In 1899 Merchant represented ward six on the
Pittsfield Common Council.[3]
Notes
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abcMunicipal Register of the City of Pittsfield for 1907: Containing City Officers and Committees, Mayor's Address, Reports of Officers and Committees, and the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31st, 1906,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: The City of
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1904, p. 33.
^Municipal Register of the City of Pittsfield for 1907: Containing City Officers and Committees, Mayor's Address, Reports of Officers and Committees, and the Receipts and Expenditures for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31st, 1906,
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: The City of
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1904, p. 412.