The History of Marthas Vineyard Dukes County Massachusetts volume 1
The History of Marthas Vineyard Dukes County Massachusetts volume 1
Charles Edward Banks
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The town clerk during each year of the war was Lot Luce. The town treasurer, during the same period, was Charles Bradley. ^Tisbury paid the largest bounty in the state, five hundred dollars, for three year enlistments. 427 History of Martha's Vineyard Chilmark's part in the war was as follows: The first legal town meeting, to act upon matters relating to the war, was held on the i6th of December, 1861, at which the town voted to authorize the selectmen "to act according to the law of the Common...wealth, in regard to the payment of state aid to the families of volunteers who have enlisted in the military service of the United States. " This system of paying bounties to volunteers and state aid to their families continued until the end of the war. The selectmen in 1866 reported that Chilmark had fur- nished twenty-six men for the war, which undoubtedly is only the number of residents of the town who were in the military service. The town clerk, under date of Jan. 16, 1871, wrote as follows: "As to the number of men furnished, we cannot tell.
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