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The older Bunker sisters were among the earlier teachers of note in the No. 5 district. Considering the importance of this neighborhood as one of the first to be settled it grew slowly in educational importance but during its history this district had quite as many interesting teachers as any other Embden school. The masters and mistresses there before the Bunkers included Collamore Purington, who was Elisha's brother and who taught nine weeks in 1841 for $36 and in 1846 married Mrs. Margaret Randall of Bowdoinham; Harriet Ann Purington, sister of Collamore and Elisha, in 1845; William Bixby in '47, Cath- erine Dunlap, daughter of Archa, in 1841, becoming a few
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years later Mrs. Amos A. Mann of Mercer; S. F. Fuller, Ann Flint (Mrs. Amos Fletcher), and Lucy Stickney. After 1851 were Rufel Flint, Sarah Batchelder (Mrs. John Jones), F. P. Hilton, Elizabeth Atkinson, like Catherine Dunlap, living near-by, M. B. Ward, M. F. Durrell, Edwin S. Danforth, Josephine Witherell (Mrs. James Collins), Adeline Gray, Etta Savage (Mrs. George K. Redmond), Lizzie Jacobs, Clarence Emerson and sev- eral of the big schoolmasters like Elisha Purington, while prior to the '90's were Wallis Peaslee, Ruth B. Wood who did not marry, Lana Record, who taught several Embden terms very successfully and her brother Daniel Record, LANA (RECORD) WILLIAMS Clara Allen (Mrs. George K. Allen of Greenwood, Mass.), D. A. James, Carrie L. Walker (1861-1882), Addie L. Walker (1872-1894), Vila Walker of New Portland, an accomplished teacher who kept most of the large Embden schools before her marriage to John G. True (1860-1897) and now resides at Farmington; Belle Hunnewell, Nettie Mc- Laughlin, George G. Weeks, Carrie L. Boothby, Mary Pollard, Emma Wilson (Mrs. Allen Wilson), Frank Luce, Cora A. Wilson, Geneva Albee, writer and wife of Virgil Hilton; Chancey Adams of North Anson now a physician of high standing at Concord, N. H .; Lilla B.Smith, Emma Thompson, Lee Salley, Alice Moore, Abram Wyman of Skowhegan graduate of Colby and of Harvard Divinity School and a Unitarian minister; Laura E. Strickland, and Nellie Cleveland (Mrs. E. B. Chase of Skowhe- gan), Josie Knowlton, Flora Knowlton (Mrs. Arthur Weymouth) who had two children and made her home in Utah; Susie Paine (Mrs. Joseph Ames) now deceased; Millie Tripp (Mrs. Mellen H.
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Berry of North Anson), Sarah Savage (Mrs. M. L. French of Bangor), O. H. Landers, Mabel Marston (Mrs. Gould A. Porter of North Anson), and Frank Dutton.
Home from Colby for a teaching vacation this writer late in December, 1887, went to No. 4 district for an eight week's en- gagement, made with Edwin J. Clark, agent, but now of North Anson. There were 29 boys and girls entitled to attend this school. Michael F. Berry, high up on the hill westward, furnished board at $2 a week. The winter temperature in the spare bedroom was an experience that will not fade but of surpassing character was the family's splendid hospitality, with Michael's daughter, Aura, now Mrs. James Murphy, officiating at that period as the mistress of Michael's household. The star event of the season was an annual spelling bee with "Lost Na- tion" school in Concord. It dated far back for Edgar Millay, teacher there in '73, used to tell about attending with his daugh- ter, Gertrude, who amazed both sides by her faultless spelling performance. At this bee of '88 Lussanna G. Taylor, Concord teacher, now Mrs. Charles J. Savage of Norridgewock, "put the words" to the standing lines. Good luck and precise intuition about letters gave the Embden spellers a victory score.
