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The eighteenth-century records of the Boston overseers of the poor

Title
The eighteenth-century records of the Boston overseers of the poor / editors, Eric Nellis [and] Anne Decker Cecere.
Publication
Boston : The Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; [Charlottesville] : Distributed by the University of Virginia Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Nellis, Eric G.
  • Cecere, Anne Decker.
  • Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
Description
1041 pages : color map; 26 cm.
Series Statement
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; v. 69
Uniform Title
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts ; v. 69.
Alternative Title
  • Eighteenth century records of the Boston overseers of the poor
  • Records of the Boston overseers of the poor
Subjects
Note
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The historical setting : the Boston poor and the records of the overseers -- The overseers and their functions -- The almshouse and workhouse -- Editorial method -- 1. The almshouse census and inventory, 1756 -- 2. Almshouse admissions, November 9, 1758-December 31, 1774 -- 3. Almshouse admissions, January 1, 1775-September 30, 1788 -- 4. Almshouse admissions, October 1, 1795-August 30, 1795 -- 5. Almshouse admissions, September 8, 1795-December 31, 1800 -- 6. Miscellaneous Almshouse births and deaths, 1756-1771 -- 7. Children bound out, 1756-1790 -- 8. The overseers' finances, 1738-1769 -- 9. Miscellaneous financial documents, 1795-1800 -- 10. Samuel Whitwell's accounts, 1769-1792 -- App. 1. The Massachusetts Township Act, 1692 -- App. 2. The Massachusetts Poor Relief Act, 1794 -- App. 3. The Boston Workhouse Act, 1735 -- App. 4. The Boston workhouse rules or management, 1739 -- App. 5. The Boston Overseers Incorporation Act, 1772 -- App. 6. The lists of elected overseers, 1690/91-1800.
ISBN
  • 9780962073748
  • 0962073741
OCLC
  • ocm85776590
  • 85776590
  • SCSB-5325724
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries