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Catalog Number |
2016.1.35 |
Object Name |
Documents |
Scope & Content |
11 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1818 to 1819, most allowed by Jonas Pierce A: To Sarah [Hutchinson] Russell for houserent to Reuben Frost, $4.00 B: To David Dutton for turf, $9.00 C: West Cambridge to Cambridge for supporting Ebenezer Prentiss, $18.22 D: To John Gardner for house rent for Gersham Hall, $7.50 E: To Thomas Fillebrown for bricks, $4.50 F: To John Gardner for house rent for Gersham Hall, $7.50 G: To Stephen Robbins for wood and turf, $30.25 H: To I. [Ichabod] Fessenden for meal for the town poor, $22.88 I: To Jonathan Whittemore for wood, meal, sugar, and molasses, delivered to Mrs. [Martha Bennett] Hill, R. [Reuben] Frost, and the poor house,$15.39 J: To Timothy Wellington for various goods, $37.61 1/2 K: To Jonas Peirce for various goods, $34.67 |
Year Range from |
1818 |
Year Range to |
1819 |
People |
Bennett, Martha Dutton, David Fessenden, Ichabod Fillebrown, Thomas Frost, Reuben* Gardner, John Hall, Gershom Hutchinson, Sarah* Peirce, Jonas Prentiss, Ebenezer* Robbins, Stephen Wellington, Timothy Whittemore, Jonathan |
Subjects |
Overseers Alms Almsgiving Welfare Poor persons |
Search Terms |
Overseers of the Poor |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyrights |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |