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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1Pa1.04 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Overseers of the Poor - Workhouse 1740-1749 |
Caption of Image |
The original letter about the loss of the ship |
Scope & Content/Description |
This file contains: Two letters from Joshua Williams, (another man unreadable signatures) and Thomas Hancock concerning assistance for Widows and children of men lost on the Providence Snow, commanded by Capt. Joseph Smethurst. These letters were directed to the Selectmen of Marblehead. One was dated Boston December 12, 1745 the other Jan. 24. Another letter from the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Marblehead to the Court in Salem in 1746 concerning this loss. It was signed by Benjamin Heddly, E. Stacey, Jacob Fowler, Richard Reed, and Robert Hooper. Three small receipts from persons receiving of some of the assistance, |
Subjects |
Town Finances Widows |
Date |
1740 |
Year Range from |
1740 |
Year Range to |
1749 |
Catalog date |
2010-05-10 |
People |
Pa 1.4 Bowden, Benjamin Bowden, Michael Bowden, Richard Bowden, Samuel Bowdich, Jos. Fowler, Jacob Grant, Thomas Hancock, Thomas Hendly, Benjamin Hooper, Robert James, Ambros Lemmon, Joseph Oakes, Benjamin Oakes, Jacob Reed, Richard Sewell, Michael Slate, Deliverance Stacey, Eben Stacey, Edward Webber, John Webber, Richard Webber, Richard, Jr. Webber, Samuel Williams, Joshua |
Search Terms |
Old Town records Widows |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Fair |