An account of the receipts and expenditure of the Town of Milford, New Hampshire, 1866-1868, Part 1

Author: Milford (N.H. : Town)
Publication date: 1866
Publisher: [Milford, N.H. : The Town]
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AN ACCOUNT


GC 974.202 M596AR, 1866-1868


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


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OF THE


TOWN OF MILFORD,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING


FEBRUARY 15, 1866.


NASHUA : PRINTED BY GREENE & NOYES 1866.


Allen County Public Library


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$200


REPORT


or


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Inventory of Personal Property on the Pauper Farm, Feb. 14, 1866.


1 horse 125 00, 10 cows 595 00, 1 corset sheep 20 00, 740 00


3 shoats 90 00, 23 hens 12 00, 3 turkeys


113 00


5 00, stock hay 6 00,


13 tons English hay 260 00, 2 ton straw,


300 00


20 00, corn fodder 20 00,


85 bush. corn 106 25, 4 bush. beans 10 00, 2 bush. rye 2 50, 118 75


40 bush oats 28 00, 2 bush col'd beans 4 00, salt 4 50, 36 50


Meal 2 00, 50 lbs. sausages 12 50, 115 lbs. beef 15 00, 40 lbs. lard 10 00, 39 50


28 lbs of butter 11 76, 7 lbs. of sugar 98 saleratus 32, tallow 6 00, 19 06


Pop corn 40, dried apples 7 00, garden


B seeds 5 00, 12 40


Soap grease 1 20, sulphor 1 00, 75 bush. pota- toes 67 50, 69 70


Vegetables 7 00, 2 bbls. soap 10 00, 3 bbls. of vinegar 36 00, 53 00


Pickels 2 50, 200 lbs. ham and shoulders 50 00, 200 lbs. beef 28 00, 80 50


200 lbs. pork 50 00, 91bs. candles 1 80, on· ions 5 00, apples 1 00, 57 80


Squashes 1 50, k. oil 2 00, flour 5 00, rolls and yarn, 15 00, 23 50


Molasses 1 27, dried pumpkins 75, eggs 30, 3 cords ash es 50 00, 52 32


2.


Nuts 75, tobacco 65, tea, coffee and spices, 3 50, 4 90


Lumber and ties 20 00, cabbages 6 00, boil- ed cider 8 00, 34 00


$1754 93:


Inventory of personal property on the pau- per farm Feb 14, 1865. $1953 20


DR.


To Cash 'Received for Articles sold from Farm.


Labor done off the Farm, 110 32, milk 725- 90, 836 22


1 fat cow 70 00, 1 yoke oxen 300, hoop poles, 65 25, 435 25


Pigs 40 00, calves 15 75, grapes 6 00, ci- der 19 50, 81 25


Beet seed 2 00, oats 16 80, barter 4 10, hay 9 31, 32 21.


Harnness 4 00, potatoes 37 87, board 3 12, beans 7 76, 52 75.


Vinegar 90, posts and ties 17 79, apples 4 00, rye 1 25, 23 94


Seed corn 7 10, poultry 5 20, eggs 1:47; vegetables 71 00, 84 77


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Tobacco 34, scythe snath 2 10, keeping colt 9 00, 11 44


1 hide 6 12, beef 41 60, 47 72-1605 55


Received of Moses Foster for L. Birch 65 00 1.


" Danbury 91 00~156 00


Received from Lebanon 6 00


the County, 100 00-106 00


$1867.55.


CR


By Paying as follows :


Taxes in Amherst 9 78, taxes in Milford 46- 44, 56 22


Dr. Eldredge 6 61, Wm. P. Duncklee 15 00, Smith and Hall, 13 72, 35 33


E. Johnson 7 50, D. W. Sargent 4 00, shoat 16 00, 27. 50


Carding wool 82, painting waggon 12 00, thrashing 5 00, 17 82


Shoe making 85, P. Duncklee 1 00, 3 cows, 147 87, 149 72


Pasturing 30 19, rye 7 50, use of bull 5 00,- C. G. Hatch 1 00,


Pop corn 50, sundries 3 34, 6 bush. barley 9 00, 12 84


3


Coffins 21 00, butchering 1 75, repairing pump 2 77, 25.52


.1177


Painting 10 58, crackers 4 75, pump 5 00, 20 33


Fresh fish 1 57, molasses 6 00 harness 4 50, 12 07


Horse hoe 16 00, J. A. Powers & Co., 2 86,


maple sugar 2 00,


11 120 86


Tin ware 4 07, 1 bbl. flour 14 00,


18 07


4 cords ashes 52 00, freight 9 20, shorts 94 25 155 45


Blacksmithing 33 10, labor on farm 110 46, 143 56


Butter 54 54, Hall & Marvell bill for 1864, 8 75, 63 29


Making cider 1 75, use of boar 1 00, meat bills 29 14, 31 89-834 16


STORE BILLS.


