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delivered on the second day, after which the Treasurer made his report, in which it appeared that the receipts during the fair amounted to nearly $350, which, after paying premiums and other expenses, left about $70 in the treasury. Probably 3,000 persons were present at the fair-grounds during the exhibition.
The next annual meeting of the Society was held December 6, 1852. The officers elected were: J. F. Willard, President ; Charles R. Gibbs, E. A. Foot, Daniel Bennett, S. P. Lathrop, Jesse Miles and E. A. Howland, Vice Presidents; Orrin Guernsey, Recording Secre- retary ; Mark Miller, Corresponding Secretary, and J. M. Burgess, Treasurer. At a meeting g held September 10, 1853, on motion, it was resolved that at effort be made to purchase fair- -- grounds by selling life memberships, to be paid by installments of $2.50 cach, until the wholee sum of $10 be paid. This proved to be a feasible plan for raising funds, and four acres of land> ad were purchased of J. J. R. Pease, which was fitted up at once for the fair, which was to be held>> Id there on the 4th, 5th and 6th days of October. 1853. It was held at the time appointed, and .d an address made by the President, J. F. Willard. The Executive Committee subsequently gave -e notice that they had expended nearly $700 in purchasing and fitting up permanent grounds, and> .d that they found their funds somewhat exhausted, leaving a deficiency for premiums, but that at they did not feel at liberty to avail themselves of the reserved privilege of reducing these premiums, but should report them in full, preferring to fall back upon the generosity of thosee friends who had drawn large premiums, and to ask such as were willing to do so to let theirs rest Est in whole or in part until next year, when the outlays would be much reduced and a surplus is reasonably expected. The expenditures of the Society, as reported for the fiscal year endingg December. 1853. were as follows: Purchase of fair-grounds, $101.37 ; fencing and permanent nt fixtures, $559.31 : premium-list, printing and other expenses, $515.44 ; the net income being g $1,176.62, leaving an indebtedness of $334.08.
The next annual meeting of the Society was held at Janesville, December 5, 1853, at which =h time the following officers were elected : S. P. Lathrop, President ; C. Loftus Martin, J. A Fletcher, Nathaniel Howard, Charles Colby. Mark Miller and Azel Kenney, Vice Presidents Charles R. Gibbs, Recording Secretary ; %. P. Burdick, Corresponding Secretary, and S. A A. Martin, Treasurer.
The Fair was held at the Society's grounds, on the 13th and 14th of September, 1854 H. There never had been seen in the place a larger number of people gathered together. The amount of premiums awarded exceeded $2,000.
The succeeding annual meeting was held on the 5th of December, 1854, when the follow - ing officers were elected : 'Z. P. Burdick. President ; D. Benne J. P. Wheeler, J. R. Boyce-,
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J. P. Dickson, J. C. Johnston and J. A. Fletcher, Vice Presidents; C. R. Gibbs, Recording Secretary ; O. Guernsey, Corresponding Secretary, and J. F. Willard, Treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted expressive of the sense of the Society in view of the death of S. Pearl Lathrop, its late President.
The fair was held on the 25th, 26th and 27th days of September, 1855, and was a success. President Burdick delivered a valuable address before the Society. The receipts of the fair were about $1,500, and the amount paid out for premiums, about $700. The attendance was large, and the grounds too small to suitably accommodate the large number of persons present.
During the year, the Society disposed of their land and purchased ten acres in the southern part of the city, which was suitably fenced and improved for the fair, which was held from Sep- tember 30 to October 2, 1856. One feature was the ladies' equestrian match, which drew a large attendance to the grounds. It was believed that there were at least twenty thousand per- Bons present on that day. A display of fire engines was also a new feature in the arrangements.
At the annual meeting held in December. 1856, the following officers were elected :
C. Loftus Martin, President; Ira C. Jenks, Recording Secretary ; J. A. Blount, Corresponding Secretary, and W. Hughes, Treasurer. At this meeting it was reported that the receipts of the Society during the year were $1,496.49, which, with balance remaining on hand of $141.75, amounted to $1,638.24.
The county fair was held on the 10th of October, 1857. The Society had, during the year, purchased additional ground, making nearly twenty acres in all. There was a large attendance and the grounds well filled.
