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Incorporated Sept. 23, 1729.
Population in 1860, 1,624; in 1865, 1,568.
Valuation in 1860, $796,440; in 1865, $998,438.
The selectmen in 1861 were
John W. P. Abbot,
Jacob Smith,
Eli Tower; in 1862,
John W. P. Abbot,
Jacob Smith,
Phinehas Chamberlain; in 1863 and 1864,
John W. P. Abbot,
Edward Prescott,
George B. Dupee; in 1865
John W. P. Abbot,
George T. Day,
William Reed.
The town-clerk during all the years of the war was
Leonard Luce.
The town-treasurer during the same period was
Sherman D. Fletcher.
We have not received so full an abstract of the patriotic record of
Westford as we would have desired.
We know, however, that it was not behind any town of its size and wealth in the
Commonwealth, in fulfilling every obligation demanded of it by the
State or nation during the entire period of the
Rebellion.
Frequent meetings were held, at which money was appropriated for the payment of bounties, and for the proper care and comfort of the families of its soldiers.
Westford furnished one hundred and seventy-two men for the war, which was a surplus of fifteen over and above all demands.
Four were commissioned officers.
The whole amount of money appropriated and expended by the town on account of the war, exclusive of State aid, was twenty-six thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and fifty-eight cents ($26,180.58).
The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the war for State aid to soldiers' families, and repaid by the
Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $488.27; in 1862, $2,151.60; in 1863, $2,828.00; in 1864, $2,907.50; in 1865, $2,150.00. Total amount, $10,525.37.
The ladies of
Westford all through the war were active in their efforts and liberal in their contributions for the soldiers in the ranks, and for the sick and wounded in the hospitals.
Incorporated Jan. 1, 1712.
Population in 1860, 1,243; in 1865, 1,231.
Valuation in 1860, $1,016,605; in 1865, $1,103,274.
The selectmen in 1861 were
Benjamin Pierce, Jr., Alonzo S.