Jas. Blood 165 97, J. Lancaster 63 63, Kidder & Whitney 3 57, Geo. Stevens


5 62, Barr & Co. 3 75, Jaquith & Gil- . son 2 61, A.F. Hutchinson 1 08, Reed & Slader 50, J. E. Bruce 30 59, Saw-


yer & Hamblett 9 00, J. L Rix 7 74,


294 06


-294 06


Superintendent's services to Feb. 15, 1866, 306 25- -306 25


$1434 47


SUPPORT OF COUNTY PAUPERS.


Kate Shay, 6 00


Mary E. Parson,


42 15


Mrs. A. McRobie, . "


12 00


Hastings, 18 00


Thorning, 13 00


Joseph Buskey,


8 00


0. Sanderson,


7 88


Mrs. M. Cane,


5 00


Transient persons,


10 50


Joseph Wetherbee, 2 00


$124 53


PAUPERS NOT CHARGEABLE TO THE TOWN.


James Percivil,


6 00


G. P. Sanderson,


8 00


John Clark. 48 88


$62 88


PAUPERS CHARGEABLE TO THE TOWN.


Charles F. Wright,


31 34


Elizabeth Woolson,


16 00


Joel Shed,


14 35


Eben Blanchard,


36 41


$98 11


Superintendent's services to Apr. 1st 1865, 37 50


4


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Wm. Ramsdell,


25 00


Levi Curtis,


18 00


Wm. R. Wallace,


15 00 -- 58 00


Cash paid Town Treasurer,


52 06


1867 55


Expense of supporting the Poor on and off the Pauper Farm.


DR. To interest on Farm and Stock,


270 00 1


CR. By cash paid Town Treasurer, 52 06


"Amt. due from County, 24 53


1


" Hollis, 8 00


30 24


155 17- 270 00


Balance,


Making the entire cost of supporting the


Poor off and on the Farm, $155 17


There have been supported on the Farm from four to six Persons and four persons have received ninety-eight dollars and eleven cents from the proceeds of the farm, and the bal- ance of proceeds has been paid into the Treasury of the Town.


All of which is respectfully submitted.


WILLIAM RAMSDELL,


LEVI CURTIS,


Overseers


of


WM. R. WALLACE,


the Poor.


MILFORD, FEB. 22, 1866.


We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER,


Auditors.


for milk,


REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN.


CR. BY CASH PAID SOLDIERS' FAMILIES.


Naomi Twiss,


36 00


Mary Tobin,


69 00


P. A. Fretts,


54 00


Elizabeth Holland,


60 00


Jane Morlock,


60 00


Catherine Regan,


60 00


Elizabeth Conery,


3 50


Bridget Burton,


108 00


Catherine Devin,


57 00


Malvina Richardson,


14 00


Mary Welch,


69 00


Mary Dillon,


20 00


Beular Potter,


12 00


Sophia E. Chickering


17 00


Charles F. Aiken,


20 00


S. J. Marvill,


7 00


Lucy W. Perham,


18 00


Mary Ryan,


24 00


Isabel Mahar,


40 00


Frances A. Lynch,


12 00


Mary F. Haskell,


16 00


Eliza H. Carlton,


38 00


M. E. O. Conner,


19 00


Hannah Crohan,


57 00


Clarissa Dame,


38 00


Hannah M. Easton,


57 00


Maria Gillis,


19 00


Alma F. Hutchinson,


24 00


Mary B. Hall,


19 00


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6


Delia Hatch,


45 00


Sally Layden,


19 00


R. A. Pierce,


57 00


Mary McKenney,


57 00


Kate A. Worster,


38 00


Catherine Kelly,


20 00


Mary B. Osgood,


20 00


Mary E. Tyler,


36 53


Julia Jess,


18 26


-1358 29


Disbursing Agent,


18 00


$1376 29


1376 29


DR. To Cash from Town Treasurer, WILLIAM RAMSDELL, LEVI CURTIS, Selectmen. WILLIAM R. WALLACE, )


MILFORD, Feb. 22, 1866.


We have examined the' foregoing [ accounts and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER,


Auditors.


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TREASURER'S REPORT.


DR.


FOR AMOUNT RECEIVED .. "


On hand Feb. 15, 1865,


157 64


In. Collector's hands, 189 46


Received Savings Bank deposit & interest, 57 37 ..


for State Notes,


8800 00


interest on State notes, 411 40


Railroad tax, 1864, 791.31


1865, 1097 77


Savings Bank Tax,0 ).


510 90


from circus,


60 00


from State in aid soldiers' fami- ilies,


3640 22


Literary Fund, 58 20


Highway tax, No. 1, 77 44


for sale of liquors, 62 71


for rent of Town House basement, 185 00


Hall,


118 .09


on loan,


9572 00 .


for tax M. K. White, 1863, 2 85


" grave yard lots,


13 80 ..


66


old iron, 1 20:


from Wm. Ramsdell agent for vol- unteers, balance of 1865, 1580.58


from pauper farm,


52 06


Taxes assessed,! 17056 90


$44496 90


CR.


BY AMOUNT PAID.


. :


. .


State Tax, »


*


6067 50


County Tax


1445 80


. >


8


SCHOOL MONEY.


District No. 1.


1126 32


2.


152 94


3.


182 77


4.


98 08


172 99


66


6.


100 51


114 78


40 71


510 90~2500 00


LITERARY FUND, 1864.


