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1872 .- John C. Linehan (alderman 1877).
1874 .- Rufus Cass.
1875 .- Andrew P. Bennett.
1876 .- Frederick G. Chandler.
1877 .- Edward Runnele.
1878 .- John Carter.
1879 .- Jerome S. Runnele.
1880 .- Henry Rolfe and Sherwin P. Colby.
1882 .- John W. Powell.
1884 .- David F. Dudley.
WARD 2.
1853 .- Samuel B. Larkin (died Angust 8, 1863, aged sixty-five years) and Heman Sanborn.
1855 .- Charles Sanborn and Ephraim S. Culby.
1856 .- James Locke and William Pecker.
1858 .- Timothy W. Emery (alderman 1864) and Isaac Virgin.
1860. - Zebulon Smith and William Abbott.
1862 .- Sylvester Stevens and John B. Curtis (alderman 1874).
1864 .- Rufus Virgin and John P. Locke (alderman 1866).
1866 .- Thompson Tenney (alderman 1868) and David A. Morrill.
1868 .- Joseph T. Clough (alderman 1870) and Jonathan P. Leavitt.
1870 .- Daniel Sanborn and Josiah S. Locke (alderman 1880).
1872 .- William A. Bean and Solomon Sanders.
1873 .- John G. Tallant (alderman 1876).
1874 .- Zebina C. Perkins.
1875 .- Elbridge Emery.
1876 .- John T. Tenney (alderman 1878).
1877 .- John T. Batchelde .:.
1878 .- John E. Frye.
1879 .- John B. Sanborn.
1880 .- Charles H. Sanborn and John N. Hill.
1882 .- Fales E. Virgin.
1884 .- Samuel L. French.
WARD 3.
1853 .- George W. Brown and Moses Hmuphrey (alderman 1855).
1855,-Moses M. Davis and Hiram Farnum.
1857 .- Benjamin F. Holden (died November 29, 1874, aged sixty-eight years) and Henry Farnum.
1859 .- Stephen Carleton and William D. Colby (alderman 1861).
1861 .- Moses H. Farnum and Henry Martin (alderman 1863).
1863 .- George W. Flanders (alderman 1867) and John V. Aldrich (alderman 1865).
1865 .- Henry Farnum.
1866 .- Harrison Partridge.
1867 .- Jacob N. Flanders.
1868 .- John Thornton.
1869 .- Benjamin Farnum and Reuben K. Abbott.
1870 .- Charles H. Farnum.
1871 .- Franklin J. Emerson and Jehiel D. Knight (alderman 1877).
1872 .- Charles H. Farnum and Daniel C. Tenney.
1873 .- Andrew S. Farnum.
1874 .- Lyman Sawyer.
1875 .- Charles H. Merrill.
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HISTORY OF MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1876 .- Benjamin T. Putney (alderman 1878).
1877 .- Stephen W. Kellom and Ira C. Phillips.
1878 .- Albert Saltmarsh, 1879, and Abial C. Abbott.
1880,-James Francis and George B. Dimond.
1882 .- Jeremiah Quinn.
1884 .- Gilman B. Dimond.
WARD 4.
1853 .- Ezra Carter and George Minot (died March 8, 1861, aged fifty- four years).
1854 .- Joseph P. Stickney (died April 19, 1877, aged eighty years) and Joseph French (2d).
1855 .- Rufus Merrill.
1857 .- Richard Bradley (died June 6, 1869, aged seventy-nine years) and Cyrna W. Page.
1858 .- John C. Briggs, 1859, died May 26, 1865, aged forty-one years. 1859 .- John C. Pillsbury.
1860 .- Ezra Ballard (alderman 18t 2).
1861 .- Moses A. Bradley.
1862 .- Jefferson Noyes, died April, 1877, aged seventy-four years. 1863 .- Daniel A. Hill, died Jnne 7, 1878, aged sixty-seven years. 1864 .- John A. West and John Ballard.
1866 .- George W. Emerton.
1867 .- Daniel Farnum.
