Town Expenses Related to the Burning of the Middlesex Hotel

14. Town Expenses Related to the Burning of the Middlesex Hotel

Under “General Expenses,” the printed Concord town report for 1845-1846 listed three payments made by the Town of Concord for sustenance to firefighters who rushed to the burning Middlesex Hotel on June 10, 1845. M. & A. Holden received $3.00 for providing bread, F. Potter and C.B. Davis $2.50 and $4.00, respectively, for “refreshments.”