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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2, Chapter 13: Plymouth County. (search)
s patriotism than these extracts? Mattapoisett Incorporated May 20, 1857. Population in 1860, 1,483; in 1865, 1,451. Valuation in 1860, $815,890; in 1865, $540,118. The selectmen in 1861 were A. B. Hammond, Joseph E. Smith, Jarvis Ellis; in 1862, Joseph E. Smith, Nathan H. Barstow, Thomas P. Hammond; in 1863, 1864, and 1865, Josiah Holmes, Jr., Franklin Cross, Wilson Barstow. The town-clerk during all these years was Thomas Nelson. The town-treasurer for the same period Benjamin W. Shearman. 1861. No action was taken by the town, in its corporate capacity, in relation to the war during this year. 1862. July 18th, Voted, to pay a bounty of one hundred dollars to each volunteer, to the number of twenty, who shall enlist within the next sixty days for three years or the war. The treasurer, with the consent of the selectmen, was authorized to borrow money to pay the same; the interest and ten per cent of the capital to be paid annually until the debt shall be discharg