I868 .- John Hoyt, died Angust 24, 1869, aged fifty-eight years.
1869 .- Luther P. Durgin (alderman 1870).
1870 .- Abner C. Holt (alderman 1874) and Charles P. Blanchard, born March 4, 1812; died April 25, 1885, aged seventy-three years. 1872 .- Daniel E. Howard, 1873, and Charles H. Critchett.
1873 .- Richard M. Ordway.
1874 .- Charles W. Moore, 1875.
1875 .- George H. Hill.
1876 .- John C. Thorn, 1877 (alderman 1882).
1877 .- Emory N. Shepard (alderman 1880).
1878 .- Nathaniel H. Shattuck.
1879 .- Frank L. Sanders, 1880.
1880 .- Oscar V. Pitman.
1882 .- James F. Rooney, Edward A. Moulton and Harrison A. Roby. 1×84 .- William II. Renney and James K. Kennedy.
WARD 5.
1853 .- William H. H. Bailey (died at Janesville, Wis., March 18, 1872, aged fifty-five years) and Cyrus Barton, 1853 (died at London, February 17, 1855, aged fifty-eight years).
1854 .- Silas G. Sylvester (died at Vineland, N. J., July 19, 1883, aged seventy-one years) and Peter Dudley (died August 13, 1871, aged sixty- eight years).
I856 .- James Sedgley and John Kimball, 1857 (mayor 1872).
1857 .- Nathaniel B. Walker.
1858 .- Bradbury Gill (alderman 1860).
1859 .- Wentworth G. Shaw, 1860 (alderman 1861).
1860 .- William H. Buntin, 186I (alderman 1879).
1861 .- Nicholas Qnimby (alderman 1863).
1862 .- Abraham G. Jones, 1863 (mayor 1870).
1863 .- Charles T. Lane.
1864 .- Curtis White (alderman 1865).
1865 .- Nathaniel J. Maade and Emery T. Staniels.
1867 .- Philip Flanders, 1869, and Danial F. Secomb (alderman 1869).
1869 .- Stillman Humphreys, 1870 (alderman 1871).
1870 .- James H. Chase, 1871.
1871 .- Joel C. Danforth, 1872, died September 17, 1882, aged seventy- three years.
1872 .- Cyrus N. Corning.
1873 .- Joseph A. Cochran (alderman 1877).
1874 .- Moses B. Critchett.
1875 .- George A. Foster.
1876 .- George F. Underhill.
1877 .- A. B. Smith.
1878 .- Henry A. Mann (alderman 1882).
1879 .- Frank J. Batchelder.
1880 .- Irvin S. Ring and Benjamin F. Caldwell.
1882 .- Franklin S. Abbott.
1884 .- Freeborn S. Abbott and Warren H. Corning.
WARD 6.
1853 .- Ebenezer G. Moore (alderman 1858) and Thomas Duiley.
1854 .- William P. Hardy (died November 1, 1856, aged fifty-five years) and Thomas J. Tuck.
1855,-Nathan Farley (died May 16, 1869, aged eighty years) and David Winkley (died June 29, 1870, aged sixty-three years).
1856 .- William Hart.
1857 .- Stephen Webster.
1858 .- Thomas H. Newhall, died Jannary 21, 1860, aged fifty-five years. 1859 .- Benjamin Rolfe.
1860 .- Abraham G. Jones (mayor 1870).
186I .- John D. Teel, 1862 (alderman 1870), and Lorenzo K. Peacock.
1863 .- Charles P. Virgin and Thomas W. Stewart.
1865,-Henry T. Chickering, 1866 (alderman 1867) and Edward Dow (alderman 1880).
1867 .- Lewis L. Mower, 1868, and Nathan H. Haskell.
1869 .- Charles H. Abbott.
1870 .- Prescott F. Stevens.
1871 .- Joshna T. Kendall.
1872 .- John L. T. Brown and Moses B. Smith, 1874.
1874 .- Alonzo Downing, died Jnly 3, 1877, aged fitty-four years.
