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Patient census register [Rutland State Sanatorium (Mass.).]

Part of: Rutland State Sanatorium (Mass.).

Patient census register, 1945-1957.

4 volumes in 1 document box
Call no.: HS6.06/1176X

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives and Tubercular Patients was established in 1895 and opened at Rutland in 1898.  It was successively renamed the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in 1900, Rutland State Sanatorium in 1910, Rutland Hospital in 1963, and after the move to a new facility, Rutland Heights Hospital in 1965.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives in Aug. 1982
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Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository

Patient histories and register [Penikese Hospital (Penikese Island, Mass.).]

Part of: Penikese Hospital (Penikese Island, Mass.).

Patient histories and register, 1905-1919.

1 file folder (partial document box)
Call no.: HS3.07/552X

Scope and Content: The Penikese Hospital was founded in 1905 for the care and treatment of lepers.  These case histories and register show the medical and social background of the patients at the hospital.
Notes: Acquired from the Department of Public Welfare in 1981.  Some materials were created after the loss of patient records to fire in 1912
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Patients register [Rutland State Sanatorium (Mass.).]

Part of: Rutland State Sanatorium (Mass.).

Patients register, 1898-1960.

18 volumes
Call no.: HS6.06/1166X

Scope and Content: The Massachusetts Hospital for Consumptives and Tubercular Patients was established in 1895 and opened at Rutland in 1898.  It was successively renamed the Massachusetts State Sanatorium in 1900, Rutland State Sanatorium in 1910, Rutland Hospital in 1963, and after the move to a new facility, Rutland Heights Hospital in 1965.
Arrangement: Arranged by case no./chronologically by date of admission
Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository
Notes: Transferred to Archives in Feb. 1978 (8 volumes), Apr. 1978 (5 volumes), and Aug. 1982 (5 volumes)
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Restrictions: Public health hospital/clinic client information restricted by statutory provision MGLA c 111, s 70. For conditions of access consult repository

Paymaster General: Bounty pay records for Washington, D.C. and southern recruits

Part of: Massachusetts Paymaster General

Bounty pay records for Washington, D.C. and southern recruits, 1864-1866.

1 volume
Call no.: PS1.06/479X

Scope and Content: Series consists of a number of records and indexes concerning bounty payments made to soldiers recruited in Washington D.C. and other southern locations by Massachusetts paymasters duirng the Civil War. Most recruits were African-American and were assigned to the U.S. Colored Troops, but others were enlisted into the Veteran Reserve Corp, U.S. Army as well as units from other states. Records generally indicate name of recruit, military unit, payroll no., soldier bounty numbers, date, amount (most 325 dollars) and to whom paid (name or self). Paymasters Gilbert R. Thornton and W.F. Johnson recruited in Washington D.C. Series also includes pay records of southern bounty paymasters: Eugene A. Albee in Hilton Head S.C., H.K. Starkweather in Fortress Munroe/Norfolk, Va., J. Spencer Drayton in New Bern, N.C., H.R. Fletcher in Nashville, Tenn., and Charles J. McCarty in Vicksburg, Miss.  Also included are summary bounty payroll records of Paymaster (later Paymaster General) James F.B. Marshall. More detailed description of each of the ten volumes follows:
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by surname
Notes: After 1866, when the post of Paymaster General had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of records of the Pay Bureau
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Paymaster General: Bounty payroll accounts

Part of: Massachusetts Paymaster General

Bounty payroll accounts, 1865-1866.

2 volumes
Call no.: PS1.06/439X

Scope and Content: As head of the Pay Bureau and in charge of paymasters appointed pursuant to St 1863, c 254, the paymaster general was responsible for administering and recording all business pertaining to the payment of state bounties to military personnel during the Civil War.  Bounty payroll accounts document transactions of the paymasters with the paymaster general regarding payment of bounties and other obligations to military personnel.  They detail expenditures and receipts both in chronological (journal) and account (ledger) formats.
Arrangement: In two subseries: (1) Bounty payroll journal; –(2) Bounty payroll ledger; __arranged chronologically –arranged by account
Notes: After 1866, when the post of Paymaster General had lapsed, the Adjutant General’s Office had custody of records of the Pay Bureau
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Paymaster General: Cashbook

Part of: Paymaster General

Cashbook, 1864.