The next annual fair was held September 28 to 30, 1858. From the report of the Secre- tary, Winfield S. Chase, there were received $1,526.16 and expended $1,517.10, leaving a small balance of $9.06 on hand. The premiums of the previous fair were paid this year.
The Society, during the year 1859, held a festival on the Fourth of July, and a regular annual fair on the 20th, 21st and 22d days of September. The former was largely attended, but resulted in small profit. The fair was a success, proving, notwithstanding the hard times and other influences and circumstances, that the farmers of the county had the ability and the will to give the Society a front rank among those in the State. The total receipts were $1.403, and the expenditures, including $629.10 paid toward indebtedness of the Society, $1,381.73. The balance in the treasury October 26, 1859, was $21.96.
A special meeting of the executive committee was called on the 22d of October, 1859, to take into consideration the indebtedness of the Society and to provide means for its extinguish- ment. At this meeting the financial affairs of the Society were reported as follows :
Amount of purchase money for additional grounds in 1857, $1,875; paid on the same, 8963; balance due on the same, $912.82. The other debts were for fitting up the grounds and necessary improvements, making the total indebtedness $3,326.82. The committee recom- mended the issue of three hundred ten-dollar promissory notes, payable in three years, to be sold to members of the Society and its friends. This plan was adopted by the executive committee.
The officers of the Society who served during the year 1859, elected in December, 1858, were : J. F. Willard, President ; Charles R. Gibbs, Recording Secretary ; J. A. Blount, Cor- responding Secretary ; W. Hughes, Treasurer. The officers of the Society for 1860, elected in December previous, were the same as for 1859, except D. McLay was elected Treasurer, in place of Mr. Hughes. The county fair was held September 18 to 20, 1860. The report of the Treasurer, subsequently made, showed receipts, $1,248.53, and expenditures, $1,241.53 ; balance, $7. The annual address was delivered by James H. Howe.
The officers elected at the annual meeting in December, 1860, were : Joseph Spaulding, President; G. S. Strasberger, Recording Secretary ; W. S. Chase, Corresponding Secretary, and W. Lester, Treasurer. The fair was held September 17, 18 and 19, 1861. The receipts were $841.44, and expenditures $783.17. Of the latter amount, $506.50 was paid in pre- miums. Balance on hand, $58.27. The address before the Society was delivered by J. R. Doolittle, and was in reference to the state of public affairs.
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At this date, the Society ceased to exist. During the years 1862, 1863 and 1864, the peo- ple of the county were so much engrossed in war matters that no new society was formed and no fairs held. Finally, in the latter part of 1864, another organization was perfected, with the election, in December of that yea , of H. P. Fales, President; Jacob Fowle, Secretary, and R. T. Pember, Treasurer. The fair was held September 12, 13 and 14, 1865. The attendance was large. The receipts were $2,675.17; the expenditures $2,588.03, of which $576.50 was paid out in premiums, leaving a balance of $88.14.
The officers of the Society for 1866, were: II. P. Fales, President; Guy Wheeler, Secre- tary ; R. T. Pember, Treasurer. The fair was held September 12 to 15, the receipts being $887.45, and the expenditures $746.47, of which amount $480.75 was paid in premiums, leav- ing a balance on hand of $122.98. The annual address was delivered by Hon. T. O. Howe. The same officers were elected for the year 1867. The fair this year was held on the 10th of September and closed on the 13th. It was a good year for the Society. The receipts were double the amount of the preceding one. The annual address was delivered by Halbert E. Paine. The total receipts were $2,202.01; the expenses $2,142.17, of which amount $1,- 550.50 was for premiums, leaving a balance of $59.14.
The officers for 1868 were : Lewis Clark, President ; R. J. Richardson, Secretary, and A. Hoskins, Treasurer. The fair was held September 15 to 17, inclusive. The receipts were increased from the preceding year. Whole amount received, $2,914.29. The expenses were $2,534.67, $866 of which was for premiums, and an unexpended balance of $379.62.
The annual fair for the year 1869 was held held September 14 to 17, showing an in- creased interest from the last year ; a baby show was added to the ordinary attractions. The Treasurer's report showed that there was received from all sources the sum of $4,244.05; ex- penses, $3,142.87 ; paid in premiums, $1,205.45. The officers for the year were: Seth Fisher, President ; R. J. Richardson, Secretary, and. A. Hoskins, Treasurer.
