What Shall We Do With Our Pauper Children A Paper Also A Letter On The Charges Of The Bristol Guardians Addressed To The Editors Of The Bristol Daily Post And Of The Western Daily Press

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Download or read book Correspondence and Financial Documents Regarding Poor Residents and Homeless Persons in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine written by Bristol (Me.) and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 11 letters and financial documents regarding monetary assistance and services for poor residents and homeless persons in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine (then part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts), in the early 19th century. The first document is a letter, dated 10 April 1807 and signed "Robt. Huston, John Johnston, Israel Cox, overseers of the poor of the town of Bristol", informing the "overseers of the poor" in Burlington, Massachusetts, that a "stranger" named Samuel Wilson from Burlington has been receiving aid in Bristol since September. The overseers of Bristol request that Burlington remove Wilson and pay for the expenses incurred to care for him. The second document is an undated letter addressed to Robert Huston of Bristol and signed "S. Hardy", who urges the former to call on Major Philip Ulmer of Lincolnville regarding a recently passed law on "paupers". The law requires that those in need of financial support reside in the town for 10 years in order to be eligible. The third document is an invoice and death certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the town of Bristol, dated at Bristol on 2 June 1810 and signed by Robert Huston and Sullivan Hardy, for the support of William Shaw from 22 August 1809 to 1 June 1810, including $9 weekly expenses and a $5 doctor's bill. The death certificate indicates that Sullivan was born in "Caraginshire in Ireland" (possibly Cardiganshire, Wales?) in 1730, served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, moved to Bristol in 1784, and became "chargable to said town of Bristol" on 22 August 1809. The fourth document is an invoice from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to the town of Bristol for board ($3 per week) for Joaa Lewis from 21 February to 12 June 1810, as well as funeral expenses. The invoice, totaling $76.75, was settled on 11 March 1812. The fifth document is an unsigned letter dated at Bristol on 16 April 1818 and addressed to Capt. Tibbits, informing the captain that he is being charged the expenses incurred for the care of Isabella Murphy, a poor woman that he brought to the town on 17 March, as well as a fine of 20 twenty pounds "for bringing and leaving her in the town knowing her to be in indigent circumstances". The sixth document is a letter, dated at Union on 5 May 1818, from Daniel Walker to the selectmen of Bristol, requesting that they send him $23.25 for the "boarding and doctoring" of Daniel Russ, an injured man that Walker has been caring for since 25 February. The seventh document is a manuscript copy of a "certificate of pentioners" dated 1818 certifying that "A.B. of Bristol", a soldier who served in the Revolutionary Army, is in "indigent circumstances", unable to work, and in need of financial support. The eight document is an invoice from the town of Bristol to Portland, Maine, for supplies and services furnished to Catherine Davis, Mary Haynes, and Moses Kelsa. The invoice of $60.62 was paid on 16 May 1818 and signed by J.P. Thurston, "overseer of poor of Portland". The ninth document is a letter to the selectmen of Bristol, dated in Union on 10 November 1818 and signed by "Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, John W. Lindley, selectmen of Union", informing the selectmen of Bristol that they have examined Daniel Walker's "account" (possibly referring to the sixth document in this collection) and "think it not unreasonable, as he was at some trouble for medecine & nursing beside the boarding of Mr. Daniel Russ" and request that they forward money to Walker. The tenth document is a "true copy attest" to the "selectmen or overseers of the poor of the town of Palermo", dated in Bristol on 21 November 1818 and "signed per order of Robert Huston, secretary to overseers of the poor of Bristol", informing Palermo that Hannah Dennis and her infant child, for whom that town is responsible, is receiving aid from Bristol. The Bristol overseers request that Palermo remove the woman and child or pay for their expenses while they remain in Bristol. The final document is a petition of Henry Erskine and 11 others to the town of Bristol, dated 10 August 1838, noting that they have "reason to believe that James McNear being an inhabitant of said Bristol, by excessive drinking, idleness, and debauchery does so spend waste and lessen his property, as thereby to expose him and his family to want" and requesting that the town charge for the support of the family and appoint a guardian to McNear.