State Almshouse/State Workhouse expense journal, 1854-1883.

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State Almshouse/State Workhouse expense journal, 1854-1883.

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Series consists of amounts paid for expenses at the State Almshouse/State Workhouse at Bridgewater, Mass., also including separate listings in back of volume for building projects. Appendix: Monthly totals received and paid, 1854-1883. See also: State Workhouse/State Farm expense journals, in ledger form, 1886-1911 ((M-Ar)2528X)

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Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Bridgewater, Mass.)

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Massachusetts. State Workhouse (Bridgewater, Mass.)

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Bridgewater, Mass., was 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 Workhouse was renamed the State Farm (1887-1955), which also included a State Farm Hospital for the medical needs of all inmates, as well as locals and poor admitted solely for medical treatment. Th...