History of Amesbury - Merrill.org

380 HISTORY OF AMESBURY.
Amesbury Hat Company for the manufacture of wool hats. The
company purchased the town landing and, also, the estate on
the corner next Powow River bridge, and erected a large fac-
tory on the wharf for this purpose. Previous to going into
operation, the company was consolidated with the Merrimac
company, becoming part and parcel of the same.
1864.
At the annual meeting it was decided to purchase two hearses
for the use of the town. Additional by-laws for the protection
of sidewalks, etc., were, also, passed.
April 1 8th. A meeting was held to authorize the selectmen
to hire money to pay recruits, who might be called for previ-
ous to March 1862, at the rate of $125 each, and they were
so authorized. It had become very difficult to fill the repeated
calls of the Government and a draft was ordered, being the
last resort to sustain the Union army. It was regarded with
fear and alarm and carried dismay into many families. The
following is the list of persons drafted from Amesbury :
Charles Lehman, Alvah B. Currier,
Luther G. Thompson, Thomas S. Tuson,
Edwin H. Merrill, Samuel C. Pease,
Moses P. Huntington, Thomas W. Colby,
Charles Paul, Enoch Hoyt,
James W. Briggs, Otis Sargent,
Joseph C: Colby, Richard F. Briggs,
Joseph Merrill, jr., Franklin R. Page,
John W. Dennett, Winthrop A. Collins,
William Brown, Laburton W. Colby,
John F. Merrill, Edwin Dawson,
Ephraim A. Goodwin, Mark T. Currier,
Ichabod S. Bartlett, Andrew J. Heath,
George W. Osgood, John F. Tozier,
Page Ring, James S. Barry,
John Foster, Miles C. M. Place,
Littlefield Winn, Thomas A. Cushing,
Charles A. Burlingame, George N. Bird,
Bailey Sargent, Alexander M. Huntington,
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