The end of No. 4 term fell with the day of the great blizzard f 1888. Its teacher recalls his tramp through the blinding storm down over Atkinson hill and on till his father met him in pung drawn by "Old Ned" a favorite sorrel horse. The wel- ome meeting was in the deep woods of the cross road toward New Portland. In his pocket was the agent's order for $60 - his wo-months pay to be duly deposited at interest with the town reasurer. With prospect of wages from an immediate term of chool on Dead River, here were riches, indeed, toward resuming the spring at college. On the following day, while snow and ind were unabated, with what solicitude his revered mother acked his kit for the journey into Lexington, over the height of le land and through Jerusalem township! The last twelve or fteen miles along the horse back and away around Mt. Bigelow Flagstaff were done on snowshoes.
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Hardly a stick or foundation stone remains of the Berry schoolhouse but it was for years a prosperous primary seat. In the forty years before the winter of '88 and for nearly as long afterwards the struggle for learning was waged there. A great procession of scholars came. The roll of teachers, not yet mentioned, comprised Albion K. Walker of New Portland, Lottie and Sarah E. Walker, William F. Follett, Ellen Metcalf, G. M. Patterson, Carrie E. McFadden and A. A. Tibbetts, while in later years came Nellie Albee, J. M. Elder, Lena A. Cook, Au- gusta Dinsmore, Lee and Harrison Salley, Josie and Moses French, Jr., Lizzie Smith, Emma J. Berry, Willis P. Ayer, Georgia M. Atwood, who married Charles Tobey of Skowhegan and as his widow resides at Eugene, Oregon; Charles H. T. Atwood, John Knowlton, Jr., of New Portland; Etta McIntyre, E. L. Moulton daughter of Deacon Benjamin Moulton and wife of Colby Atwood; Sophia Chase, Etta L. McIntyre, E. E. Willard, Hattie Thompson, J. F. Adams, C. H. Landers, John B. Carville, now of Stratton; Royal Boston' now of Portland, Ina Donley and Milton Dutton.
Concord teachers came frequently over the boundary to keep school, the Duntons among them. Edson Dunton was master of No. 2 by the ferry in '51. The year before he was at the Moulton school, No. 10, holding its daily sessions at Amos Copp's house. This district of yore extended three miles north and south even to Concord, the rough road, along which the settler's homes were mostly placed, being almost within stone's fling of the great pond. Rev. Oliver Moulton's brood had the longest way to go. Oliver, Jr., gathering his brothers and sisters on an ox-sled with other scholars, teamed them southward to the hall of learn- ing. A bag of hay for the oxen at mid-day was part of the equip- ment. One afternoon, homeward bound, Ai Moulton, in play- ing around the sled, broke his leg. His screams of pain aroused the farmsteads en route to the parental roof tree, where his father, Rev. Oliver, set the fractured member. Jane Dunton like- wise taught the Moulton school and Olive Dunton, who kept the Berry school in '58 was an Anson Academy student. Olive mar- ried Stilson Wells, a Civil War volunteer and dwelt in California.
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The Moulton school eventually became No. 8 after the Went- worth district through constant changes was partitioned between the Cragin and Holbrook districts. Teachers of this newer No. 8 (old No. 10) were : Melvina Daniels, Ella M. Thompson, Rena B. Churchill, Emma B. Hodgdon, Alice Savage (Mrs. Risden Baker), Mary E. Whitney, Ruth E. Barron, Minnie Stinchfield (Mrs. Richardson of Strong), Minerva Hawes (1861-1883), Evie Gray (Mrs. W. C. Robinson of North Anson), Rebecca Dyer, Amy E. Emery, Rosa Pierce (Mrs. James O. Egerton of Brooklyn), Nellie Strickland, now living in Massachusetts; Nettie E. and Myra L. Atwood, the latter now Mrs. Fred King of New Portland ; Millie A. Tripp and Annie J. Nutter.
