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E. A. Safford, services as board of health
at L. W. Amidon's,
5 00
66
E. A. Safford, care town hall, 5 00
66
66
66 services as selectman, 50 00
66
W. H. Spalter, town books,
4 00
66
W. F. Pierce, services as member school board, 20 00 .. book-keeper, supplies, etc., 12 90
66
15.
Sewall F. Rugg, services as town clerk, 41 49
66 66 66 balance of library money, 22 25
J. H. Goodrich, driving hearse,
I 50
6. 66 66 services as ballot clerk,
Nov. election, 2
50
66
Mrs. Ransom Farr, assistant librarian, 1 month, 1 00
66
Mrs. James Ford.
66
II
11 00
66 66 Mrs. E. A. Safford, 12 00
66
Clapp & Jones, invoice book and stationery, 1 00
66 Melvin Smith, stamps and stationery, 80
66
Larkin D. Farr, appraising damages done sheep by dogs, 50
66
Clarence Springer, bounty on 4 hawks, I 00
66
J. W. Amidon, constable at Nov. election, 2 00
66 Sem L. Stowell, appraising damage done by dogs, 3 00
M. H. Chickering, bounty on hawk, 25
6.
66 James Naylor, use of water, 2 00
37
Feb. 13. E. A. Safford, services at Nov. election, $2 50
66
appraising sheep damage at N.
Colburn's and C. F. Hill's, 3 60
66 Sem L. Stowell, services as selectman, in- cluding team, 90 00
. ‹‹ Sem L. Stowell, services at Nov. election, 2 50
overseer of poor and board of health, 3 00
66 Hermon G. Smith, services on school board, 30 00
66
team, work, 5 00
Warren H. Butler, appraising damage to N. Colburn's sheep, I 40
66 Warren H. Butler, making affidavit of Clarissa Thomas, 50
66 W. H. Spalter, school supplies, 93 98
John F. Butler, service on school board, including postage, stationery, team work, 40 00
John F. Butler, 14 certificates of births and deaths, 3 50
66 John E. Butler, making Aug. school reports, 5 00
Winnie Rice, assistant librarian, 12 00
Fred M. Hamilton, services as moderator in March and November, 4 50
66
G. S. Fletcher, ballot clerk at Nov. election, 2 50
A. T. Cobb, meals for officers, " 66
4 25
66 Hermon C. Harvey, town treasurer, 50 00
66
66 66 school treasurer, 10 00
66 Batchelder & Faulkner, retainers, 6 00
.6
A. T. Cobb, keeping eight tramps, 7 50
66 Chas. N. Sinnett, auditor (for town.) 3 00
$1,590 52
Total received, Total expended,
$11,652 52
10,834 84
Balance in treasury,
$817 68
bounty on hawks, I 50
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I hereby certify that I have examined the accounts of the selectmen, treasurer, and highway agents, for the year ending Feb. 15, 1897, also the orders and payments named therein, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
CHARLES. N. SINNETT, Auditor. Respectfully submitted, HERMON C. HARVEY, Treasurer.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES AND LIBRARIAN CHESTERFIELD TOWN LIBRARY. FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 15, 1897.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in hands of librarian,
$ 13 51
Received from town,
100 00
Fines collected,
I 55
$115 06
EXPENDITURES.
New Books,
$27 60
Money orders,
12
Postage,
03
Express on books,
I IO
Bottle mucilage,
35
Box Gum Labels,
IO
New Books,
26 60
Money order,
12
Express on book sent from Manchester,
25
60 on books to Keene,
I
35
on book to Chesterfield,
15
Printing library cards.
1 00
Stage bringing cards,
IO
New books,
15 38
Money order,
IO
Postage,
03
Express on books,
60
S. F. Rugg, services as librarian,
8 00
Moving library and new account book at West part,
75
Unexpended in hands of librarian, 31 28
$115 06
40
Number of books in library, 735
Number of books loaned during the year, 2,730
Books loaned at Chesterfield Factory,
1,094
66 66 Centre, 724
66
West Chesterfield, 912
Books have been given by the following- Miss G. E. Ball of Keene, 12 vols.
Number of books added to the library during the year,
127
Respectfully submitted,
SEWALL F. RUGG, Librarian.
SEWALL F. RUGG, JOHN F. BUTLER, TIMOTHY N. ROBERTSON, Trustees. MRS. HENRY RICE, MRS. ELLON A. SAFFORD, MRS. CLARA FARR, Assisting Librarians.
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To the Selectmen : In compliance with an act of the legislature pissed June session, 1887, requiring " clerks of towns and cities to furnish a transcript of the record of births, marriages and deaths to the municip il officers for publication in the Annual Report," I hereby submit the following :
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF CHESTERFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1896.
Date of Birth.
Sex and Condition.
Name of Child
(if any.)
Male.
Female.
Stillborn.
