Birth register, 1854-1885.

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Birth register, 1854-1885.

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The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872. Per St 1872, c 45, s 3, a few adult paupers (nearly all women) were allowed to remain or be admitted after its closing as inmates of the State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing until 1895. St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of births by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on this series, continued after the almshouse closed.

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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 ...

Massachusetts. State Primary School (Monson, Mass.)

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St 1866, c 209 established at the State Almshouse at Monson a State Primary School for the instruction and employment of dependent and neglected children without settlement in the Commonwealth, to be under the superintendent and inspectors of the almshouse. To it were transferred by the Board of State Charities children under age sixteen from the Monson, Bridgewater, and Tewksbury almshouses, especially orphans (along with children of indigent parents, called dependent) or those who...