The same officers were elected for the year 1870, and the fair was held on the 21st of September, and continued for three days. An address was delivered by Charles G. Wil- liams. The receipts were $9,063.25; the expenses, $10,865.02 ; paid for premuims, $1,585.83.
In 1871, the same officers were elected except that C. Miner was chosen Treasurer in place of Mr. Hoskins. The annual fair was held from September 12 to 15. There was not as much interest taken this year as the former one, and the receipts were much reduced. The Treasurer reported receipts, $3,706.85; expenditures, $3,687.43; premiums, $1,935.65; leaving a bal- ance of $95.60 on hand.
In 1872, the same officers were re-elected. The display this year at the county fair, held September 12 to 15, was fine, particularly in horses ; said to have been the best exhibition ever made in the county. There was received from all sources, $3.989.48, and expended, 82,394.49, of which last amount $1,596.14 was paid in premiums.
The same officers were re-elected for the year 1873. The fair was held September 9 to 12, with a very creditable display and a good attendance. perhaps not as large as the preceding year. Receipts, $3,879.48; expenses in all, 3,391.60, of which amount $1,461.60 was paid in premiums, with a balance of $487.88 to next year's account.
In 1874, the same officers were re-elected. The fair was held on September 29 and con- tinued to October 2. This fair was a successful one. Some eight to ten thousand persons were said to have been present on the last day. An address was delivered by Charles G. Williams. The receipts were $6,280.01; the expenditures, $4,690.27 ; and there were paid in premiums $1.589.74, with a balance of $95.85 remaining.
The officers elected for 1875 were: George Sherman, President; R. J. Richardson, Secre- tary, and Cyrus Miner, Treasurer. The attendance at the county fair was not as large as in 1874. It was held October 5 to 9. Receipts, $3,249.51 ; expenses, $1,483.88 ; for premiums, $1,795.63.
For the year 1876, the same officers were elected. Preparations were made for a fair that would be more than usually attractive, it being the Centennial year. The exhibits of relics
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and articles of interest were fine. The time appointed for the fair was from the 5th to the 8th of September. Unfortunately, the weather was unfavorable, with rain most of the time. The financial report, however, was more favorable than was expected from these adverse circum- stances. The receipts were $2,586.23; paid for premiums, $909.59; other expenses, $1,676.63.
On account of the State Fair being held at Janesville, in the fall of 1877, the County Fair was this year omitted:
The officers of the Society for the year 1878 were: George Sherman, President; F. S. Lawrence, Secretary, and N. P. Bump, Treasurer. The Treasurer's report shows the receipts of the Society from all sources were $1,695.47, and the disbursements $1,661.57, of which $722.72 were paid in premiums, with a balance of $33.90 remaining.
In the year 1879, the Executive Committee of the Agricultural Society made an arrange- ment with the citizens of Janesville for the celebration of the Fourth day of July, and a county fair in connection therewith. The result was not a satisfactory one for the Society, the holding of a fair in the month of July proving a signal failure. A number of guests from abroad were present. Addresses by Gov. W. E. Smith, Hon. C. G. Williams, Hon. W. C. Whitford, and Gen. E. E. Bryant were delivered. Connected with the exercises was a soldier's drill, a gather- ing of the old settlers of the county, and games and athletic sports, in the grove near the fair grounds. The following pioneers were in attendance, and registered their names as having settled in the years mentioned: 1835-Virgil Pope; 1836-J. P. Dickson, Jeremiah Roberts, Mrs. Volney Atwood, M. T. Walker, Alford Walker, Mrs. H. H. Bailey, J. W. Inman, S. C. Carr; 1837 -- G. H. Williston, Helen M. Bailey, Henry Tuttle, Cornelius Van Tassel, Volney Atwood, Charles Tuttle, E. G. Newhall ; 1838-James McEwan, Mrs. Wood, William McEwan, George W. Lawrence, C. B. Inman, Cyrus Teetshorn, H. J. Warren, Mrs. H. J. Griggs, A. L. Walker ; 1839-T. Gullack Graydell, Mrs. G. H. Williston, Mrs. R. T. Powell, Ezra Goodrich, George B. Mackey, H. R. Waterman, H. Wood, S. P. Harriman ; 1840-Thomas E. Stevens, P. E. Stillman, Jacob West, Margaret West, Royal Wood, Mrs. M. S. Pritchard, M. E. Bump, A. Morris Pratt, Mrs. Almeda E. Allen, J. G. Carr (born here), E. C. Dickinson, Alfred Dewey.
