Records, minutes, and correspondence, 1863-1865.

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Records, minutes, and correspondence, 1863-1865.

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The Board of State Charities had oversight of charitable and correctional institutions in Massachusetts from 1863 to 1879. Series consists of volumes compiled in the board secretary's office (F.B. Sanborn, secretary).

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Board of State Charities

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The Board of State Charities and its successors from 1863 onward oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state's charitable and correctional institutions. The Massachusetts Infant Asylum, founded by F.B. Sanborn among others, was a private institution incorporated in 1867 to house abandoned and destitute infants. Infants were admitted aged nine months and under, and were discharged at two years, unless health conditions warranted a longer stay. Per...

Sanborn, F. B. 1831-1917.

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