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Catalog Number |
2016.1.50 |
Object Name |
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Scope & Content |
8 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1823 to 1824, most allowed by Jonas Peirce A: To Daniel Frost [? or Ebenezer P. Peirce?] for work, $49.55 B: To J. [Jarvis] P. Brown for foodstuffs and for cash paid to William Lock for mutton, $2.55 C: To Sarah Smith for boarding Joshua Cutter's child, $8.67 D: To James Russell for cost related to court, $18.30 E: To Thomas Russell for seed, oats, rake, and brimstone $2.62 F: To Ichabod Fessenden for rye, $65.69 G: To Timothy Wellington for foodstuffs, fabric (some for Perry), cash for Mr. [Elijah] Allen, a bonnet for Mrs. Wilson, and to pay Abijah Cutter to bury Thomas Hill, Hovey for potatoes, A. Whittemore for goods, Mrs. Crosby for "cutting out gowns," and for something at the death of Lucretia Childs, $47.09 H: To Jonas Peirce for foodstuffs, household goods, a shawl for Miss Barthrick, cash to L [Lazarus] Barthrick, and for "sarching record for Daniel Warrow," ($154.21) minus credit of [Lazarus] Bathrick's pension ($48.00) and pears ($2.50), $103.71 |
Year Range from |
1823 |
Year Range to |
1824 |
People |
Allen, Elijah Bathrick, Lazarus Bathrick, Miss Brown, Jarvis P. Child, Lucretia Cutter, Abijah Cutter, Joshua Fessenden, Ichabod Frost, Daniel Hill, Thomas Locke, William Locke, William (1762-1840) Peirce, Ebenezer P. Peirce, Jonas Russell, James Russell, James* Russell, Thomas (1776-1866) Smith, Sarah Warrow, Daniel Wellington, Timothy Whittemore, Amos (1759-1828) Wilson, Mrs. |
Subjects |
Alms Almsgiving Almshouses Poor persons Poorhouses Welfare Overseers |
Search Terms |
Overseers of the Poor |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyrights |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |