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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.1.51 |
Object Name |
Receipt |
Scope & Content |
7 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1823 to 1824, most allowed by Jonas Peirce A: To John Hadley for setting up stove, $3.00 B: to Jonathan Whittemore foodstuffs, tobacco, a pair of shoes and for cash to P. [Philip] Whittemore for refreshments, $7.62 C: To Samuel Butterfield for serving a warrant on Samuel Wilson and for lumber, nails, and labor, $7.94 D: To Jonas Peirce for foodstuffs, tobacco, fabric, spelling books, expenses at P. [Philip] Whittemore's, rope and a bedstead, and a pair of hose for Miss Cutter, $21.96 E: To Cyrus Thorning for shoes and shoe repair, including for Carnes, Perry, Hill, and "the boy," $7.81 F: Jonas Peirce for foodstuffs, tobacco, fabric, items of clothing, a spelling book, expenses at P. [Philip] Whittemore's, and payments to Jonas Prentice, Joshua Avery, Thomas Russell, and Jarvis P. Brown $65.70 allowed by Timothy Wellington G: To Timothy Wellington for foodstuffs, fabric, household items, clothing, and payments to Harvey (for killing pigs) and to Jacob Buckman, I. [Ichabod?] Fessenden, Stephen Robbins (cash and expenses related to legal matters, $57.75 |
Year Range from |
1823 |
Year Range to |
1824 |
People |
Avery, Joshua Brown, Jarvis P. Bucknam, Jacob Butterfield, Samuel** Fessenden, Ichabod Whittemore, Philip Carteret Hadley, John Peirce, Jonas Prentiss, Jonas Robbins, Stephen Russell, Thomas (1776-1866) Thorning, Cyrus Wellington, Timothy Whittemore, Jonathan Whittemore, Philip Cartaret Jr. Wilson, Samuel* |
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. |