The grounds of the Society are situated wholly within the city limits of Janesville, and contain, exclusive of streets, forty-seven acres of land. The buildings are well arranged, and of a substantial and convenient character. The object of the Society is to encourage and promote agri- culture, horticulture, domestic manufactures, the mechanic arts, and the breeding and raising of useful animals.
STATE FAIRS IN ROCK COUNTY.
The first fair of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society was held at Janesville, com- mencing October 1, 1851. On the second day of the fair, the first annual address was deliv- ered by J. H. Lathrop, LL.D., Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. By an arrangement entered into with the Rock County Agricultural Society, the proceeds of the sale of tickets of admission to the show grounds were applied, under the direction of that society, first, to the payment of the expenses of the grounds ; and after that, the balance was to be divided equally between the two societies. By this arrangement, each society received $127 as its share of the receipts.
The next State fair held at Janesville began September 28, 1857, and closed October 2. The annual address was delivered by Prof. J. B. Turner, of Jacksonville, Ill. The income of the Society for the year was $8,804.63, of which amount $2,853.21 was from the receipts of the State Fair; and the expenditures for all purposes, $8,302.10-leaving a balance of $502.53.
In 1864, Janesville was again selected for the State Fair, which was held the last week in September. Addresses were made by B. R. Hinkley, President, and ex-Gov. J. A. Wright, of Indiana. The Treasurer of the Society reported that the receipts for the year were $7,759.19,
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of which amount, $4,103.38 was from the sale of tickets at the fair; and the expenditures. $5,587.35, with a balance in the treasury of $2,171.84.
Janesville, for the fourth time, was selected for the State Fair for the year 1865, which vas held in September. Addresses were made by the President, David Williams, by Maj. Gen. T. Sherman, ex-Gov. Alexander W. Randall, James R. Doolittle, T. O. Howe and ex-Gr. J. T. Lewis. The total receipts of the Society for the year were $11,404.90, of wh_ch $7.187.50 was for sale of tickets at the fair. The expenditures were $8,330.52, and a b -- al- ance remaining of $3,074.38.
In September, 1866, the State Fair was held, for the fifth time, at Janesville. The receipts were nearly $15,000, and the expenses, $9,600, with a balance of $5,400 on hand.
In September, 1877, the State Fair was held for the sixth time at Janesville. The annual address was delivered by the President, Eli Stilson. The gate fees were $10,428.83, and t the whole receipts of the Society for the year were $20,524.30. The expenditures. were $19,363.2 =- 8, of which $10,561 were paid for premiums.
1 WAR RECORD. -
The following militia statistics of Rock County show the number in each township subject to draft, exemptions granted and enlistments, to September 24, 1862:
TOWNSHIPS, CITIES AND TOWNS.
Number Enrolled.
Number Enlisted.
Alien.
Firemen.
Exempt for Physical Disability.
Subject to Draft.
Including
Recent Enlistmen
ta.
Avon
114
5
107
48
Beloit
117
13
22
81
86
Bradford
291
12
25
247
68
Clinton
274
22
42
221
135
Center
204
2
2
21
177
69
Fulton
803
35
168
129
Harmony .
212
4
9
24
172
74
Janesville
191
18
23
147
58
Johnstown
262
23
16
40
168
62
La Prairie.
194
17
10
28
137
69
Lima.
216
27
5
25
154
67
Magnolia
178
1
3
17
149
74
Milton
810
24
8
25
238
137
Newark
158
8
23
128
65
Porter
244
17
19
202
59
Plymouth
209
23
3
19
161
69
Rock
184
1
3
29
147
57
Turtle
276
2
2
44
228
123
Union ..
255
2
24
222
128
City of Beloit, 1st Ward.
254
1
1
22
13
155
133
152
1
1
7
14
92
75
=
8d
"
131
1
1
17
3
86
66
City of Janesville, 1st Ward
=
2d
382
16
6
24
27
240
134
..
3d
152
3
7
18
97
67
..
4th
555
1
4
30
31
430
212
Total in County.
