Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Monson provided residence for paupers without settlement in the Commonwealth from 1854 until 1872.  Admission was contingent on receipt of a certifying statement from local authorities as to lack of settlement (St 1852, c 275, s 5).  Permits consisting of such statements document legal admission of persons to the institution.
Arrangement: Arranged  chronologically
Notes: Formerly kept as separate series: Paupers certificates from overseers of the poor
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