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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.1.49 |
Object Name |
Receipt |
Scope & Content |
11 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1823, most allowed by Jonas Peirce A: To Abigail [Adams] Converse for work and foodstuffs, $12.15 B: To plowing the "Town grang," $4.50 C: To Gersham Swan for a dozen chairs for the "Work House," $9:50 D: To Abel Lock for "one red cow and calf," $29.00 E: To Cyrus Thorning for shoes or shoe repair for Miss Wilson, Carns, Miss Barbeck [Bathrick?], Miss Bemis, and Thos. Hill, $6.05 F: To Jacob Robinson, Jr., for "nursing Thomas Hill in his last sickness," and a coffin and gown, $20.25 G: To Andrew Wilson for the board of Mrs. Hannah Wilson, $26.00 H: To Timothy Wellington for tobacco, foodstuffs, and transactions related to Mrs. Childs, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Cutter, Jarvis, Perry, the family of Jonas Prentice, Barke and wife, Lewell Hadley, Wm. Locke, E. Hovey, Mr. [Elijah] Allen, J. [Jarvis] P. Brown, $31.06 I: To Jonathan Whittemore for foodstuffs, fabric for Hill and Miss Cutter, and for payments to P. [Philip] Whittemore and Jarvis P. Brown, $21.96 J: To Jonas Peirce for foodstuffs, fabric, and plowing and payment to P. [Philip] Whittemore for refreshments, allowed by Timothy Wellington, $43.53 K: To Jonathan Whittemore for wood for the Alms House, foodstuffs, tobacco, fabric (some for Hill), crockery, an iron kettle and a curry comb, $44.94 |
Year Range from |
1823 |
Year Range to |
1823 |
People |
Adams, Abigail Whittemore, Philip Carteret Allen, Elijah Bathrick, Miss Brown, Jarvis P. Cutter, Mrs. Hill, Thomas Hill, Thomas (1762-1851) Hovey, E. Locke, Abel Locke, William Locke, William (1762-1840) Peirce, Jonas Prentiss, Jonas Robinson, Jacob Jr. Swan, Gershom Swan, Gershom* Thorning, Cyrus Wellington, Timothy Whittemore, Jonathan Whittemore, Philip Cartaret Jr. Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Hannah Wilson, Miss |
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. |