Far over in No. 11 at the schoolhouse above but east of North Village a score and more of comely girls had teaching experience when scholars there had declined to small numbers. These were Florence Caswell, daughter of Bowdoin now Mrs. Chamberlain of Kingfield; Clara Remick, Lana and Vila Walker, L. F. Gordon, Emma Blanchard, Emma B. Hodgdon, who married (1) Frank B. Bosworth and (2) Lyman Berry, Alice Savage, Allie Hutchins, Emma L. Newell, Pauline Gould of the Embden and New Portland Goulds now Mrs. Rogers of Belgrade; Etta Dut- ton, Nellie Atkinson who died in Dakota; Linda M. Dunbar (Mrs. Wilfred H. Strickland), Etta E. and Laura Strickland, Carrie Butts, Fosta Chase, Millie Tripp, Nellie Atwood, Nellie M. Young and Eliza Bartlett. It had never been for long a populous district. In earlier times several teachers there had been from the Strickland families - Daniel D. Strickland in '51 and '55; Almira C., who became Mrs. Leonard H. Dyer, taught the school in district No. 11 in '58; and Charity B. Strickland, her younger sister, in '61. The Moultons, living near, supplied several teachers including Love (Mrs. Ephraim C. Tripp) in '63.
The waning of school districts followed of course the lines of waning population. Toward the close of the last century this process was becoming more and more apparent. Numerous school families remained in a somewhat diagonal line across the town. Three large schools survived all others and these were No. 3 in the northeast, No. 5 in middle Embden and No. 12, the Holbrook
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school well westward. The Holbrook school in later days en- gaged a succession of best teachers. These included Eldorah Barron, Louisa Williams, Eva Bunker, Lana Record, Ella Thompson, Lora Moore, Roe Mantor, John Knowlton, Jr., Alice Fletcher of North Anson (Mrs. Gustayus A. Steward) now of West Virginia; Fred A. Dinsmore, Adelbert L. Safford of Dead River, graduate of Bates, author of maps used by many Somer- set county schools and now superintendent of schools at Read- field, Mass. ; Laura Hilton (Mrs. John Newell of California), E. B. Luce, Lenora Thompson, Nellie Moore, (Mrs. Egerton of Salem, Mass.), Queenie Ware (1871-1893) who married Lester V. Bailey ; Nellie Irvine, Walter C. McKenney, Harriet Tozier, Addie L. Walker (1871-1894) and S. E. Tinkham.
Thus runs the chronicles of Embden's schools and teachers. Both served the cause of education creditably and helped the children of a rural people toward higher things of larger hap- piness. No other endeavor there for over a century gripped the common interest more steadfastly. The teachers grew in ex- perience and intellect. Their efforts brought welcome wages in communities where during former times was little else in mental lines of earning power. Teaching accordingly became a crowd- ed profession in which the best young men and women vied for excellence. For Embden's schools and scholars it has a full share of happy memories.
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Without tablet in bronze or granite monument to war-time valor Embden nevertheless has a record of services fully to war- rant one. More than 100 farmer lads from the town marched off to the terrible conflict of the '60's. About one-half of these were in regiments under Butler or Banks of Massachusetts - major generals of volunteers. From Augusta, Portland and Boston these recruits sailed away to Fortress Monroe. Soon again they were voyaging to Hilton Head, S. C., Ship Island, Miss., and adjacent points to have part in the conquest of New Orleans and Lousiana, the opening of the Mississippi and, eventually, in the expedition on the Red River.
Of about 20 Embden soldiers who died of disease during the Civil War, a large percentage had been on duty in the far south. Some Embden survivors in these regiments came north with Butler to Bermuda Hundred. In Virginia they carried on with about another half of the Embden enlistments in divers regiments that had come direct to Washington and the Army of the Potomac. During the war years Embden troopers there were who rode and raided from Pennsylvania to the Shenandoah and the James and to Richmond; Embden artillerymen were helping serve the big guns and Embden infantrymen were sharing in the sanguinary charges. Some 17 Embden soldiers were killed in action. These fell for the most part at Fredericks- burg, Winchester, Gettysburg, the Wilderness and Cold Har- bor.
In earlier days one Embden boy, Barzilla S. McFadden, went away to the War with Mexico and may have lost his life in the storming of Chapultepec. A dozen Embden men fought in the second war with Britain. Some were on coast guard duty but others were on the long march across New Hampshire and Ver- nont to Plattsburg and helped in the invasion of Canada. Most
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Embden pioneers were veterans of the Revolution from Massa- chusetts and New Hampshire or sons of those who had been.
