This elegantly penned list tells the needs of the fire “engine men” of Gloucester in 1831. Note the “trumpet,” axes and buckets.
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Necessary apparatus1 for Engine No. 1
15 ft Hose
6 buckets
1 Lantern
2 Axes
4 feet *** drag rope
1 Trumpet
1 hook & thimble (?)
Richard Pound & Capt. Epes H. Farnham, Clerk
(1831)
1 Apparatus = equipment
Citation
Town Papers, (c. 1831). Gloucester Archives, Gloucester, MA.
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