10 34


10 51


32 01


52 86


LITERARY FUND, 1865.


3 44


4 21


2 16


2 92


89


11 74-


-25 36


SCHOOL TAX.


100 00-100 00


SCHOOL HOUSE TAX.


District No. 1.


558 50


2


100 00


600 00-1258 50


EXTRA REPAIRS HIGHWAYS.


District No 1.


3 75


2.


1 31


3.


7 00


4


10 00


6.


15 00


7.


34 66


" 8.


2 77


-7449


BREAKING ROADS.


District No. 1.


8 60


2.


12 98


3.


12 49


. " 5.


21 00


."


6.


3 00


7.


9 96


-


8.


2 45 -- 70 48


3.


4,


7.


8.


9.


District No. 2.


5.


9.


District No. 2.


"


5.


7.


8


9.


District No. 1.


9


9


REPAIRS ON BRIDGES. 267 58-267 58 WATERING TROUGHS.


Samuel A. Gutterson,


3 00


M. Gray,


3:00


M. Foster,


3 00


John Marvell,


3 00


--- 12 00


REPAIRS ON TOWN HOUSE.


A. J. Lynch,


5.11


Sawyer & Hamblett,


3 52


A. Woods,


8 00


Geo. E. Sawtell,


5 00


J. A. Powers & Co.,


7 38


-29.01.


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Paid Engine Men,


167 36


Fire Wards,


15 00


Furniture for Engine Room,


24 00


Mark J. Smith, horse to fires,


5 25


Sundry bills for repairs,


13 78


A. Woods, steward,


12 70-237 39


POLICE.


Chas. G. Hatch,


20 00


Andrew Fuller, for 1864 & 1865,


20 00


Levi H. Holt,


7 00


J. P. Woods,


3 00


: Lorenzo Cutter,


8 00-58 00


Paid for tomb,


172 47-


- 172 47


Paid for killing sheep,


5 00 -. 5 00


SUNDRY BILLS.


Soldier's reception,


180 80


Powder for Richmond victory,


15 00


Funeral expenses, President Lincoln,


24 64


Printing,


61 25


Perambulating town line,


5 50


Sundry bills,


12 45


Books for indigent children,


11 30


Office rent,


13 83


Stamps &c.,


7 40


Repairs on lobby,


1 50


Auditors,


9 00


Sexton services,


113 00


Liquor agent services,


100 00


Superintending school committee.


95 45


Town historian,


6 00


Town clerk,


35:00


Treasurer,


45 00


Collector,


110 00 -- 847 12


2


10


SELECTMENS' SERVICES.


Wm. Ramsdell,


125 00


Levi Curtis,


85 00


Wm. R. Wallace,


80 00


-290 00


State aid to soldiers' families,


1376 29


Paid Rosco Kidder, bounty 1862,


74 20


Quota for 1865, 12 men,


8060 58


TAXES ABATED 1864.


Dennis Holden,


2 85


E. M. Hadley,


2 85


S. Mclaughlin,


2 85


Geo W. Bullard,


3 46


Chas W. Hill,


3 62


Dan. Y. Currier,


3 74


John Harwood,


2 42- -21 79


Over taxed,


99 94


--- 99 94


TAXES ABATED 1865.


Clifton Hutchinson,


3 95


James McCabe,


3 95


John Mickle,


3 95


Jas. Percival,


3 95


Chas. Ross,


3 95


J. W. Spalding,


3 06


A. S. Thorning,


3 95


Morris Bean,


4 03


Henry Tonkin,


4 03


Joseph Buskey,


3 60


Micheal Dwyger,


3 60


Edward Powers,


8 10


Peter A Shed,


3 60


James R. Cutter,


3 60


Benj. Woolson,


5 49


Warren B. Clapp,


4 32


1


Abram Curby,


4 32


Daniel Costelo,


4 32


Grant P. Sanderson,


0 79


John Graham,


4 32


83 88


AMOUNT OF SUNDRY NOTES PAID.


N. C. Curtis,


2000 00


Mary Welch,


550 00


Hannah Marshall,


100 00


T


Daniel Burns,


30 00


Timothy Holland,


140 00


H. Eldredge,


100 00


D


1 .


5


11


D. K. Marvell,


400 00


W. P. Richardson,


250 00


Catherine Devin,


400 00


John Lovejoy, 1


350 00


Thomas B. Hall,


500 00


A. M. Hatch,


300 00


M. E. O. Cornor,


500 00


Julia Jess,


200 00


Robert Chemard,


300 00


Wm. B. Hutchinson,


400 00


Julia Jess,


100 00


E. H. & J. M. Hersey,


100 00


A. A. Hanscomb,


400 00


Peter Hersey,


200 00


Milford 5 cent Savings Bank,


3000 00


C. M. Dimick,


50 00


D. M. Goodwin,


50 00


Nancy Sargent,


300 00


J. A. Powers & Co.,


1000 00


Mills, Lane & Co.,


500 00


J. A Powers & Co.,


500 00


Wm. B. Peacock,


250 00


Chas. A. Richardson,


150 00


0


Luke Smith,


500 00


Sarah Hutchinson,


350 00


Thomas Melendy,


2200 00 :i


Mary Welch,


500 00


Levi McIntire,


200 00-16870 00


Interest paid on sundry notes,


2842 17-2842 17


In hands of collector,


459 50


" Treasurer,


1094 99


$44496 90


OUT STANDING DEBTS.


