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Catalog Number |
2016.1.8 |
Object Name |
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Scope & Content |
14 receipts handwritten, mostly for the Overseers of the Poor, 1810 to 1812 A: To E. Thompson for a pair of shoes for Mr. Z. [Zachariah?] Hill, $ 1.75 B: To Kendall Holt digging a grave, getting a coffin, and attending to the burial of a child belonging to Eunice [Reed] Hovey, $2.00 C: To Timothy Bigelow for arguing a case brought by the town of Walpole against West Cambridge, $33.00 D: To Jason Belknap for boarding Anna Cooke, $19.12 E: Bill from Lydia Pierce for schooling 2 children, $2.40 F: Anna Cooke "for boarding her self," $16.80 G: To William Gamage for visits and medicine for Mrs. Hovey when in Cambridge, $9.63 H: To the town of Cambridge for boarding William and Joshua Cutter, $19.43 I: To Samuel Butterfield for sundries supplied to Bathrick and his wife and for foodstuffs, $6.15 J: By John Adams to Asabul Stearns for the town of Walpole, for judgement on a "writ of error" in favor of Walpole, $110.50 K: Bill from Thomas Russel for drinks (toddies and punch) and foodstuffs (sugar, butter, tea, molasses) and cash to Mr. Jos. B. Wyman for wood L: Bill from Tufts & Adams for various items M: To Joseph Convers for boarding William Winship, Christina Childs, Zacariah Hill, Tabathy Winship, Maryan Hovy, and Julet [?] Frost N: Bill from Tufts & Adams for various items |
Year Range from |
1810 |
Year Range to |
1812 |
People |
Adams, John (1751-1819) Bathrick Belknap, Jason Bigelow, Timothy Butterfield, Samuel Childs, Christina Convers, Joseph Cooke, Anna Cutter, Joshua Cutter, William Gamage, William Hill, Zachariah (1737-1812) Holt, Kendall Hovey, MaryAnn Pierce, Lydia Reed, Eunice Russell, Thomas (1776-1866) Thompson, E. Winship, Tabitha Winship, William |
Subjects |
Alms Almsgiving Overseers Poor persons Executions Welfare |
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. |