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Massachusetts. State Board of Charity
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The Board of State Charities from 1863 oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state's charitable and correctional institutions. In 1866 the board appointed a visiting agent, under its secretary, to track and visit state wards sent out to indenture. The Visiting Agency was made a separate department within the board in 1869 to investigate applicants wanting to adopt or indenture children, approve placements, conduct visits of children that were ado...