E. S. Bragg,


220 00


Martin Hall,


500 00


C. S. Averill,


500 00


Nancy Averill,


300.00


Nehemiah Hunt,


2400 00


Milford 5 cent Savings Bank,


26090 57


Daniel Burns,


100 00


Mary J. Peacock,


40 00


William Larabee,


370 00


John Daniels,


1500 00


Nathan Jewett,


800 00


Mary J. Holden,


100 00


Mary A. Daniels', R. A. Pierce,


100 00


Syrena B. Winn,


150 00.


Asa Merrill,


300 00


Emri Clark,


200 00 T


John Daniels,


1100 00


Betsey B Gage,


160 00


Mary J Stark,


262 00


Nancy Sargent,


300 00


Eben Averill,


300 00


Alma Hutchinson,


400 00


John Daniels,


100 00


Mary E. Haskell,


200 00-36592 57


Literary Fund due District No. 1,


26 62


60


3,


12 48


66


66


3 98


2 24


45 32


$36637 89


From which deduct,


Amount due from United States


5382 00


Due from New Hampshire for Soldiers aid,


1358 29


Due from County of Hillsboro'


24 53


Town of Hollis,


8 00


Amt. of liquors on hand,


382. 79


" in hands of collector,


459 50


" due for plank,


14 00


, " _ in hands of Treasurer,


1094 99 --. 8724 10


Leaving the town indebted in the sum of


$27913 79


All of which is respectfully submitted.


WM. R. WALLACE, Treasurer. -4


MILFORD, Feb: 22, 1866. We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER,


Auditors,


5,


66


66


6,


100 00


AN ACCOUNT


OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF MILFORD,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING


FEBRUARY 15, 1867.


1


MILFORD: PRINTED BY F. N. BOUTWELL, 1867.


-0


REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Inventory of Personal Property on the Pauper Farm, Feb. 14, 1867.


1 Horse $115, 1 pair Oxen 275, 1 Cosset Sheep 10, 400 00


9 cows 475, 12 tons hay 336, 2 tons straw 25, 836 00 Corn fodder 25, corn stalks 15, shorts 4, 44 00


125 bush. corn 156 25, 4 bush. pop corn 5, 161 25


48 bush. oats 33 60, 6 1-4 bush. beans 18 75, 52 35


11 00


4 bush. col. beans 9, 4 lbs. beet seed 2,


3 shoats 40, garden seeds 2, sage 2 50, 44 50


35 lbs. dried apple 4 38, 6 lbs. dried pumpkin ,75 5 13


Soap grease 1, 30 lbs. butter 12, lumber 2, 15 00


40 lbs. lard 6 80, 10 lbs tallow 1, 146 lbs. hams 18 25, 26 05 150 lbs. salt beef 21, 225 lbs. pork 33 75, cider 12, 66 75 Boiled cider 5, 130 bush. potatoes 65, 2 bbls soap 10, 80 00 . Carrots 2, 5 bush. seed potatoes 2 50, beets ,40, 4 90 Onions 3, apples 5, 12 lbs. candles 1 80, pickles 2, 11 80 Cabbages 5, molasses ,60, flour 11, rolls 1 88, 18 48 Wool 3, spices 3 50, vinegar 35, oil ,50, 42 00


3 cords ashes 53 70, 9 bush. ashes 1 80, 27 hens 13 50, 1 turkey 1 50, 70 50- 1889 71


DR. To cash received for articles sold from Farm:


Labor done off the farm 132 55, milk 687 90, 820 45 Beef and pork 177 94, corn 10 62, potatoes 25 13, 213 69 1 beef cow 50, vegetables 49 11, grapes 2 20, 101 31 Ties 35, oil nuts 1 40, calves 18 25, 54 65


Oats 13 72, poultry and eggs 39 25, old iron 5 64, 58 61 Pigs 97 25, apples and cider 19 50, hides 15 84, 132 59 Rolls 2 25, tallow 3 30, 5 55- 1386 85


2


Received of M. Foster for board of Lydia Birch, 53 75 from Hollis, 11 00


Lebanon, 16 00


the County, the Town Treasurer,


85 15


219 17


1771 92


CR.


By paying as follows:


Taxes in Amherst 9 95, taxes in Milford 34 50, 44 45


Dr. Eldredge 15 36, coffin 9, H. A. Clark 3, 27 36


J. A. Powers & Co. 4 90, shoats 20, oats 5 50, 30 40


Tuttle & McIntire ,50, Shoe bill 1 30, axe helves ,68, 2 48 Geo. Danforth ,50, C. H. Averill 1, J. F. Boynton 1 77, 3 27


Wm. P. Duncklee 1 40, meat bill 14 06, 15 46


Blacksmiths bill 25 18, repairing wagon 3 50, 28 68


Pasturing 25 50, 1 pair oxen 275, 3 cows 175, 475 50


Fresh fish 7 81,use of bull & boar 6 50, grinding 10 44, 24 75 Crackers 3 90, shorts 130 78, ashes 53 70, 188 38


Butter 61 97, sundries 6 48, labor on farm 79 12, 147 57- 988 30


Store Bills.


