Weekly summaries, 1892-1902.

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Weekly summaries, 1892-1902.

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The State Almshouse at Tewksbury, established as a residence for paupers of the Commonwealth, evolved after closing of other state almshouses in 1872 into an institution for ill or infirm public charges who could not be transferred to the State Workhouse (later State Farm) or otherwise discharged. Weekly summaries document number and distribution of inmates at the institution.

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Massachusetts. State Hospital (Tewksbury, 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 (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 ...