Scope and Content: The State Primary School, opened at the State Almshouse at Monson 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 the Commonwealth and some juvenile offender.  Inmates were paid for farm work at the school and some received other financial contributions.  Series records funds received for inmates each month (amount of new check, amount received) and amount paid out to them.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by inmate, thereunder chronologically by month
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