Bills for goods and services, 1858-1865.

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Bills for goods and services, 1858-1865.

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The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without residence in the Commonwealth from 1854 until 1872. The institution managed an annual budget to sustain its operations. Attendant financial records include bills received for purchased goods and services, including transportation charges.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Monson, Mass.)

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St 1852, c 275 authorized the building of three state almshouses for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth as certified by overseers of the poor or other local authorities, each with a superintendent and three inspectors who could bind out minors as apprentices. St 1853, c 352 appropriated funds for almshouses in Bridgewater, Monson, and Tewksbury, which opened in 1854. St 1855, c 366 provided for recording by the almshouse superintendent of birth and deaths and the making ...