No of child
1st, 2d, ete
Color.
ents. Color of Par-
Residence of Parents.
Occu pation of Birthplace of Father. Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Age of Father.
Age of Mother ..
Jan. 24
M M
L
1
W
Mar. 1 Edwin Alonzo.
M
66
4
Hermon S. Rice.
28 27
May 2 Rebecca Adaline.
F
:
1
Harlan P. Truell
Merrimac, N H. Brookdale, =
40 36
May 2 James Moses.
M
2
Harlan P. Truell.
July 9
M
1
Austin O. Foster. Oliver F. Butler.
Chest. Factory. Mechanic. Chesterfield. Chest. Factory.
Farmer. Laborer. Mechanic.
Broad Albans, N. Y. Marlboro. Vt.
Chesterfield. Granby, Ms. Winchester.
21 15
Aug. 13
F
1
. Olin M. Snow.
Sept. 23
M
1
Fred W. Hopkins.
Jennie F. Doolittle.
Chesterfield.
Mech. & Farm'r Chesterfield.
Chest. Factory. Grass Valley, Cal. Athol, Ms. Chesterfield.
44,40
July 25
M
66
Aug. 11
M
6
: Chas. A. Jones.
Grace M. La Point. Ella M. Robbins. Laura A. Bartlett. Clara Ann Naylor. Clara Ann Naylor. Evelina M. Pattridge. Elizabeth F. Cushing. Susan E. Robbins. Etta L. Hills.
W Chest. Factory. Chesterfield.
Mechanic. Farmer.
15 Chest. Factory. Day Centre. NY Springfield, Ms. 36 24 Chesterfield.
Warner E. Kathan.
Apr. 29
40 36 24 23
37 38
36 24
Living or
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF CHESTERFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 81, 1896.
Date of Mar- riage.
Place of Marriage.
Name and Sur- name of Groom and Bride.
Residence of each at time of Marriage.
Age in years.
Color of Each.
Occupation of Groom and Bride.
Place of birth of each.
Names of Parents.
Birthplace of Parents.
Conditton .*
Name, residence and official station of person by whom married.
Mar. 13 Chesterfield.
Lewis J. Leach.
Chest. Factory. 60
.
W Farmer.
Swanzey.
Lewis Leach.
Westmoreland.
2d
Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett
April 2 Keene.
Frank O. Scott.
43
.
Mechanic.
Dressmaking
Swanzey.
Henry W. McDonald. Nova Scotia. Elizabeth Phipps. Otis H. Scott. Maria N. Hill. Joseph Ballou. Fravilla -
Hopkinton, Ms. Chesterfield. Swanzey.
1st Sam'l S. Quinn, J. P.,
1st Keene.
April 18 Chesterfield.
Charles F. Hills.
Chesterfield. 38
Farmer.
Whitehall, N. Y. Chesterfield.
Harry S. Hills. Ellice E. Fuller. Henry Dunham. Nellie M. Field. John L. Streeter. Lucinda Nedham.
Hartford, N. Y. Hampton, Chesterfield. Northfield, Ms. Chesterfield.
1st Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett
1st Chesterfield.
Sept. 5|Winchester.
George A. Holman.
Chesterfield. 38
Farmer.
Chesterfield.
Chesterfield. ..
1st Rev. J. H. Grow.
Emma Dyton.
Ashuelot. 17
Housework.
Ashuelot.
Penn Yan, NY
1st Winchester.
.6
Blacksmith.
Westmorel'd.
William Holman. Mary Higgins. James A. Dyton. Mary Ann Eliza Tell. Tuscarora, Squire Amidon. |Martha Wheeler. Edgar Davenport. Janette Thompson. Alanson Herrick. Louvilla Burnham. George Lane. Elizabeth Bailey.
Chesterfield. Hinsdale. Walpole. Coventry, Vt.
Rev. H. E. Parker,
Flora Lane Kendall Brattleboro, Vt. 41
Pastry Cook. Putney, Vt.
2d Hinsdale.
Dec. 13 Chesterfield.
Winfred P. Randall W. Chesterfield. 18
Mechanic. Westmorel'd.
Walpole. Frederick R. Randall W. Chesterfield Alice E. Kathan.
1st Rev. Chas, N. Sinnett
Agnes D. Scott. Brattleboro, Vt. 17
Housework.
W. Chest'field George D. Scott.
1st
Chesterfield.
Dec. 20 E. Westm'ld.
Walter L. Ford, W. Chesterfield. 24
Mechanic.
1st Rev. L.F. Shepardson
Gertie Towne. Westmoreland. 22
Housework.
Walpole.
Nancy A. Barros. William W. Ford. Annie J. Atkinson. Haskell C. Towne. Lizzie T. Ellis,
Putney. Vt. W: Chesterfield Boston, Ms. Walpole. Keene.
2d
E. Westmoreland.
=
50
Dressmaking Hopkinton, Mass. Chest. Fact'y
Lucy F. Ballou.