In the good militia days Embden long had one company, at first organized and largely officered on Seven Mile Brook. Then there were two companies with rival jurisdiction on either side of the town - boundaries carefully defined by the selectmen - as well as a company of horse. There was a town stock of powder and ball and two camp kettles. Annual meetings of the town voted allowances for rations at the musters. Cartridges were manufactured under the business eye of "Uncle Mose" Thompson at his tavern, probably at the hands of persons who had become town charges. The martial spirit of Embden was recognized by surrounding territory. Early and late there were three Embden colonels of militia, besides a native son, Elbridge Gerry Savoge, who after he had moved to Solon became a militia brigadier. All this one might regard as a separate topic. It belongs, however, by way of preface and, perhaps, of inspiration to the town's valiant efforts in the Civil War.
The commissioned officers roster in Maine volunteer regiments carries the names of several Embden born men. Lieut. Col. Joseph Whitman Spaulding of the 19th Maine Regiment be- longed by birth to Caratunk but his grandfather, Joseph Spaulding (1769-1866) originally resided in Embden and the family in early days had many local connections. Col. Spauld- ing went out as an enlisted man from Richmond, Me., where first and last a considerable number of people of Embden interest settled. This same Joseph Spaulding of Embden was father-in- law of Elbridge G. Savage who went to the front as captain of Company F, Third Maine but suffered a sunstroke in Baltimore, as related, that terminated his army career. The latter's nephew, Jefferson Savage, native of Embden, was commissioned second lieutenant of Company F in the same regiment on Aug. 4, 1861.
Seth T. Hutchins of North Anson, son of Asahel and Polly (Savage) Hutchins of Embden, was captain of Co. A, 28th Maine, a nine months regiment. He was considered an excellent drill master, perhaps the best in the regiment and the higher of-
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CAPT. ELBRIDGE G. SAVAGE CAPT. SETH T. HUTCHINS
ficers regarded Company A as particularly well trained. Often on dress parade Maj. Bullen is quoted as having remarked : "Capt. Hutchins, you have a finely drilled company there." Thirteen Embden men went out in this company, one of the largest quotas the town furnished to any military organization during the war.
Lieut. Horatio Gates Cleveland of Monroe, Wis., son of James Young and Edith (Cragin) Cleveland of Embden, was commis- sioned in Company K, 16th Wisconsin Volunteers. He was wounded at Atlanta and resigned Nov. 17, '64. His brother, Roger Sherman Cleveland, served in the Wisconsin cavalry. Jer- ry S. Cleveland, an original member of the 4th Battery, First Mounted Artillery and Benjamin F. Cleveland of the Tenth Maine were his first cousins. All were natives of Embden and grandsons of Luther Cleveland the Embden pioneer.
Among non-commissioned officers there were several Embden men. Jarvis Wentworth, a Vermont cavalryman; William C. Walker, James F. Luce, Justus B. Wilson, Stilson Wells, and Daniel K. Williams served as sergeants. Alvin H. and Elijah P. Burns, Jerry S. Cleveland, Ebenezer C. Talcott, Oliver J. Moul-
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ton, Edmond E. Gould, James H. Harlow, Cephas Walker, Wes- ley Gray, William S. Hodgdon, J. Williams Morin, Amos J. Wentworth, Daniel Wentworth and Benjamin Young were cor- porals. Five musicians enlisted from Embden - Morrill Green, Harley F. Hicks, George S. and Timothy C. Beal and Thomas Delancy, who although accredited to Embden's quota was born in Cork, Ireland, claimed that as his residence and may have never traveled farther up the Kennebec than Augusta.
There were Embden soldiers in an even score of the 32 vol- unteer infantry regiments organized in the state as well as in the two Cavalry regiments, the first Heavy Artillery and the Mounted Artillery. The larger groups and the approximate number in these groups were with the following nine regiments :
Eighteen in the 4th Battery, Mounted Artillery. This battery was in many hard fought battles. It first marched up the Shen- andoah, was in Gen Siegel's command and then with Gen. Pope and the Artillery Brigade, Sixth Army Corps. It served its guns three hours at Cold Harbor and was rushed to Washington to meet Early's raid.
