Scope and Content: The State Board of Charity had jurisdiction over the settlement or non-settlement of the state poor under the control of the institutions supervised by the board or by the State Board of Insanity, and administration of the laws of settlement relating to the support of the state’s sane poor by cities and towns (St 1898, c 433). Series consists of Office of Transportation accounts of paupers who received state-financed transportation back to their place of origin (most domestic, some foreign). Brief description of person’s circumstances includes date sent, name, age, family and other contacts, fee paid. Some requests for transportation were made by charities or embassies.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
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