Swanzey.
20
Bertha L. Dunham.
21
= Housework.
1st Chesterfield.
Aug. 13 Chesterfield.
Harland L. Streeter W. Chesterfield. 22
Farmer.
= Housework.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Nov. 26 W. Chest'field Burton H. Amidon. W. Chesterfield. 22
1st Rev. H. B. Morgau,
Helen M. Daven- port.
27
Housework.
Chesterfield.
1st W. Chesterfield. 2d
Nov. 26 Hinsdale.
Dwight L. Herrick. Chesterfield. 51
Organ Tuner.
2d Rev. Gilman H. Clark
Gertrude M. Brad- ford.
Charlemont, Ms 18
2d Chesterfield.
Eldora F. Pike.
*Whether single or widowed. What marriage-whether 1st, 2d, etc.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF CHESTERFIELD FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1896.
Date of Death.
Age.
Sex & Condition.
Place of Birth.
Name and Sur name of the Deceased.
¡ Years.
: Months.
Days. .
Male.
Female.
Color.
S., M., W .*
Occupation.
Father.
Mother.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Jan. 16 William A. Webb. Mar. 14
34
3
16 Jay, N. Y. 21
W
M
Farmer.
Jay, N. Y.
Chesterfield.
Mar. 31 Olon B. Pattridge
84
4
14
Chesterfield.
..
W |Mechanic. Farmer.
Chesterfield.
Norton, Mass.
June 24 Emma Worrell.
52
July 4 Marietta A. Beal.
58
1
73
10
29
Chesterfield.
66
Chesterfield.
29
6
21
Winchester.
M
S
Mechanic.
Y'rkshire, Eng. Warwick, Mass. James Naylor. Chesterfield.
Chesterfield.
L. W. Amidon. Burton Howe.
Nov. 16 Henry H. Howe.
62
4
16
M
M Farmer & Mech. Farmer.
Westmoreland. Mass.
Nov. 27 Nellie M. Buxton.
21
6
15
F
:
S Housework. Mechanic.
Chesterfield.
Westmoreland. Alexandria. Westmoreland.
Jonathan Taylor. Ira P. Buxton. Ora F. Snow.
Nov. 29 Herbert H. Snow.
52
5
29 W. Chesterfield. M
S
Apr. 27 John M.Richardson
88
5
2 St. Johns, N. B. Winchester.
F
M |Housewife.
Winchester.
Winchester.
Joseph Pattridge. Milo Richardson. George Lang. Curtis Allen. Squire Streeter. Benoni Streeter.
Sept. 25 Lucinda M. Albee. Oct. 13 Urana M. Gilson. Nov. 9 Frank E. Naylor. Nov. 12 Marrion M. Amidon
87
3
2
22
Chesterfield.
F
..
6.
Nov. 17 Jonath'n W. Taylor
76
10
19
66
W
Housework. .
Nathaniel Webb. Chest. Factory. John Denno.
1
Chest. Factory.
Mary Converse. Grace LaPoint. C'therine Willard. Nancy Wild.
Lucy Eaton. Phebe Hildreth. Annas Streeter. Clara A. Lewis. Ada Johnson. Lois B. Hubbard. Lucy Whitcomb. Eliza Fowler. Abigail F. Pierce.
*Single. Married or Widowed.
I hereby certify that the foregoing transcript of births, marriages and deaths is correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief. SEWALL F. RUGG, Town Clerk.
Placc of Birth.
Name of Father.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
T'o the inhabitants of the town of Chesterfield, in the county of Cheshire, in said State, qualified to vote in town affairs :
You are hereby notified to meet at the town hall, in said town on Tuesday, the ninth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act upon the following subjects :
ARTICLE I. To choose a clerk for the year ensuing.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the en- suing year.
ART. 3. . To see what sum of money the town will raise for the support of schools, in addition to what is required by law, or act thereon.
ART. 4. To see what sum of money the town will raise to be worked out on the highways, or act thereon.
ART. 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise to defray town charges.
ART. 6. To determine the method of collecting taxes.
ART. 7. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen not to appoint an agent for sale of spirituous liquors for the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the support of the town library, in addition to what is already required, or act thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to purchase a new road scraper for the west part of the town, or act thereon.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $40 to be expended memorial day, or act thereon.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to erect flag poles at each school house in town, where schools are held.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct the school board to paint and repair the outside of the Academy in district No. 5, or act thereon.
ART. 13. To transact any other business that may come before the said meeting legally.
Given under our hands and seal, this 20th day of February, 1897.
SEM L. STOWELL, ELLON A. SAFFORD, FRED E. ATHERTON, Selectmen of Chesterfield. .
A true copy of warrant,-Attest :
SEM L. STOWELL, ELLON A. SAFFORD, FRED E. ATHERTON. Selectmen of Chesterfield.
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