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Catalog Number |
2016.1.4 |
Object Name |
Documents |
Scope & Content |
11 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1809 to1810 A: To Marshall Spring "for amputating and attendance on a Mr Allen said to be a Pauper belonging to said Town," $26.00 B: To Mary Winship for boarding her father, $36.66 C: To Anna Cooke for "her support," $2.60 D: To Nahum Ball, for "visits, medicine, & attendance," $20,00 E: To Joseph Convers for boarding 2 adults and 2 children, and 1 pair of stockings, $34.00 F: To John Tufts for 2 pair of stockings for Maryan Hovey, and 1 .... and 3 dinners[?], $1.82 G: To Nathaniel Fowl for boarding Martha Fowl and to pay Dr. [George] Osgood for setting Martha Fowl's broken arm, $31.80 H: To Joseph Convers for boarding Zacariah Hill, Tabethy Winship, Christine Childs, and Maryan Hovey, $48.10 I: To Tufts & Adams for various items (cotton, shoes, spelling book, making clothes for Zacariah Hill), $22.00 J: To Newburyport for supplies for Andrew Wilson and his wife when sick, for a half cord of wood, for boarding Andrew Wilson in the Almshouse, for constables to take Andrew Wilson to the Almshouse, signed by Edward Bartlet, on of the overseers of the poor for Newburyport. |
Year Range from |
1809 |
Year Range to |
1810 |
People |
Allen, Mr.* Ball, Nahum Childs, Christina Convers, Joseph Cooke, Anna Osgood, George Fowle, Nathaniel Hill, Zachariah (1737-1812) Hovey, MaryAnn Spring, Marshall Tufts, John* Wilson, Andrew Winship, Mary Winship, Tabitha |
Subjects |
Alms Almsgiving 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. |