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Catalog Number |
2016.1.10 |
Object Name |
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Scope & Content |
16 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1811 to 1813 A: To Elizabeth Cutter for keeping and boarding a child of Thomas Cutter, signed by Benjamin Cutter, $12.50 B: To Samuel Butterfield for travel to Cambridge and for moving Anna Cooke, $3.75 C: To Peter Locke for boarding Elijah Allen and wife, $6. 52 D: Bill from Joseph Robinson for Boarding Margret Ann Cutter, $7.00 E: To Peter Locke for boarding Elijah Allen and wife, $40.00 F: To Joseph Convers for boarding Tabitha Winship, Anna Cook, Mary A. Hovey, and Julia Frost, and for making 2 small gowns, $51.20 G: To Stephen Tufts for a coffin and funeral arrangements for Ruthey Winship, $7.50 H: To Walter Russell delivered wood, molasses, sugar, salt pork, and wine, delivered to Elijah Allen, $5.55 I: Town of West Cambridge to town of Westford for boarding Hannah [Crosby] Cook, signed by John Caming[?], Aaron Marker[?], and Samuel Dewrs[?], selectmen of Westford, $27.00 J: Bill of Timothy Wellington attendance and medicine for the town poor, $20.00 K: Bill of Eben. Thompson for shoes for Mary Hovey, $1.00 L: Bill of the town of Newburyport for supplies to the family of Andrew Wilson, wood, and rent for house of John Aiken, $42.57 1/2 M: To Joseph Convers for boarding William Winship, Anna Cook, Tabatha Winship, Mary A. Hovey, and Julia Frost, $80.82 N: To Nancy Cutter for boarding her child, $15.86 O: To Stephen Tufts for a coffin and funeral arrangements for Zacriah Hill, $7.50 P: Bill of Tufts and Adams for various items, $13.27 |
Year Range from |
1811 |
Year Range to |
1813 |
People |
Allen, Elijah Butterfield, Samuel Convers, Joseph Crosby, Hannah Cooke, Anna Cutter, Benjamin Cutter, Elizabeth Cutter, Margaret Ann Cutter, Nancy* Frost, Julia Hill, Zachariah (1737-1812) Hovey, Mary* Hovey, MaryAnn Locke, Peter Robinson, Joseph Russell, Walter (1765-1848) Thompson, Ebenezer Tufts, Stephen Wellington, Timothy Wilson, Andrew Winship, Ruthy Wood Winship, Tabitha |
Subjects |
Alms Almsgiving Poor persons Medicine Welfare Overseers |
Search Terms |
Overseers of the Poor Tufts & Adams |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyrights |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |