Admission permits, 1854-1871.

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Admission permits, 1854-1871.

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The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 until 1872. Admission was contingent on receipt of a certifying statement from local authorities as to lack of settlement (St 1852, c 275, s 5). Permits consisting of such statements document legal admission of persons to the institution.

7.5 cubic ft. (6 record center cartons)Copies: 13 microfilm reels (2 partial) ; 35 mm.

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Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Monson, Mass.)

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St 1852, c 275 authorized the building of three state almshouses for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth as certified by overseers of the poor or other local authorities, each with a superintendent and three inspectors who could bind out minors as apprentices. St 1853, c 352 appropriated funds for almshouses in Bridgewater, Monson, and Tewksbury, which opened in 1854. St 1855, c 366 provided for recording by the almshouse superintendent of birth and deaths and the making ...