6581
271
134
254
837
5012
2502
1
1
27
7
83
68
1
3
20
49
347
135
422
24
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Rock County's war record is of a character to which her people may ever refer with pride and satisfaction. One of the first counties in the State to respond with volunteers in the hour of gravest peril, she never faltered during the entire struggle, weary and disheartening as it ofttimes was. Her old men were not wanting in counsel, nor her young and middle-aged men in true martial spirit. With a firm, unswerving faith in the righteousness of the Union cause, her
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85
Spring Valley
177
30
2d
169
1
4th
In Servic
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Citizens, with scarce a distinction in age or sex, were imbued with a determination to conquer, Or die rather than survive defeat. It was this kind of martial spirit that bore the Union cause through defeat as well as victory, whenever the oft repeated news was brought home of depleted and scattered ranks. Rock County valor is attested upon every street of her hospitable cities and villages, upon her broad sections of fertile lands, and, last, but not least, within the silent inclosures of her dead. It is here that, with each recurring anniversary, the graves of her slumbering heroes are moistened with the tears of sorrow, as loving fingers bedeck them with beautiful flowers. .
When the first alarm was sounded of the coming of war, and President Lincoln called for 75,000 men to defend the cause of the Union, Rock County responded with the " Beloit City Guards," and thereafter, until the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, made by Lee to Grant. on the " old stage road to Richmond," in the afternoon of April 9, 1865, were promulgated, Rock County was ever ready to manifest her patriotism and love of country. The draft was enforced three times during the war-November 12, 1863; September 19, 1864. and February 19, 1865-but filled with recruits, yet the county furnished 2,817 soldiers and upward of a half-million dollars to beat back the foe. Of this number, 1,493, by actual count, was enlisted prior to November 11,:1861.
The subjoined roster of Rock County soldiers has been undertaken with the view of mak- ing it correct. In its preparation, the writer has labored under peculiar embarrassments, which arose from the fact that the lapse of time had, to some extent, dissipated the bold lines on the panorama of events upon which public interest centered. The utmost difficulty was experienced in the procuration of names of soldiers, though all the sources of information in that behalf. accessible to inquiry, were exhausted. This is, in the main, due to the participants. In May. 1865, the Legislature of Wisconsin directed the Adjutant General of the State to procure the roster of each regiment from its original organization to its muster-out. From many of these regiments, this was found impossible, and those sent, in obedience to such directions, were found imperfect. From this and other causes, the readers will appreciate some of the difficulties encountered, and the reasons why many names of those belonging to companies have been unavoidably omitted.
But the citizens of Rock County require no facts to remind them of their deeds, or recall the names of those who fought the good fight unto the end. On the land and on the sea, they wrought their names in characters that live as monuments to the memories of men who, though dead long ago, will always live, bright and imperishable as the rays of Austerlitz's sun.
Many of the ". boys" who went out from home to battle for the Union, with only the bene- diction of a mother's tears and prayers, came back to that mother's arms shrived in glory. Many returned, having left a limb in the swamps of the Chickahominy ; on the banks of the Rapidan ; at Fredericksburg, Gettysburg or the Wilderness. Many still bear the marks of that strife which raged at Stone River, Juka, Chickamauga, or on the heights of Lookout Mountain, whence they thundered down the defiance of the skies; of that strife which raged before Atlanta, Savannah and in the Carolinas.
But there were many who came not back. They fell by the wayside, or, from the prison and battle-field, crossed over and mingled with the ranks of that Grand Army beyond the river. Their memory, too, is held in sacred keeping.
Some sleep beside their ancestors in the village churchyard, where the violets on their mounds speak not alone of womanly sweetness, but in tender accents of the devotion of those who sleep below. Their memory, too, is immortal ; beautiful as the crown of gold the rays of
1 the sunset lay upon the hill-tops. Some sleep in unknown graves in the land of cotton and cane. But the same trees which chade the sepulcher of their foemen shade their tombs also ; the same birds carol their matins to both ; the same flowers sweeten the air with their fragrance, and the same daisies caress the graves of both, as the breezes toss them into rippling eddies. Neither is forgotten. Both are remembered as they slumber there, in peaceful, glorified rest.
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" Winds of Summer. oh ! whisper low Over the graves where the daisies grow, Blossoming flowers and songs of bees, Sweet ferns tossed in the summer's breeze- Floating shadows and golden lights, Dewy mornings and radiant nights- All the bright and beautiful things That gracious and bountiful summer brings, Fairest and sweetest that earth can bestow, Brighten the graves where the daisies grow."