1875 .- Calvin C. Webster.
1876 .- Lewis B. Hoit.
1877 .- Timothy Colby, died December 19, 1880, aged sixty-four years.
1878 .- Joseph C. A. Hill.
1879 .- Joseph H. Lune and George H. Emory, 1882.
1882 .- Horace S. Fairbanks, Leonard W. Bean, Hiram C. Marsh and Frank J. Batchelder.
WARD 7.
1853 .-- Moses Shute (alderman 1854) and Giles W. Ordway, died March 26, 1873, aged sixty-one years.
1854 .- Joseph S. Lund (died December 47, 1882, aged eighty-two year>) and Isaac Abhott.
1855 .- James Thompson and Charles A. Reed.
1857 .- Josiah Cooper and Isaac Clement (alderman 1867).
1859 .- John B. Flanders and Moses B. Abbott.
1860 .- Jedediah C. Abbott.
186I .- Isaiah Robinson, died Jannary 25, 1875, aged seventy-seven years.
1862 .- Charles W. Hazeltine.
1863 .- Jamea Weeks.
1864 .- Isaac N. Abbott, 1865 (alderman 1875).
1865 .- Jonathan Weeks.
1866 .- William S. Curtice, 1867, died August 4, 1875, aged sixty-one years.
1867 .- Nathan W. Gove (alderman 1869).
1868 .- Benjamin A. Hall, died November 21, 1883, aged sixty-four
years. 1869 .- Andrew S. Smith (aldermao 187I.)
1870 .- Jacob E. Hutchios.
1871 .- George W. Chesley.
1872 .- James B. Fellows.
1873 .- John Hazeltina.
1874 .- James Thompson.
1875 .- William Stevenson.
1876,- Henry Churchill, 1876 (alderman 1877).
1877 .- . E. A. F. Hammond and James W. Lana.
1879 .- Charles H. Peacock and Jeremiah S. Abbott.
1880 .- Henry F. Evans (resigned) and Daniel B. Smith.
1884 .- George H. Mills.
CLERKS OF COMMON COUNCIL.
1853 .- Amos Hadley.
1869 .- Lewis L. Mower.
The present city government is organized as fol- lows :
Mayor .- Edgar H. Woodman.
Aldermen .- Ward 1, John E. Marden ; Ward 2, Charles H. Clough ; Ward 3, Albert Saltmarsh; Ward 4, Emory M. Shepard, Oliver Pillsbury and John C. Thorn ; Ward 5, Edward Dow and Henry A. Mann ; Ward 6, John T. Batchelder, Joseph H. Lane and Gardner B. Emmons ; Ward 7, John II. Lamprey.
City Clerk .- Joseph A. Cochran.
Common Council .- President, George H. Emery; Ward 1, John W. Powell ; Ward 2, Fales P. Virgin ; Ward 3, Jeremiah Qninn; Ward 4, James F. Rooney, Edward A. Moulton and Harrison A. Roby ; Ward 5, Irvin S. Ring and Freeborn S. Abbott ; Ward 6, George H. Emery, Hor- ace S. Fairbanks and Leonard W. Bean; Ward 7, Daniel B. Smith. Clerk of Common Council, Lewis L. Mower.
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CONCORD.
City Treasurer .- William F. Thayer. City Messenger .- Richard P. Sanborn. Collector of Taxes .- Thomas M. Laag (2d).
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Board af Education,-Union School District : John C. Thora, teria expires March, 1885; Parsons B. Cogswell, term expires March, 1885 ; Heury J. Crippen, term expires March, 1885 ; Ai B. Thompson, term ex- pires March, 1886 ; William M. Chase, term expires March, 1886 ; George W. Crockett, term expires March, 1886; Joseph C. A. Hill, term ex- pires March, 1887 ; Daniel B. Donovan, term expires March, 1887 ; Charles R. Corning, term expires March, 1887.
Superintendent of Schools .- Warren Clark.
