Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 to 1872.  The State Primary School, opened at the almshouse in 1866 and continuing after its closing until 1895, provided lodging, instruction, and employment for dependent and neglected children under age sixteen without settlement in the Commonwealth and some juvenile offenders.  Sick inmates at the institutions were treated at their hospital.  Series was created to administer and record admission and discharge from the facility.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically by admission date
Notes: Vols. 1-2 formerly separate series as almshouse hospital register
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