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History of Hingham. 



The amount of orders drawn on the Treasurer for expen- 

 ditures in building the bridges, etc., as reported Jau. 18, 1813, 



was .... .' 822,798.98 



Allowances to directors, treasurer, and clerk . . . 972.83 



$23,771.81 

 There were additional expenditures and subsequent assessments 

 to pay the cost of the bridges, and expenses of various petitioners 

 for the Act of Incorporation. 



The amount received from the counties of Norfolk and Plymouth 

 on the final dissolution of the corporation, including the expenses 

 of commissioners, was $17,810.15. Lemuel Brackett, of Quincy, 

 was clerk of the corporation from 1813 until his resignation in 

 1855, when his son Jeffrey R. Brackett, was chosen and re-elected 

 during the remainder of the existence of the corporation. Martin 

 Fearing, of Hingham, was president of the directors from 1820 

 until the corporation ceased to exist. Thomas Cushing was toll- 

 gatherer from 1818 until 1862, and was retained by the selectmen 

 having the care of the bridges afterwards. 



A history of the Corporation was published in the Quincy Pa- 

 triot of Feb. 27, 1864, and there was an account of a celebration, 

 on the bridges becoming free, published in the Quincy Patriot of 

 July 9, 1864. 



TOWN SEAL. 



Adopted March 8, 1886. 