Fifteen in Company A, 28th Maine. This nine months regiment encamped at Chalmette, the site of the battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, and displayed great gallantry at Fort Butler. Many of its soldiers re-enlisted.
Eleven in companies B. D and K, Thirteenth Maine. This was Col. Neal Dow's regiment. It sailed to Ship Island, was at New Orleans and in the Red River Expedition, whence it re- turned to Fortress Monroe and the District of Columbia.
Ten in Companies A, F, H, and I, Sixteenth Maine, Asa W. Wilder of Skowhegan, Colonel. When it had been organized only four months this regiment participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg. It served at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spott- sylvania Court House and in April, '65 was part of the army that pursued Lee to Appomattox Court House.
Nine in companies B, F, H and I, Third Maine, whose first colonel was Oliver O. Howard (1830-1909) afterwards a corps commander and also general of the Army of The Tennessee.
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.This regiment was at both battles of Bull Run and at Freder- icksburg, the Wilderness and Chancellorsville.
Nine in companies B, H and K, Ninth Maine. This regi- ment landed at Hilton Head and after service in the far south was brought to Virginia for the James River campaign and had part in the battle of Cold Harbor. There was a considerable quota of Concord men in Co .. D. of this regiment, including James E. Shepard, sergeant; Elisha W. Vittum and Daniel O. Fee, corporals ; Joseph Bean, Jr., John W. Dinsmore, Oliver C. Dunton who died on shipboard, and Abishal Town.
Seven in Company F. Twentieth Maine, whose colonels in suc- cession were Adelbert Ames of Rockland, son-in-law of Gen. But- ler, United States Senator from Mississippi and a general in the Spanish War; Joshua L. Chamberlain, Charles D. Gilmore and Ellis Spear. It was part of the Army of The Potomac that fought the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg - where the 20th Maine was first under fire- and Gettysburg. The regiment held the extreme left of Meade's Gettysburg line on the second day.
Seven in companies C, H and K, Twenty-fourth Maine, a nine months' regiment that served in the far south but had a pleasant steamboat trip home by way of Cairo. Ill.
Five in companies C and F, Tenth Maine. George L. Beal was colonel of this regiment, which became a part of Pope's army, helped fight the battle of Cedar Mountain Aug. 9, '62 and the next month was at Antietam.
The first enlistments from Embden were William Harrison Holbrook (1841-1924) and James G. Daggett (1842-1862). They were mustered in Aug. 21, '61 with Company B, Seventh Maine. "Had" Holbrook was wounded at Antietam and discharged be- cause of disability March 12, '63. "Jim" Daggett died in the hospital at Washington. Others enlisted soon afterward. A quota of five from Embden, including John Gould, son of Elder Benjamin, was mustered into Co. E, Eighth Maine on Sept. 7 '61. Silas Brown, Benjamin F. and Lee Strickland, brothers, and James Sullivan were the other four. Quotas were supplied Dec. 9, '61 for the Thirteenth Maine and on December 21 for the
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4th Battery including several original members. The next quota was Aug. 14, '62 and consisted of seven men. One of these was Lewis Carl. who was killed in his first battle. His death made a deep impression on the Ken- nebec side of the town where he had been employed by Ozias McFadden prior to his enlistment.
It is a matter of history how the North, disillusioned by reverses of the first two years, resorted to the draft to recruit its armies and Con- WILLIAM H. HOLBROOK First to Enlist from Embden gress passed the so-called Conscript Act which became a law by Lincoln's signature on March 3, '63. This law brought seven Embden men into the ranks, all of whom, except Joseph Orlando Moulton, were mar- ried. Most of them also had families of small children. The first of the drafted men to be mustered in was Moses L. Strick- land, 34 years old. He was duly enrolled July 21, '63 in Co. H, Third Maine. Within a few days came his cousin, Daniel Strick- land of New Portland but a son of Daniel D. and Christina Strickland of northwest Embden. During August the other five were mustered in. One of them was Benson Gray who had re- cently married and come from Concord to settle on the Bosworth farm. He fell at Winchester. Another was John C. Holbrook, one of the four Holbrook brothers all of whom went into the army as married men. Horace W. Holbrook and Philander H. Chick, neighbors near the foot of Embden Pond where they had established their young families, were the other two Embden conscripts of this quota. Probably no other occur- rence more seriously impressed the town with the gravity of the Civil War.
