Accounts of monies received, 1931-1935.

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Accounts of monies received, 1931-1935.

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The Division of Aid and Relief was responsible for the welfare of adult poor without legal settlement, either confined to state medical facilities or provided with public relief by local authorities. This account book records the receipt of monies by the division for distribution to individuals on relief.

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In Massachusetts, the Division of Aid and Relief (Dept. of Public Welfare) received weekly returns from institutions under its total or partial jurisdiction. Among these was the State Farm at Bridgewater, the site successively of a State Almshouse (1854-1872) for so-called willing and needlessly dependent paupers, and the State Workhouse (1866-1887), for paupers convicted of misdemeanors as well as paupers generally (from 1872), and incorrigible juveniles (1869-1948). The State Wor...