Superintending School Committees .- Weet Concord, District No. 3: Ella R. Holden, term expires March, 1885; Frederick A. Eastman, term ex- pires March, 1886; George R. Parmenter, term expires March, 1887.
East Concord, District No. 12 : George H. Curtis, term expires March, 1885 ; Elbridge Emery, term expires March, 1886.
Penacook, District No. 20 : William W. Allen, term expires March, 1885 ; Alfred E. Emery, termi expires March, 1886 ; Edmund H. Brown, term expires March, 1887.
Other Districts : William W. Fliat, Charles B. Strong,1 Ahial Rolfe,2 George H. Curtis.
Truant Officers .- John Connell, Jamies E. Rand, Charles H. Jones.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Trustees .- Ward 1, Abial Rolfe ; Ward 2, Joseph T. Clough ; Ward 3, Paul R. Holden ; Ward 4, William L. Foster; Ward 5, Heory W. Stevens ; Ward 6, James S. Norris; Ward 7, Rev. Thomas G. Valpey 1 and William W. Flint.2
Librarian .- Daniel F. Secomb.
ASSESSORS.
Ward 1, Abial Rolfe ; Ward 2, John G. Tallant ; Ward 3, Harrison Partridge ; Ward 4, Gilbert H. Seavey ; Ward 5, Curtis White ; Ward 6, George S. Dennett ; Ward 7, Jonathan B. Weeks. Chairman, Gilbert H. Seavey ; Clerk, Abial Rolfe.
CITY WATER-WORKS.
Water Commissioners-Edgar H. Woodman, mayor, er-officio ; Samuel S. Kimball, term expires March 31, 1885; Luther P. Durgiu, term ex- pires March 31, 1885 ; John Kimball, term expires March 31, 1886; Wil- liam M. Chase, term expires March 31, 1886 ; James L. Masoo, term expires March 31, 1887 ; Joseph H. Abbott,2 term expires March 31, 1887. President, John Kimball ; Clerk, William M. Chase.
Superintendent of Water-Works .- V. Charles Hastings.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief Engineer .- John M. Hill.
Assistant Engineers .- For Precinct : Daniel B. Newhall, Joseph S. Mer- rill, B. Frank Tacker. For Peoacook : William H. Allen. For East Concord : Joho E. Frye. For West Concord : Harrison Partridge.
Steward Central Fire Station .- Eben F. Richardson.
Assistant Steward Central Fire Station-George L. Osgood.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm .- Ehen F. Richardson.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Police Justice .- Sylvester Dana.
Special Police Justice .- Benjamin E. Badger.
City Solicitor .- Robert A. Ray.
Clerk of Police Court .- Rutas P. Staniels.
City Marshal .- John Connell.
Assistant City Marshal .- George W. Corey.
STREET DEPARTMENT.
Commissioner of Highways .- Edgar H. Woodman.
Superintendent of Streets,-James H. Rowell.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
For Ward 1 : J. Edwin Marden, Penacook. For Ward 2: Charles H.
Clough, East Concord. For Warde 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 : Joseph A. Cochran. City Physician .- Dr. George Cook.
Assistant City Physician .- Dr. Alfred E. Emery.
Health Officers .- Joha Conoell, George Cook, Alfred E. Emery.
WARD OFFICERO.
Moderatore .- Ward 1, James H. French ; Ward 2, John B. Curtis ; Ward 3, George R. Parmenter ; Ward 4, Benjamin E. Badger ; Ward 5,
Charles C. Danforth ; Ward 6, George O. Dickerman ; Ward 7, Harry G. Sargeut.
Selectmen .- Ward 1, William H. Moody, Martin Nolan, Isaac P. Dur- gin ; Ward 2, Isaac F. Potter, Edward J. Lyle, William P. Curtis ; Ward 3, George Trickey, George B. Little, Alvia C. Powell; Ward 4, Charles H. Jones, George F. Kelley, Nathaniel Bond ; Ward 5, Augustus H. Wiggin, Warren H. Corning, Charles T. Lane ; Ward 6, David L. Neal, George L. Theobald, George L. Reed ; Ward 7, Joseph E. Hutchinson, Alfred Clark, Charles H. Critchett.