On the 17th of April, 1861, the proclamation of Gov. Randall was published, calling upon " all good citizens to join in making common cause against a common enemy," and inviting the "patriotic citizens of Wisconsin to enroll themselves into companies ready to be mustered into service immediately." The promulgation of this address was followed by public meetings held at eligible points throughout the county. On the evening of April 20, the largest meeting ever convened in Janesville was held in the Hyatt House Hall. It was composed of men of all degrees and every shade of political belief. Party appeared to have been for the time forgotten, Democrats and Republicans alike seeming to be impressed with but one purpose-devotion to the maintenance of the Union, and the enforcement of the laws; W. H. Ebbetts presided, and. in a brief address, set forth the causes which necessitated the assemblage. He was followed by the Hon. Andrew Palmer, C. G. Williams, W. H. Mitchell, Gov. Barstow, Isaac Woodle, H. N. Comstock and others. J. B. Cassoday, M. C. Smith and I. C. Sloan were appointed a committee to draft an address, inviting the people of Rock County to co-operate with the citizens of Janesville in aiding the subscription of money and enlistment of volunteers to put down the rebels who were then marching on Washington. A series of resolutions introduced by the Hons. Andrew Palmer and Isaac Woodle, expressing the people's determination to rally at once, without distinction of party, to the defense of the country ; to cheerfully respond to the call of the President for troops to aid in the enforcement of the laws, and to contribute to the support of the families of those who shall enlist and enter upon active service, where their pecuniary condition may require it, were unanimously adopted. The most intense and enthusiastic patri- otism was manifested, and before the assembly dispersed, the following subscriptions, aggregating $3,730, were pledged : Ed. Mckay, $200; H. Richardson, C. Conrad, Andrew Palmer, Noah Newell, John Mitchell, J. C. Jenkins, J. B. Doe, R. J. Richardson, H. S. Conger, E. R. Doe, H. L. Smith, O. B. Mattison, J. D. Rexford, J. J. R. Pease, J. W. Storey and Jackman & Smith, $100 each ; C. R. Gibbs, B. B. Eldredge, James Sutherland, Z. S. Doty, Dann & Carle, J. M. Bostwick ; Peter Myers, G. F. Moseley, I. C. Sloan, W. G. Wheelock, George Barnes, J. M. May, George A. Young, Daniel Clow & Holt, Bowen & Wilcox, $50 each ; J. B. Casso- day, H. N. Comstock, J. Spaulding, J. L. Kimball, H. Search, C. G. Williams, S. C. Burn- ham, K. W. Bemis, J. L. Kimball, W. Macloon, S. Holdridge, Jr., E. S. Barrows, Randall Williams, H. N. Gregory, S. J. M. Putnam, C. Miner, J. C. Metcalf, Robert Hodge, B. Born- heim, F. & D. Strunk, A. P. Prichard, William Eager, W. H. Parker, Adam Andre, A. Suth- erland ; H. Palmer, J. R. Bennett, G. H. Davis, J. L. Ford, Charles W. Hodson, Beri Cook, G. Nettleton, Fifield & Bro., Ole Everson, Nash & Cutts, Hugh Chapin, J. W. Allen, Joseph James, H. E. Patterson, Colwell & Co., Theodore Kendall, D. W. Inman and J. W. Sleeper. $25 each ; D. S. Treat, $20 ; John Mohr, A. Wilson, J. M. Riker, W. Winkly, N. Swager, N. L. Graves, Charles Seaton, A. D. Stoddard, G. W. Kimball, L. H. Black, Henry Chapin, Royal Wood, O. B. Hartley, James Madden and F. Barrere, $10 each ; Henry Powell, $15; H. Gottman, Lesley Hyde, A. Nellis and O. W. Monsell, $5 each ; J. B. Doe was appointed Treasurer, in addition to the following Relief Committee, and Ladies' Committee to furnish flags for enlisted companies : T. Jackman, G. R. Curtis, H. W. Collins, Platt Eycleshimer and Samuel Belton ; Ladies' Committee, Mesdames J. T. Wright, R. B. Treat, Henry Palmer, Z. S. Doty and Peter Mvers.
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