.
R. S. S. Andros, one hundred and thirty-four.
James Bartlett, one hundred and sixty-five, and he was declared elected to represent the town in the next General Court.
In voting the check-list was used, and no one was allowed to deposit his vote until his name was found and checked on the list.
The business of the meeting being all transacted, the returns were all filled up and signed by the Selectmen and Town Clerk, and sealed up in open town meeting, and were delivered to the Town Clerk to forward to the several places of their destination.
The meeting was then declared dissolved, by James Bart- lett, Chairman of the Selectmen.
Dissolved.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 12, 1863.
SEAL.] SEAL.
WARRANT.
SEAL.
SEAL.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
SEAL.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Brookline, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Brookline, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the twelfth day of November, current, at half-past seven of the clock in the evening, for the following purposes, to wit :
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First. To choose a Moderator.
Second. To consider and act upon the act of the Legislature passed April the 29th, 1863, entitled, " An Act to provide for the reimbursment of bounties paid to volunteers, and apportion and assess a tax therefor."
Third. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for that purpose.
Fourth. To see what action the town will take to raise its quota of men, under the call of the President of the United States for volunteers.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen, four days before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals at Brookline, this third day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
JAMES BARTLETT, MARSHAL STEARNS, THOMAS PARSONS, N. G. CHAPIN, WILLIAM J. GRIGGS, Selectmen of the Town of Brookline.
NORFOLK, SS. BROOKLINE, November 7th, 1863.
In pursuance of the within warrant, I have notified and warned the legal voters of the town of Brookline to meet at the time and-place and for the purposes within named, by leaving a printed copy of the same at their last and usual place of residence, four days before the day. of said meeting.
THOMAS S. PETTENGILL, Constable of Brookline.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant, the citizens of the town of Brookline assembled in the Town Hall in said town, on Thursday, the twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and were called to order at half-past seven of the clock.in the evening, by the Town Clerk, who read the warrant and the return thereon, and presided, under the first article in said warrant, during the choice of a Moderator.
The meeting nominated and chose for Moderator, Hon. William Aspinwall.
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The Second Article taken up, viz. :
To consider and act upon the act of the Legislature, passed April 29th, 1863, entitled, "An Act to provide for the reimbursement of bounties paid to volunteers, and apportion and assess a tax therefor."
On motion of George Griggs, the Moderator read the Act of the Legislature referred to above.
On motion of Thomas Parsons, it was-
Voted, That the town will raise and pay the amount of taxes apportioned and assessed upon it under the provisions of the 218th Chapter of the Acts of 1863, in the manner provided in the ninth section of said Act.
Voted, That the Town Clerk is hereby instructed to return a certified copy of the above vote to the Treasurer of the Commonwealth.
The Third Article :
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for that purpose.
On motion of Thomas Parsons-
Voted, That the Town Treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow, under the direction of the Selectmen, such sums of money as may be necessary, and the same is hereby appro- priated, to pay said taxes, giving the notes of the town for the same, in such sums and for such time as may be deemed most advantageous to the interests of the town.
Voted, That when this meeting adjourn it be to meet in this place one week from Tuesday evening next, the 24th instant, at half-past seven of the clock.
Voted, To adjourn.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING, NOV. 24, 1863.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall at half-past seven of the clock, on Tuesday evening, November the twenty-fourth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three, Hon. William Aspinwall, Moderator, in the chair.
The Fourth Article in the warrant taken up, viz. :
To see what action the town will take to raise its quota of men, under the call of the President of the United States.
James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Selectmen, stated that men could be procured by taking the necessary steps, and having money to pay the expenses.
The following vote was offered by Moses B. Williams, Esq., viz. :
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, giving the note or notes of the town for the same; said sum to be appropriated, as far as neces- sary, for state aid and other military purposes, and to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
Voted, To lay the foregoing vote on the table.
On motion of W. A. Wellman, Esq .-
Voted, That when this meeting adjourn it be to meet on Friday evening next, the twenty-seventh instant, at half-past seven of the clock.
Voted, To adjourn.
Attest : B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
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Citizens' Meeting, December 4, 1863.
ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING, NOV. 27, 1863.
Pursuant to adjournment, the citizens of the town of Brookline met at the Town Hall at half-past seven of the clock in the evening, on Friday, the twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and sixty-three, Hon. William Aspinwall, Moderator, in the chair.
The vote laid upon the table at the last meeting being first in order, was then taken up, and after being amended by the mover by striking out the words "other military," and inserting word "recruiting," was passed as follows, viz. :
Voted, That the Town Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars, giving the note or notes of the town for the same, said sum to be appropriated, as far as neces- sary, for state aid and recruiting purposes, and to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.
On motion of W. A. Wellman-
Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized and empowered to adopt such measures for the enlistment of the town's quota of men, as they may deem expedient.
Voted, To adjourn without date.
Dissolved.
Attest :
B. F. BAKER, Town Clerk.
CITIZENS' MEETING, DECEMBER 4, 1863.
CALL.
To the Citizens of Brookline:
You are hereby requested to meet at the Town Hall, on Friday evening, December 4th, 1863, at half-past seven o'clock, to consult together and take such measures as may
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be deemed expedient to fill the quota of men from this town, under the call of the President, on the 17th of October last.
Come up, and let us show that no measures shall be left untried which will help encourage our brave soldiers now in the field that help is at hand, and let the enemies of our country see that all their traitorous assaults will be met with a stern defiance and a firm front.
A band of music will be in attendance.
It is hoped there will be a full meeting, as questions of great importance in relation to raising the quota will be before the meeting.
PER ORDER OF THE SELECTMEN.
BROOKLINE, Mass., December 2d, 1863.
In pursuance of the foregoing notice, the citizens of Brookline met at the Town Hall, on Friday evening, Decem- ber 4th, 1863, and were called to order at half-past seven o'clock, by James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Selectmen.
The meeting then organized by the choice of Ginery Twichell, Esq., for chairman, and B. F. Baker for secretary.
Mr. Twichell, on taking the chair, read the call for the meeting and made a brief address on the importance of the business before them, and the need of vigorous, energetic and persistent action, and that now was the time for active work in the cause of our country.
James Bartlett, Esq., chairman of the Selectmen, stated that as there had been some doubts expressed about the legality of the vote passed at the special town meeting held on the 27th day of November last, whereby the town voted money to pay the expenses of enlisting the town's quota, and that the Selectmen desire to know if the town would sustain them in their efforts in proceeding to fill the town's quota of men.
Thomas Parsons, Esq., said that we did not know whether it was legal to put down the rebellion or not, but for his part he thought it best to get the men and do all we can to fight it out, legal or no.
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The meeting was addressed in a spirited and stirring man- ner by Wm. S. Spencer, J. Murray Howe, Col. Griswold of the 56th Regiment, M. B. Williams, and others, upon the importance of united and patriotic efforts to procure men, and subdue the rebellion and establish the government.
On motion of Hon. William Aspinwall, the meeting passed the following resolutions, to wit :
Resolved, That the citizens of Brookline pledge them- selves to sustain the Selectmen in using the money appro- priated by the town at the meeting held on the 27th day of November, 1863, for filling the quota of volunteers required of the town under the last call of the President, whether such use be in strict conformity with the law or not.
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