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Catalog Number/Object ID |
2009-100-1Pa1.24 |
Object Name |
Folders (containers) |
Title |
Overseers of the Poor - 1822 |
Caption of Image |
Reply to Boston & other papers from the Overseers of the Poor |
Scope & Content/Description |
This file contains papers concerned with the Poor and the many ramifications of the efforts of the towns and cities to pay their fair share for the upkeep of their citizens and not the citizens belonging to other communities. This file contains: 1)A sheet of paper 8" x 9.5" with several unidentified columns of figures in poor condition caused by soaking in water. 2)An command to the Sheriff of Essex county to size the "Goods, Chattels or Lands of the Inhabitants of Marblehead to pay Braintree $108.86 plus $.25 for this Writ. 3)A list of questions to investigate the source of the Town's expenses in 1822 concerning the Overseers of the Poor, size 13.5" X 8.25" 4)A Notice from the Master of the Alms House of Boston that Marblehead owes Boston $361.70 5)A list from Marblehead of goods and cash to Boston dated August 7, 1823. 6)Tow list of funds in very poor condition caused by being water soaked. 7)A Letter to Gordian (Maine) dated May 8, 1832difficult to read. 8)A Letter from Peter Thatcher of Boston dated Oct. 26, 1822. 9)A note to Ipswich about settling an account July 23, 1822 1822 |
Subjects |
Poor persons |
Date |
1822 |
Catalog date |
2010-05-12 |
People |
Pa 1.24 Aborn, Aaron Aborn, Andrew Aborn, Ben Andrews, A. Andrews, John Bartram, Thomas Blaney, Jonathan Bowden, Isaac Brimbleum, Nathaniel Card, Mary Carleton, William Cline, Elizabeth, Cloutman, Joseph Collyer, Isaac Dana, Sam Drury, John Dunkins, Eliasen Fettyplace, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Andrew Gardner, Nathaniel Capt. Gilley, John Goldsmith, Richard Hathaway, Gardner Hathway, William Hawkes, William Hidden, Joseph Hocker, Sarah Homan, Richard Hooper, Robert Hunt, John Mansfield, Joseph Martin, Elizabeth Milen, Charles Orne, John Phillips, James Porter, Benjamin Pratt, James Rea, Henry Rounday, Jonathan Smith, John Stickney, Samuel Thacher, Peter O. Turner, Samuel Wade, Thomas Col. Walker, Samuel Wilson, J. Woodridge, John |
Search Terms |
Old Town records |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Poor |
Condition Notes |
Much water damage |