Ward Clerks .- Ward 1, Frederick M. Morse ; Ward 2, Frank P. Curtis ; Ward 3, Fred. A. Eastman ; Ward 4, Charles A. Davie ; Ward 5, George W. Lincoln ; Ward 6, Howard M. Cook ; Ward 7, George B. Whit tredge.
STATISTICAL.
Population of the city (census 1880)
. 13,845
Valuation of the city
. $9,877,874.00
Tax assessed for the year
. $148,290.26
Rate of taxation ,
. $1.15 per $100
.11 per $100 additional for Union School District. .30 per $100 additional for precinct tax.
POLLS, VALUATION, AND TAXES ASSESSED.
The number of polls, sod the tax assessed on the real and personal es- tate in the city of Concord, since 1860.
Year.
No. of Polls.
Valuation.
Tax.
1860 .
2,577
$4,307,192
$47,082.25
1861 .
2,497
4,423,936
46,290.48
1862 .
2,350
4,308,568
50,945.01
1863 .
2,454
3,775,20G
60,293.82
1864
2,539
3,832,800
89,931.97
1865
2,495
5,549,002
158,787.29
1866.
2,762
4,934,082
116,192.97
1867
2,822
5,000,774
145,172.49
1868 .
3,120
5,378,365
126,889.71
1869
3,205
5,581,459
146,791.64
1870.
3,187
5,751,928
133,953,94
1871
3,338
5,891,993
137,844.70
1872
3,767
5,917,064
141,122.97
1873
3,613
9,012,650
158,281.13
1874
3,784
9,000,526
171,045.61
1875
3,941
9,216,195
175,234.68
1876
3,911
9,222,625
163,768.29
1877
4,015
9,405,117
177,040.27
1878
3,869
9,241,485
162,038.53
1879
3,536
10,604,465
155,964.99
1880 .
3,672
10,150,586
172,831.12
1881
3,505
10,062,894
153,285.55
1882.
Polle.
Valuation.
Tax.
Ward 1
402
8816,052
$10,373.39
Ward 2
210
439,108
4,811.94
Ward 3.
239
439,868
4,913.00
Ward 4.
907
2,299,970
35,356,97
Ward 5.
690
3,206,206
49,356.47
Ward 6.
820
2,462,667
38,094.66
Ward 7.
393
643,881
7,715.17
Non-resident
. .
... .
1,320.00
3,661
$10,308,052
$151,941.54
1883.
Polls.
Valuation.
Tax.
Ward 1
447
$811,471
$11,279.32
Ward 2.
208
420,500
5,316.36
Ward 3.
244
442,195
5,803,32
Ward 4
835
2,176,700
38,845.05
Ward 5.
814
3,129,413
55,244.56
Ward 6.
840
2,393,461
42,509.03
Ward 7
428
649,476
8,899.85
Non-resident
.
1,604.46
3,816
$10,023,216
$169,498.95
1884.
Polle.
Valnatioa.
Tax.
Ward 1
407
$805,023
$10,338.78
Ward 2.
212
414,798
4,568.81
Ward 3.
245
403,839
6,009.11
Ward 4.
956
2,147,933
33,742,35
Ward 5.
667
3,045,000
47,839.59
Ward 6.
818
2,350,193
36,624.04
Ward 7. .
429
651,088
7,804.81
Non-resident
..
... .
1,362.77
1 Resigned.
2 Elected to fill vacancy.
3,734
$9,877,874
$148,290.26
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HISTORY OF MERRIMACK COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
MUNICIPAL FUNDED DEOT.
City bonds payable os follows :
When due.
Rate of int. Payable. Amount.
January 1, 1885.
G
annually.
$2,000
April 1, 1885.
6
eemi-annually. 5,000
November 1, 1885.
6 semi-annually. 9,000
January 1, 1886.
