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.  St 1855, c 366 required an annual report of deaths by the institution superintendent (in lieu of the town clerk) to the state secretary, based on: Death register, 1854-1895 ((M-Ar)413X), which is in turn is derived from these certificates, surviving only from the period after the almshouse closing.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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