Case histories of persons transported, 1905-1910.

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Case histories of persons transported, 1905-1910.

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The State Board of Charity had jurisdiction over the settlement or non-settlement of the state poor under the control of the institutions supervised by the board or by the State Board of Insanity, and administration of the laws of settlement relating to the support of the state's sane poor by cities and towns (St 1898, c 433). Series consists of Office of Transportation accounts of paupers who received state-financed transportation back to their place of origin (most domestic, some foreign). Brief description of person's circumstances includes date sent, name, age, family and other contacts, fee paid. Some requests for transportation were made by charities or embassies.

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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...