J. Colburn 1 88, J. Lancaster 50 27, Kidder & Whitney 6 11, Wallace & Sawyer 15 52, J. E. Bruce 83 66, Jas. Blood 10 72, Gilson & Jaquith 9 82, J. G. Blunt 6 03, Scott & Noyes 3 90, J. B. Knights 1 66, A. G. & II. H. Read 2 74, Howison & Gilson 30, Barr & Co. 3 03, Hop- kins and Co. 1 12, S. N. Stevens 4 75, Chas. H. Nutt 1 13, Geo. F. Stevens 3 38,


235 02


Superintendent's services to Feb. 15, 1867,


350 00


1573 32


Support of County Paupers.


Kate Shay, 5 00


Jonathan Winchester, 5 00


Mary J. E. Parsons,


38 85


Transient persons,


11 75


James McCabe,


10 00-


70 60


Paupers not chargeable to the Town.


G. P. Sanderson,


3 00


21 00- 24 00


James Percivil,


3


Paupers chargeable to the Town.


Elizabeth Woolson,


14 00


Holland children,


3 00


Eben Blanchard,


10 00


Peter A. Shed,


20 00-


47 00


Overseers of the Poor.


William Ramsdell,


25 00


Levi Curtis,


17 00


Wm. R. Wallace,


15 00-


57 00


1771 92


Amount of inventory of personal property on the


Pauper Farm Feb. 14, 1867,


1889 71


Amount of inventory of personal property on the


Pauper Farm Feb. 14, 1866, 1754 93


Balance in favor of the farm, 134 78


Expense of supporting the poor off and on the Pauper Farm :


DR. Interest on farm and stock, Cash received from the town,


270 00


219 17- 489 17


CR. Due from the County,


Lebanon,


15 50


5 00


for milk,


30 00


Balance of inventory in favor of the farm,


134 78


Expense of supporting the poor, 303 89- 489 17


Making the entire cost of supporting the poor off and on the farm $303 89.


There is but one pauper on the farm at the present time ; two have. died, and several transient persons have been supported for a short time on the farm during the past year.


All of which is respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM RAMSDELL, Overseers LEVI CURTIS, of


WM. R. WALLACE, the Poor.


MILFORD, N. H. Feb. 21, 1867.


We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them properly vouched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, - F. T. SAWYER, Auditors .. M. F. CROSBY,


TREASURER'S REPORT.


DR. For amount received :


On hand Feb. 15, 1866,


1094 99


In Collectors hands. 459 50


Received railroad tax, 1158 50


Savings Bank tax, 611 25


from State in aid of soldiers families, 480 54


Literary Fund,


83 25


United States bounties refunded, 640 00


of John Dickey treas. for town clock fund, 331 38 Wm. Ramsdell by subscription for town clock, 68 62


for sale of liquors,


217 21


Highway tax No. 1, 1865,


53 19


9, 1865,


9 23


for plank and old fence,


26 00


grass in grave yard, grave yard lots,


37 12


from Nashua and Lowell railroad for services of firemen at fire, 10 00


rent for basement town house, 185 00


use of town hall, 91 59


on loan,


5800 00


Taxes assessed, 15681 52-27042 89


CR. By amount paid :


State tax,


6067 50


County tax,


1497 18- 7564 68


School money.


Dist. No. 1, 1250 12


Dist. No. 5, 167 96


2, 151 68


6,


81 40


3, 176 32


7, 103 72


4, 91 00


9, 440 84- 2463 04


4 00


5


Literary Fund 1864-5.


26 62


Dist. No. 1, 3, 5,


12 48


3 98


43 08


Literary Fund 1866.


Dist. No. 1,


41 63


2, 5,


5 51-


52 14


School tax Dist. No. 1,


400 00


School House Tax.


Dist. No. 2,


100 00


100 00- 200 00


Extra Repairs on Highways.


Dist. No. 2,


3 25


Dist. No. 6, 7 75


3,


1 82


7, 16 50


4,


14 20


9, 6 70-


50 22


Breaking Roads.


Dist. No. 1,


26 32


Dist. No. 5, 86 06


2,


60 99


6,


52 33


3,


186 60


7,


112 39


4,


86 92


8, 32 01


9, 54 42- 698 04


Watering Troughs.


Luke Smith, 1865, 3 00


M. Gray, 3 00


A. C. Crosby, " 3 00


John Marvell, 3 00


Daniel Sargent, 3 00


A. C. Crosby,


3 00-


21 00


N. B. Gutterson, 3 00


Repairs on Town House.


Wallace and Sawyer,


8 76


Lynch and Harris,


4 75


A. J. Lynch,


54 27


J. F. Bumstead and Co.


15 97


Bradley Blanchard,


15 10


.


J. A. Powers and Co.,


6 00


A. Woods,


35 25- 140 10


9,


5 00


6


Fire Department.