6 annually.
1,500
April 1, 1886.
6
semi-annually.
1,000
November 1, 1886. 6
semi-annually.
10,000
Jauuary 1, 1887.
6
annually.
1,500
October 1, 1887.
0
semi-annually.
10,000
January 1, 1888.
6
annually.
1,000
October 1, 1888.
6
semi-annually.
10,000
January 1, 1889.
G
annually.
2,000
October 1, 1889.
6
semi-annually.
10,000
January 1, 1890.
6
annually.
2,000
October 1, 1890.
6
semi-annually.
8,500
January 1, 1891.
6
annually.
1,000
October 1, 1891.
6
semi-annually.
6,250
November 1, 1891.
6
semi-annually.
6,000
October 1, 1892.
semi-annually.
2,000
November 1, 1892.
6
semi-annually.
10,000
October 1, 1893.
6
semi-annually.
4,250
November 1, 1893.
6
semi-annually.
8,000
October 1, 1894.
6
semi-annually.
4,000
November 1, 1894.
6
semi-annually.
7,000
October 1, 1895.
6 semi-annually. 3,000
$125,000
Notes on account of extension of park and capitol streets.
Angust 1, 1885.
4 semi-annually.
$5,000
August 1, 1886.
4
semi-annually. 5,000
$135,000
CITY DEOT NOT FUNDED.
Bonds overdue, not presented .
$500.00
Coupons overdue, not presented .
397.50
Interest accrued, not yet due
2,286.67
Due school districts
2,244.41
$5,428.58
Funded debt
135,000.00
Total city debt
$140,428.58
AVAILABLE ASSETS.
Cash in treasury .
$23,923.35
Collectible taxes, 1882
1,280.13
Collectible taxes, 1883
12,998.95
Collectible taxes, 1884
22,672.21
Due from county of Merrimack . 2,173.43
Balance on sale city farm, due 1885 . 2,500.00
-- $65,548.07
Indebtedness above assets . $74,880.51
PRECINCT'S FUNDED DEOTS.
City precinct bonds (State-House) loan, payable as follows :
When due. Rate of int.
In. payable. Amount.
December 1, 1885. 6
semi-annually. $1,500
December 1, 1886. 6 semi-annually. 2,500
December 1, 1887. 6 semi-annually. 3,000
December 1, 1888. 6 semi-annually. 3,500
December 1, 1889. 0
6 semi-annually. 2,000
December 1, 1890. 6 semi-annually. 3,000
December 1, 1891.
semi-annually. 2,000
December 1, 1892. G demi-annually.
2,000
December 1, 1893.
6 semi-annually.
2,000
December 1, 1894.
6 semi-annually.
3,000
December 1, 1895.
6 semi-annually.
10,000
December 1, 1896.
6 semi-annually. 7,000
Sewer Precinct Notes.
December 1, 1885.
6
annually.
$8,000
December 1, 1886.
4 annually.
8,000
April 1, 1892.
WVater Precinct Bonds. 6 semi-annually. $200,000
April 1, 1894.
6 semi-annually. 130,000
April 1, 1895.
semi-annually. 20,000
October 1, 1912.
4 semi-annually. 45,000
$452,500
PRECINCT'S DEBTS NOT PUNDED.
Bonds overdue, but not presented . . . . . $100.00 Coupons overdue, but not presented . . 523.00
Interest accrued, but not yet due . 224.17
$847.17
Precinct's funded debts 452,500.00
Precinct's debta . $453,347.17
Less water-works bonds on hand 2,000.00
Net precinct debts $451,347.17
RECAPITULATION.
Net city debta above assets . $74,880.51 Net precinct'e debts above assets . . 451,347.17
Aggregate indebtedness of city and precinct over available assets .
$526,227.68
Aggregate city and precinct indebtedness, January 1, 1884
. 553,649.75
Decrease for the year $27,422.07
CHAPTER VII.
CONCORD-(Continued).
MILITARY HISTORY.