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Embden was patriotic in voting money as well as supplying men. Funds were provided for State aid to wives and depend- ents of soldiers in the fields in 1862 and in increasing sums from that time on till the end of the war. Town bounties of $100 per volunteer had been paid readily till the call was made for rais- ing the Twenty-eighth Regiment. Embden's quota of seven- teen men for Company A made extraordinary measures neces- sary to raise the required bounties.
At a town meeting on Saturday, Aug. 2, '62, "to raise money to aid in obtaining volunteer militia" a sum of $1,100, or $100 for each man who volunteered was voted and twenty-two taxpayers of Embden signed a bond for $1,700 to pay 17 men. These twenty-two were: John Gray, L. H. Walker, Elisha Purington, Ozias H. McFadden, Wm. H. Stevens, Calvin Boyington, Warren Getchell, T. F. Boothby, Phineas Eames, Elam Stevens, Wm. Barron, Edwin S. Danforth, Charles F. Caldwell, Joseph At- kinson, Benjamin C. McKenney, Timothy C. Spaulding, Sanford B. Stevens, Albert Williams, Moses Thompson, Erastus Walker, John Pierce, Michael F. Berry.
The bond named the following to receive $100 bounty each when mustered into the service of the United States; Mandell Wells, William H. Grear, Archa Mullen, John W. Foss, John Burns, 2nd, Asa Strickland, Daniel Tripp, Daniel Wentworth, Allen Jackson, William H. McKenney, Stilson Wells, Daniel K. Williams, Josiah M. Cook, Thomas J. Mullen, Timothy C. Beal, Richard Tripp. Not all of these enlisted in Co. A, Twenty- eighth Maine. The Beal brothers served in the Twenty-fourth Maine and, although of Embden, some question arose whether they entered the service as part of Embden's quota or as part f Solon's. That made a contention over which town should pay the bounties.
In response to Lincoln's call of Oct. 17, '63, the town voted n December 3 to increase to $325 its bounty for "each man who hall voluntarily enlist in the service of the United States before he fifth day of January next." The selectmen were authorized o make a loan at 6 per cent to meet this requirement and it was
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further agreed to pay each soldier when mustered in. An ap- propriation of $1,000 annually till all these bounties were paid was voted. At a meeting March 7, '64, the selectmen were in- structed to raise by loan or otherwise $1,000 to be distributed in state aid. William G. Bailey, David Stevens, 2nd., and Aus- tin Eames were chosen a committee Aug. 24, '64, "to solicit sub- scriptions to aid in payments as bounties to soldiers," and on the same date David Stevens, 2nd., and Phineas Eames were chosen agents "to procure recruits."
The town bounty was increased to $350 on Oct. 3, '64 and the selectmen were directed to obtain the money by loan. At the same time the town agreed to assume the amount of money con- tributed by individuals toward enlisting soldiers to fill the town's quota and town orders were issued bearing interest from date for such sums. The same bounty was voted to each drafted man who voluntarily entered the service. A loan of $2,000 was authorized Nov. 8, '64 "to pay money borrowed of citizens and also to offset money subscribed to pay bounty to soldiers on the last quota." Under Lincoln's call of December, 1864, Embden voted to raise $6,000 to fill the quota of soldiers and $500 more if needed, naming John Gray and T. F. Boothby a committee to fill the quota. It was voted March 6, '65, to as- sess $5,000 of money already raised to pay bounties and the town treasurer was directed to borrow sufficient money to pay state aid. An additional $1,500 was raised at that meeting "to pay state aid." In March, '66, the town assessed $2,100 more of monies raised to pay bounties to soldiers.
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