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.  The institutions managed an annual budget to sustain operations.  Attendant financial records include schedules of bills, listing expenditures for goods, services, and salaries by account monthly.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Spine title:  Schedule book. Contents: Oct. 1863-Oct. 1868.  Oct. 1868-June 1873.  Oct. 1878-Sept. 1887.
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