The Heroes of Four Wars-The French and Indian War-List of Soldiers-War of the Revolution-The Association Test -The Arrest of Peter Green -Concord Men at Cambridge-At Bennington-List ot Soldiers-Bounties Paid-War of 1812-Soldiers' Names-War of the Rebellion-Concord a Recruiting Station and Military Rendezvous- First Company Raised-Captain E. E. Sturdevant-List of Soldiers.
The French and Indian Wars .- In the struggle known as the French and Indian Wars this town contributed its full share of men and money. The following is a list of those who entered the service :
John Chandler, Joseph Eastman, captains; Nathaniel Abbot, lieu- tenant ; David Copps, Moses Eastman, sergeants; Nathaniel Morse, clerk ; David Evans, corporal ; Obadiab Maxfield, Phineas Virgin, Moses Eastman, Edward Abbot, Jacob Potter, David Kimball, John Hoyt, Jonathan Fifield, Thomas Merrill, Nathaniel Rix, Jonathan Chase, Ebenezer Copps, Asa Kimball, Ebenezer Virgin, Ebenezer Simonds, James Farnum, Judah Trumble, Isaac Walker, John Webster, Renben Simonds, Joseph Eastman, Joshua Abbot (son of Lieutenant Nathaniel Abbot), John Shute, Daniel Abbot, Benjamin Hannaford, Amos East- man, Nathaniel Eastman, Benjamin Bradley, Stephen Hoit, David Evans, Stilson Eastman and Philip Kimball, sentinele.
War of the Revolution .- The record of Concord during the War of the Revolution is one in which her citizens may justly feel a patriotic pride. The news of the battle of Lexington had scarcely reached the town before Captain Abiel Chandler had raised a company of thirty-six men and marched to Cam- bridge. There were three companies from this town in the battle of Bunker Hill. These were commanded by Captains Gordon Hutchins, Joshua Abbot and Aaron Kinsman.
At the meeting in March, 1776, "Philip Eastman, Colonel Thomas Stickney, Timothy Walker, Jr., Joseph Hall, Jr., and Richard Harbut were chosen
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a committee of safety for the parish of Concord for the year 1776."
The following citizens of Concord signed the " As- sociation Test : "
"We, the subscribers, do hereby solemnly engage and promise, that we will, to the utmost of our power, at the risque of our lives and for- tunes, with arms, oppose the hostile proceedings of the British fleets and armies against the United American Colonies.
"Reuben Kimball, John Kimball, Thomas Stickney, Peter Green, Tim Walker, jr., Benjamin Emery, John Bradley, Nathan Chandler, Aaron Stevens, James Walker, Robert Davis, Benj. Hanniford, Daniel Gale, David Hall, Simon Danforth, Nathaniel Abbot, Nathaniel Rolfe, Stephen Greenleaf, Samuel Thompson, John Gage, Moses Eastman, jr., Jacob Carter, John Fowle, Levi Ross (his X mark), Jeremiah Bradley, Peter Green, jr., Amos Abbot, Timothy Bradley, Ephraim Farnum, Cornelius Johnson, Philip Eastman, Daniel Abbot, Richard Flanders Joseph Farnum, Richard Haseltine, Joseph Hall, jr., Benjamin Fifield, Reuben Abbott, Lot Colby, Jonathan Eastman, Daniel Chase, David George, John Stevens, John Virgin, Phineas Stevens, Jabez Abbot, Ben- jamin Abbot, Ebenezer Hall, Henry Martin, Timothy Simonds, William Fifield, Reuben Abbot, jr., Samuel Butters, Timo. Walker (Rev.), Henry Beck, Benjamin Rolfe, Oliver Hoit, Theodore Farnum, Ebenezer Far- num, Ephraim Farnum, John Steven (?), Moses Eastman, Chandler Lovejoy, Samuel Kinkeon, Caleb Buswell, Richard Eastman, Solomon Gage, Ezekiel Dimond, jr., Amos Abbot, jr., William Coffiu, Joseph Abbot, Jonathan Merrill, James Mitchell, Ezra Carter, Asa Kimball, Jonathan Emerson, Timothy Bradley, jr., Joseph Eastman, Phineas Virgin, William Currier, Ebenezer Simond, Dan Stickney, Josiah