Paid Engine Men, Fire Wards, A. Woods, steward,


249 57


15 00


15 00


Sundry bills for wood and repairs,


7 25- 286 82


Police.


Charles G. Hatch,


20 00


John P. Wood,


10 00


Andrew Fuller,


6 00-36 00


Grave Yards.


Paid for lot in Dist. No. 2,


200 00


fence, etc., in Dist. No. 2,


156 73


fence, etc., 66


4 9,


5.7 69-


414 42


Extra repairs on bridges,


153 42


Town Clock,


600 .00


New road near Dean Moor's.


345 00


Liquor prosecutions,


112 49


Damage done by dogs to sheep,


10 00


Sundry Bills.,


Printing,


7 50


Rope for bell, 1865


3 26


Henry W. Holbrook, damage to carriage


25 00


Office rent


20 00


Books for indigent children


10 60


Repairs on Lobby


4 35


B. Wadleigh as attorney


18 00


Auditors


6 00


Stamps, etc.


5 93


Printing town reports


57 24


Stationery,


17 26


Liquor Agent


100


Superintending School Committee-


95


Town Clerk


40


Town Treasurer


45


Collector of taxes


125


Sexton


78


D. K. Marvell as constable, 1865


10


Invoice and record books and check list.


65 62 -- 733 76


.


Selectmens' Services.


125


75


85 00- 285 00


Cash paid pauper farm


219 17


Notes Paid.


Martin Hall 500


Nathan Jewett 800


Daniel Burns 100


R. A. Pierce 100


Wm. Larabee 370


AlmaHutchinson400 00 -- 7770 00


John Daniels 5500


Interest on sundry notes


2317 18


Taxes abated, 1865.


John P. Adams 3 95


Chas. Steele 3 60


Jas. B. Holland 3 95


Charles Hall 4 32


Alfred Shattuck 3 95


Enoch Page 4 32


T. J. Wilkins . 3 60


Chas. S. White 5 22- 35 51


Thomas Searles 2 60


· Over taxed


44 31


Taxes abated, 1866.


James W. Pond 3 50


Ichabod Dunlap 3 32


Geo. W. Wheelton3 50


Aaron F. Barns 3 44


Chas. S. White 3 50


Allen T. Perry 3.44


Chas. Woodbridge 3 50


John C. Twiss 3 44


Orison Sanderson 3 32


Ezra S. Wright 3 44


Richard Loverly 3 32


Geo. E. Crosby 3 50 --- 45 54


Thomas Searles 4 32


In hands of Collector


397 20


In hands of Treasurer


1604 79


27042 90


Outstanding Debts.


E. S. Bragg


220


C. S. Averill


500


Nancy Averill


300


Nehemiah Hunt


2400


Milford Five Cents Saving Institution


26090 57


Mary J. Peacock


40


Mary J. Holden


100


Mary A. Daniels


100


a


Wm. Ramsdell Levi Curtis Win. R. Wallace


Syrena B. Winu


150


Asa Merrill


300


Emri Clark


200


Betsy Gage


160


Mary J. Stark


262


Nancy Sargent


300


Eben Averill


300


Mary J. Haskell


200


Levi Curtis


300


A. Jaquith


400


John B. Hutchinson


300


David Hutchinson


2000 00- 34622 57


Literary Fund due District No. 3


5 70


4


3


6, 1865 -- 6,


4 91


7


3 99


8


1 18


9


14 57


33 35


Due District No. 7, School House tax


10 00


8, School money


36 96


34702 88


From which deduct


Amount due from United States


4742


County of Hillsboro' 15 50


town of Lebanon


5


in the hands of Collector


397 20


liquors on hand


311


in the hands of Treasurer


1604 79 -- 7075 49


Leaving the town indebted in the sum of


27627 39


All of which is respectfully submitted,


WM. R. WALLACE, Treasurer,


MILFORD, N. H., Feb. 21, 1867.


We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them properly uched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER, Auditors. M. F. CROSBY,


AN ACCOUNT


Q F. THE


RECEIPTS, AND EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF MILFORD,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING.


FEBRUARY 15, 1868.


MILFORD, PRINTED, BY F. N. BOUTWELL, 1868


82 Gelich


# 829 .


$20


Report of the Overseers of the Poor.


Inventory of Personal Property on the Pauper Farm, Feb. 14th, 1868.


1 horse $115, 1 pair oxen 250, 8 cows 480, 845 00


17 tons hay 391, straw 30, corn fodder 10, 431 00


Corn stalks 10, 40 bush. corn 70, pop corn 4, 84 00 80 bush. oats 72, white beans 4 50, colored do. 3 50, 80 00* 5 shoats 15, 15 hens 11 25, 3 turkeys 6, 32 25


6 bush. oil nuts 3, nuts 1, 36 lbs. dried apple 5, 9 00


Salt ,75,. wool 4, soap grease 1, sage ,67. 6 42


37 lbs. tallow 3 70, 35 lbs. lard 6 30, 100 lbs. beef 12, 22 00


Apple sauce 3, flour 9, butter 1 20, 13 20


130 lbs. salt beef 19 50


138 lbs. salt pork 23 46, 137 lbs. ham 23 29, cider 6, 52 75 35 bush. potatoes 35, 6 bush. carrots 3, pickles 3, 41 00 15 lbs. candles 2 50, apples 6, beets 1, 9 50


