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Includes record of small expenses relating to everyday care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment.

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Report providing annual statistics as to the total amount of income received, expenditures, and expenses of the poor incurred for each year.

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Inventory of the goods and personal effects owned by paupers under the care of the Overseers of the Poor

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains lists of paupers and petitions for aid and support from impoverished townspeople, correspondence relating to the disposition of paupers, updates on their care, and the names of their benefactors. Expense books also document accounts of the Overseers of the Poor with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, such as medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Some statewide statistics relating to the care of the poor are also...

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Statewide statistics relating to the care of the poor, organized by county and town. For each town these include: number of persons relieved or supported during the year, number of supported persons who were of foreign birth or disabled, number of almshouses in the town, estimated value of almshouse establishment(s), operating costs, net expenses, and amount received from the Commonwealth for the support of State Paupers.

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Accounts with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Accounts with Maynard's Store, James Long, Sullivan Fay, Frank B. Fay, Dexter Fay, F. A. Winchester, Newton and Rice, and L.W. Newton.

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Accounts with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Accounts with Maynard's Store, James Long, Sullivan Fay, Frank B. Fay, Dexter Fay, F. A. Winchester, Newton and Rice, and L.W. Newton.

Scope and Contents

Accounts with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Accounts with Maynard's Store, James Long, Sullivan Fay, Frank B. Fay, Dexter Fay, F. A. Winchester, Newton and Rice, and L.W. Newton.

Scope and Contents

Accounts with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Accounts with Maynard's Store, James Long, Sullivan Fay, Frank B. Fay, Dexter Fay, F. A. Winchester, Newton and Rice, and L.W. Newton.

Scope and Contents

Accounts with various local merchants to purchase supplies necessary for the care of paupers, including medicine, food, clothing, and equipment. Accounts with Maynard's Store, James Long, Sullivan Fay, Frank B. Fay, Dexter Fay, F. A. Winchester, Newton and Rice, and L.W. Newton.