Far- num, jr., Elicha Moody, Benjamin Eastman, Jacob Green, Benjamin Farnum, Ebenezer Virgin, Ephraim Potter, Edward Abbott, Jonathan Stickney, Eph'm Farnum, jr., William Virgin, Obadiah Hall, George Abbot, Josiah Farnum, Joseph Farnum, Stephen Kimball, Daniel Hall, Abner Flanders, Nathan Abbot, Jesse Abbot, Isaac Abbot, Ephraim Abbot, Stephen Abbot, George Abbot, jr., Stephen Farnum, Daniel Far- num, Daniel Chandler, Philip Carigaiu, Daniel Carter, Joseph Clough, Richard Herbert, Gordon Hutchins, James Haseltine, William Haseltine, Simon Trumbel, John Chase, John Shute, Jacob Shute, Joseph Hall, John Trumble (his X mark), Joseph Colby, Ephraim Fisk, Nathaniel Green, Thomas Wilson, Isaac Walker, Ezra Badger, Richard Flanders, Timothy Farnham, Ezekiel Dimond, Joseph Haseltine, Phineas Kimball, Robert Ambros, Benjamin Swent, Abiel Blanchard, Benjamin Elliot, James Stevens, Joseph Eastman, jr., Richard Potter, Timothy Symonds, Philip Kimball, Timothy Kimball, John Farnum, Ezekiel Carter, Richard Hood, Henry Lovejoy, Lemuel Tucker, Jacob Goodwin, George Graham, Jeremiah Wheeler, Zephuniah Pettey, Zebediah Farnum, Samuel Goodwin, Abner Farnum, Thomas Eaton,-156."
Not a single name was returned as "disaffected ;" still, as will appear from the proceedings next year, some were "suspected," and, whether justly or not, were severely dealt with on that account.
Many of the soldiers in service at Bunker Hill enlisted for eight months, and marched this year to join the Continental army in New York. Captain Joshua Abbot and Captain Benjamin Emery had command of companies. Captain Gordon Hutchins was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in Colonel Na- hum Baldwin's regiment. On their march to New York many of his soldiers were taken sick, and no medicines being provided in the public stores, Col- onel Hutchins purchased a quantity for the use of his soldiers at his own expense, being moved, as he said afterward, in a petition to the General Assembly for remuneration, with "pity and humanity towards the unhappy sufferers, and also actuated from zeal for the public service."
March 4, 1777, Messrs. John Kimball, Thomas Stickney, Reuben Kimball, Benjamin Emcry aud Richard Harbut were appointed a "Committee of
Safety." Colonel Gordon Hutchins was chosen rep- resentative, and a vote was passed "to reconsider the former vote of the parish, passed March 7, 1775, for leasing the eighty-acre lot belonging to the school- right to Oliver Hoyt for nine hundred years, -he paying the parish six dollars annually ;" and it was voted, "that instead of said Hoyt paying six dollars annually, the selectmen are directed to receive of him one hundred dollars, in full consideration for said lot;" and "that the selectmen be directed to lay out the one hundred dollars which they shall receive of Oliver Hoyt for the eighty-acre lot for a town stock of ammunition."
About this time certain prominent individuals were suspected of disaffection to the American cause, notwithstanding they had signed the " Association Test." Hence the following votes were passed March 4th :
" Voted, That thie Parish will break off all dealings with Peter Green, Esq., Mr. John Stevens, Mr. Nathaniel Green and Dr. Philip Caragain, until they give satisfaction to the Parish for their past conduct ; and that they be advertised in the Public Prints as Enemies to the United States of America, unless said Persone give said satisfaction within thirty days from this date ; and that the above Persons be disarmed by the Committee of Safety until they give satisfaction to the Public.
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