Parsnips 1, cabbages and turnips 2, vinegar 15, 18 00


Yarn 2 50, ashes 1 60, molasses ,75, sugar 1, 5 85- 1669 47


DR. To cash received for articles sold from Farm:


Labor done off the farm 73 89, milk 575, 648 89


Beef 31 69, corn 67 75, oats 29 68, 129.12


Potatoes 58 72, beans 15 58, vegetables 14 65, 88 95


Sheep, 10, calves 27 05, cow 40, 77 05


Sundries 10 85, eggs 24 18, poultry 10 15, 45 18


Vinegar 8 15, straw 25 57, hay 56 12, 89 84


Apples and cider 13 05, butter 7 65, shoat 13, 33 70


Beet seed 2, nuts 5 70, . 7 70- 1120 43


2


Received from Lebanon, 35 00


the County, Lyndeboro'. the Town,


55 25


1 00- 91 25


152 64


1864 32


CR.


By paying as follows:


Taxes in Amherst 9 86, taxes in Milford 43 03. 52 89


2 cows 145, pasturing 30; making cider 2 01, 177 01


Use of bull 3 75, tin ware 2 24, 5 99


15 cords wood 22 50, Dr. Eldredge ,50, 23 00


Wheelbarrow 6, buffalo robe 12; P: Duncklee 2,


20 00


Geo. Danforth 1 14, C. W. Richards ,90, J. Pear- sons 10 36, 2 40


Tuttle & McIntire 2 41, ox yoke 3 50, 5 91


Wm. P. Duncklee 4 90, crackers 4 56, 9 46


Baker & Small 4 04, J. F. Boynton 3 10,


7 14


J. A. Powers & Co. 4 29, D: S. Perkins 1 50, 5.79


F. Gilman ,36, butter.27 50, shoe bill 4,


31 86


Blacksmiths bill 19 29, shorts and meal $7 83, 67 12


Butchers. bill 2 62, grinding 7 67, 10 29


Labor on farm 187 80, thrashing 14, 201 80~ 630 66


Store Bills.


Kidder & Whitney 1 80, C: W. & S. Freeman 3 86, 5 66


Wallace & Sawyer 17 03, J. Lancaster 35 62, 52 65


J. E. Bruce 125 48, C. H. Nutt 1 00, 126 48


S. N. Stevens 23 83, Geo. F. Stevens ,75, A. R. Hood 1 35, 25 93


Geo. T. Little 1 55, Reed and Lovejoy ,50, .2 05


C. C. Russell 1:47, Verder and Co. 10, 11 47


224 24


Superintendent's services to Feb. 15, 1868, 310 42


1165 32


Support of County Paupers.


M. E. O. Pearsons, 65 00


Transient persons, .50 --- 66 50


Pauper's not chargeable to the Town.


James Percival, 30 00


Mrs. Prew, 1 00- 31 00


3


Paupers chargeable to 'Town,


Sophia Chickering, Lydia Woolson, Mrs. Maynard, Eben Blanchard,


5 00


27 50


3 00


8 00- 43 50


Overseers of the Poor.


Wm. Ramsdell,


25 00


Levi Curtis,


18 00


Wm. R. Wallace,


15 00- 58 00.


4


1364 32


Amount of inventory of personal property on the Pauper Farm, Feb. 14, 1867, 1889 71


Amount of inventory of personal property on the


Pauper Farm Feb. 14, 1868, 1669 47 ·


Balance against the farm,


220 24


Expense of supporting the poor off and on the Pauper Farm :


DR. Interest on farm and stock, 270 00


Cash received from the town, 152 64


Balance of inventory against the farm, 220 24- 642 88


CR.


Due from the County,


26 75


for milk, 20 00


Expense of supporting the poor,


596 13-


642 88


Making the entire cost of supporting the poor off and on the farm $596 13.


All of which is respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM RAMSDELL,


Overseers


LEVI CURTIS,


of


WM. R. WALLACE,


the Poor.


Milford, Feb. 22, 1868.


We have examined the foregoing accounts and find them properly youched and correctly cast,


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER, Auditors. M. F. CROSBY,


4


TREASURER'S REPORT,


DR. For amount received :


1


On hand Feb. 15, 1867,


1604 79


In Collectors hands,


397 20


Received Railroad Tax.


1022 82


Savings Bank Tax,


987 56


Literary Fund,


81 15


United States bounties refunded,


473 00


Non-resident bank tax, 1866,


113 51


Highway tax, No. 1,


27 19


J. P. Adams tax, 1865,


95


for grave yard lots, Circus,


40 00


sale of liquors,


164 78


land of Joel W. Hamblett,


50 00


grass in grave yard,


4 50


old iron,


3 90


old sled,


1 50


rent for basement town house


185 00


use of town hall, 125 08


over paid Dist. No. 8, highways, 1866, 10 00


"Taxes assessed, 16915 18-22228 47


CR. By amount paid :


State tax,


5056 25 1511 58- 6567 83


School Money.


