cents ($11,104.33).
The amount of money raised and expended by the town during the war for State aid to the families of soldiers, and repaid by the Commonwealth, was as follows: In 1861, $102.06; in 1862, $935.92; in 1863, $1,155.11; in 1864, $578.38; in 1865, $450.00. Total amount, $3,221.47.
Lowell
Incorporated as a town, March 1, 1826; as a city, April 1, 1836.
Population in 1860, 36,827; in 1865, 31,004.
Valuation in 1860, $20,894,207; in 1865, $20,980,041.
In 1861, Benjamin C. Sargeant, mayor; Samuel T. Manahan, Jonathan P. Folsom, James Watson, William G. Morse, Hocum Hosford, Aldis L. Waite, Sager Ashworth, William S. Gardner, aldermen.
In 1862, Hocum Hosford, mayor; Mertoun C. Bryant, Edwin A. Alger, James B. Francis, William A. Burke, Isaac F. Scripture, Aldis L. Waite, Albert Wheeler, Jonathan P. Folsom, aldermen.
In 1863, Hocum Hosford, mayor; James B. Francis, Edwin A. Alger, Abiel Pevey, William A. Burke, Isaac F. Scripture, Otis Allen, Albert Wheeler, Wi