Transfer lists of inmates, 1854-1883.

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Transfer lists of inmates, 1854-1883.

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The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in Massachusetts from 1854 to 1872. The State Primary School, opened there in 1866 and continuing after the almshouse's closing in 1872 until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in Massachusetts and some juvenile offenders. Legislation had authorized transfer of inmates from one almshouse to another by the Board of Alien Commissioners (St 1853, c 352, s 3; St 1859, c 255) and the Board of State Charities (St 1863, c 240, s 4); and by the board and its successor from 1879, the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity--through its Dept. of Indoor Poor--from the almshouses to the State Primary School (St 1866, c 209, ss 4-5; St 1872, c 45; St 1879, c 291). Series documents these tranfers, from the State Almshouse at Tewksbury and to a lesser degree that at Bridgewater to the State Almshouse at Monson (to 1872) and to the State Primary School (from 1866)

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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 Almshouse (Bridgewater, Mass.)

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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...

Massachusetts. State Almshouse (Tewksbury, Mass.)

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The State Almshouse at Tewksbury opened in 1854. It was renamed successively the State Hospital (1900), the State Infirmary (1909), Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (1939), and Tewksbury Hospital (1959) From the description of Children's records, 1855-1869. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83086204 From the description of Inmate case histories, 1860-1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83570965 ...

Massachusetts. Dept. of Indoor Poor.

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Massachusetts. Board of State Charities

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The Board of State Charities and its successors from 1863 onward oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state's charitable and correctional institutions. The Massachusetts Infant Asylum, founded by F.B. Sanborn among others, was a private institution incorporated in 1867 to house abandoned and destitute infants. Infants were admitted aged nine months and under, and were discharged at two years, unless health conditions warranted a longer stay. Per...

Massachusetts. Board of Alien Commissioners.

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