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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.1.16 |
Object Name |
Receipt |
Scope & Content |
6 handwritten receipts and one official printed document related to the Overseers of the Poor, 1813 to 1814 A: To Samuel F. Wyman for "two quarters of house rent" to Elijah Allen and wife, $10.00 B: To Amos Whittemore Jr, for good delivered to Elijah Allen per order J. Welington and to W. Peirce, $7.00 C: To Thomas Cutter for boarding his child, $8.00 D: To Thomas Hathaway for "Entertainment for overseers," $1.27 E: To Joseph Convers for boarding William Winship and Abigail Frost, and boarding and nursing Susy[?] Pirry[?], $66.60 F: The town of Cambridge gives the overseers of the poor permission to order the removal of Robert Mullet from Cambridge jail and that they would charge the expense of his board while in jail to West Cambridge G: To Daniel Burbeck for boarding and schooling Wallis Rust, for cash paid for shoes and clothing to T. H. Teel, Amos Whittemore, Walter Russell, and John Whitney, $85.81 |
Year Range from |
1813 |
Year Range to |
1814 |
People |
Allen, Elijah Burbeck, Daniel Convers, Joseph Cutter, Thomas** Frost, Abigail Hathaway, Thomas Mullet, Robert Peirce, W. Perry, Susannah Russell, Walter (1765-1848) Rust, Wallis Teel, Thomas Hall Wellington, J. Whitney, John Whittemore, Amos (1759-1828) Whittemore, Amos (1782-1827) Whittemore, Anna Winship, William Wyman, Samuel Frost |
Subjects |
Welfare Alms Almsgiving Poor persons 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. |