1 volume
Call no.: PS1.06/463X

Scope and Content: As head of the Pay Bureau and in charge of paymasters appointed pursuant to St 1863, c 254, the paymaster general was responsible for administering and recording all business pertaining to the payment of state bounties to military personnel during the Civil War.  The first several pages of this account book document daily receipts and disbursements of Gilbert R. Thornton, paymaster, with entries from June to Nov. 1864.  The balance of the book details payments on rolls of James F. B. Marshall, paymaster general.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by payroll date
Notes: Bureau.; Cover title: Accounts with paymaster
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Paymaster General: General letterbooks

Part of: Massachusetts Paymaster General

General letterbooks, 1864-1868.

4 volumes in 1 document box
Call no.: PS1.06/464X

Scope and Content: State bounty payments to Massachusetts Civil War volunteers were first systematized by St 1863, c 254 (Nov. 18, 1863), which authorized the governor to appoint bounty paymasters in the various regions of the war theater; these paymasters worked in a loose relationship with the governor and the treasurer. On Dec. 28, 1864, General Order 51 established the position of Paymaster General, to which James F. B. Marshall was appointed. The paymaster general was attached to the staff of the commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth (i.e., the governor), and oversaw the operation of the Pay Bureau, consisting of the regional paymasters appointed pursuant to St 1863, c 254. On Dec. 31, 1867, General Order 4 discontinued the office of Paymaster General, but retained paymaster William H. Porter to prepare an index of records. The Bureau of the Paymaster was closed in Feb. 1868, with all cash balances and unpaid bounty rolls and accounts transferred to the state treasurer.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Formerly subseries (3) and part of subseries (1) of: Massachusetts. Treasury Dept. Outgoing correspondence ((M-Ar)18X) –Vol. 1: July 1864-Mar. 1865. Vol. 2: Mar.-Aug. 1865. Vol. 3: Aug. 1865-Jan. 1866. Vol. 4: Jan. 1866-Aug. 1868
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Paymaster General: Naval correspondence letterbook

Part of: Massachusetts Paymaster General

Naval correspondence letterbook, 1864-1865.

1 file folder (partial document box)
Call no.: PS1.06/721X

Scope and Content: As head of the Pay Bureau and in charge of paymasters appointed pursuant to St 1863, c 254, the paymaster general was responsible for administering and recording all business pertaining to the payment of state bounties to military personnel during the Civil War.  Relationship of this letterbook to other Paymaster General records is unclear.  The volume contains handwritten copies of letters of J.W. Fairfield, federal acting assistant paymaster, mostly from on board the U.S.S. Keystone State.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Provenance of this item is most uncertain
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Payrolls [Massachusetts State Hospital (Tewksbury, Mass.).]

Part of: Massachusetts State Hospital (Tewksbury, Mass.).

Payrolls, 1882-1902.

6 volumes (partial record center carton)
Call no.: HS6.11/964X

Scope and Content: The State Almshouse at Tewksbury opened in 1854.  It was renamed successively the State Hospital (1900), the State Infirmary (1909), Tewksbury State Hospital and Infirmary (1939), and Tewksbury Hospital (1959)
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by month
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Permits [Massachusetts Directors of the Port of Boston]

Part of: Massachusetts Directors of the Port of Boston

Permits, 1911-1916.

2 volumes in 1 document box
Call no.: EN3.06/621X

Scope and Content: The Directors of the Port of Boston, who took over responsibility for Boston Harbor from the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners when they were created in 1911, issued permits for activities not requiring a full license, such as dredging, dumping materials, taking gravel and sand from beaches, and building conduits underground.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of permission granted
Notes: Spine title: Misc’l permits
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