Excerpt from the Town Clerk's Office Records Regarding the Case of David H. Champlin
Title
Excerpt from the Town Clerk's Office Records Regarding the Case of David H. Champlin
Description
This document is an excerpt from the records of the Town Clerk. It discusses a decision made at the 1864 Annual Town Meeting regarding David H. Champlin. A volunteer in the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts during the Civil War, Champlin requested that his family receive the same town aid as family members of soldiers who were drafted. The record indicates that in the previous year a committee was formed to make a recommendation on the subject. Two out of three of the members believed that Champlin's family should not receive aid. However, Samuel L. Fearing's minority report, which is transcribed in full, states that he felt Champlin's family should receive aid since he was doing the same work as men who were drafted. The town residents voted to support Fearing's report so that Champlin's family would receive aid.
Subject
Champlin, David Henry, 1835-1886
Soldiers
Military service
Civil wars
Assistance
Politics & government
Fearing, Samuel L., b. 1809
Civil wars
Creator
Hingham Town Clerk's Office
Source
Hingham Town Clerk's Office Records, Volume VIII, pg. 191.
Publisher
Hingham Public Library
Date Created
1864
Rights
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Access Rights
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Format
JPEG
Extent
6.44 MB
Language
English
Type
Manuscripts
Spatial Coverage
Hingham (Mass.)
Temporal Coverage
1863-1864
Citation
Hingham Town Clerk's Office, “Excerpt from the Town Clerk's Office Records Regarding the Case of David H. Champlin,” Hingham Public Library Digital Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, https://hinghampubliclibrary.omeka.net/items/show/335.