Dist. No. 1, 1478 52


Dist. No. 5, 192 27


2, 194 75 6, 108 36


3, . 212 42 7, 118 16


9, 542 10- 3000 00


4, 153 42


Dist. No. 8, for 1866, 36 96


County tax,


17 36


5


Literary Fund 1866.


Dist. No. 3, 5 70


6, '65 and '66, 7, 8, 9,


4 91


3 99


1 18


14 57- .30 35


Literary Fund 1867.


Dist. No. 1, 40 00


Dist. No. 7, 3 20


3, 5 75


9, 14 66- 67 76


4,


4 15


School Tax, District No. 1, 500 00


School House Tax.


Dist. No. 1.,


498 75


2,


100 00


6,


30 00


7,1866,


10 00


9,


575 00- 1213 75


Extra Repairs on Highways.


Dist. No. 1,


113 75


Dist. No. 6, 25 48


3,


30 35


7, 16 94


4,


30 47


9, 1 10- 236 75


5, 18 66


Breaking Roads.


Dist. No. 2,


15 75


Dist. No. 6, 18 15


3,


54 74 7, 62 :98


4,


87 99


9, 75- 267 83


. 5, 27 47


Watering Troughs.


Luke Smith, 1866,


3 00


E. P. Dascomb, "


3 00


W. W. Greenwood, 1866,


3 00


3 00


E. P. Dascomb, A. C. Crosby,


3 00


Daniel Sargent,


3 00- 18 00


-


6


Repairs on Town House.


Stoves,


22 00


J. A. Powers,


13 87


J. D. Cochran,


10 60


A. Woods,


3 40 -- 49 87


Fire Department.


Paid Engine Men,


204 55


Fire Wards,


15 00


A. Woods, steward,


15 00


Sundry bills for repairs,


5 00


Watching fire, F. J. French's tannery,


6 00-


245 55


Police.


Lorenzo Cutter, 1866,


10 00


.


Charles G. Hatch,


20 00


Timothy Amsden,


8 00


Lorenzo Cutter,


10 00


48 00


Constable, Charles G. Hatch,


5 00


Repairs on Bridges,


17 67


Liquor Prosecutions,


47 02


Alfred Keyes, damage done by dogs to sheep,


10 00


Building road near Jotham Hartshorn's mill,


76 00


Land damage, J. McConihe,


'18. 00


Repairs on tomb,


14 53


Repairs on hearse house,


15 11


Sundry Bills.


Printing blanks,


13 75


Charles Parker, damage done to wagon,


4 00


C. S. Averill, surveying,


5 50


Office rent,


20 00


Books to indigent children,


3 02


Stationery, &c.


2 88


Cutting bushes in grave yard,


2 00


Sealing weights and measures,


2 00


Printing town reports,


84 50


E. S. Trow, sexton,


65 50


Auditors,


6 00


Superintending School Committee,


100 00


Liquor Agent,


106 66


Collector of taxes,


150 00


Town Treasurer,


50 00


Town Clerk,


40 00-


655 81


Selectmens' Services.


Wm. Ramsdell,


125 00


Levi Curtis,


90 00-


305 00


Wm. R. Wallace,


Cash paid pauper farm,


152 64


Notes Paid.


C. S. Averill,


500


Nehemiah Hunt,


2400


Mary J. Holden,


100


Mary 'Daniels,


100


S. B. Winn,


150


Emri Clark,


200


Mary J. Haskell,


200


A. Jaquith,


400


Ezra Batchelder,


200 00 -- 4250 00


Interest on sundry notes,


2041 14


Taxes abated for 1866,


21 70


Taxes abated for 1867.


Åbner Barnard,


3 55


Thomas Kale,


3 55


James H. Hutchinson,


3 55


Mrs. H. P. Hamblett,


7 40


Rosco Kidder,


3 55


Artemas Perkins,


5 09


Daniel H. Green,


3 12


Levi Parker,


3 82 --


33 63


Over taxed,


55 52


In hands of Collector,


556 37


In hands of Treasurer;


1717 70


22228 47


90 00


8


Outstanding Debts.


E. S. Bragg,


220


Nancy Averill,


300


Milford Savings Institution,


26090 .57


Mary Peacock,


40


Asa Merrill,


300


Betsy Gage,


160


Mary J. Stark,


262


Nancy Sargent,


300


Eben Averill,


300


Levi Curtis,


300


John B. Hutchinson,


300


David Hutchinson,


2000 00- 30572 57


Literary fund due Dist. No. 4,.


3 00


2,


5 25-


5,


5 20


6,


2 94


16 39


30588 96.


From which deduct


Amount due from United States,


4269/ 00'


County of Hillsboro', 26- 75


in hands of Collector,


556 37


Liquors on hand,


323 27


in hands of Treasurer,


1717 70 -- 6893 09'


Leaving the town indebted in the sum of


23695 87


All of which is respectfully submitted,


WM. R. WALLACE, Treasurer.


Milford, Feb. 22, 1868 .-


We have examined the foregoing accounts and find the properly vouched and correctly cast.


C. S. AVERILL, F. T. SAWYER, Auditor's. M. F. CROSBY,


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