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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.1.34 |
Object Name |
Documents |
Scope & Content |
9 handwritten receipts related to the Overseers of the Poorr, 1818 to 1819, most allowed by Jonas Pierce A: To John Fletcher for dying and "dressing" fabric[?], $6.62 B: Elijah Allen paid Amos Whittemore for rent, $5.00 C: To Joshua Avery for repairing windows at the poorhouse and for cash paid to Walter Russell. $1.67 D: To Abijah Cutter for digging a grave for Caroline Perry and funeral attendance, and for digging a grave for Thomas Harrington, $5.00 E: To Abigail [Adams] Converse for seventeen weeks work, $17.00 F: To Sarah [Hutchinson] Russell for renting house to Reubin Frost and to Aaron Cooke, $18.13 G: To Ebenezer Lane for being guardian of Francis Cutter (in New York?), by Charles Barton, $48.94 H: To Perry and Locke for meal delivered to E. Allen or to the poor house I: To Amos Whittemore, Jr., for various goods, some delivered to Mr. Allen, to Mrs. [Anne Horton] Fillebrown, or to Mrs. Converses, $56.12 |
Year Range from |
1818 |
Year Range to |
1819 |
People |
Adams, Abigail Allen, Elijah Avery, Joshua Barton, Charles Cooke, Aaron* Cutter, Abijah Fletcher, John Frost, Reuben* Harrington, Thomas Horton, Anne Hutchinson, Sarah* Lane, Ebenezer Peirce, Jonas Perry, Caroline Russell, Walter (1765-1848) Whittemore, Amos (1759-1828) Whittemore, Amos (1782-1827) Cutter, Francis |
Subjects |
Overseers Alms Almsgiving Poorhouses Almshouses Poor persons Welfare |
Search Terms |
Overseers of the Poor |
Collection |
Arlington Historical Society Collection |
Copyrights |
Rights status not evaluated. (CC BY-NC-ND) Non-commercial use only. |