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Agreements between the Town of Litchfield and Julia & James Baldwin to maintain the Alms House and the residents there.

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Bills to the town from Susan Abbott for care and keeping of Watson Abbott.

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Bills for provisions and wood to support Hiram Jackson.

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Bills to the town from Rufus Pickett for care, clothing and keeping Rebeca Pickett.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series 1 is the Litchfield overseers of the poor records (2011-22-0, .42 linear feet) that consist generally of orders signed by the selectmen of Litchfield, Conn., naming an administrator, or overseer, who was typically a responsible town resident, to direct and oversee the affairs of a potentially indigent town resident. The collection also includes bills submitted to the town for expenses rendered by overseers, caregivers, hotels who took in tramps, and merchants. The collection covers...

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Bills to the town for support of Huldah Bissell; Watson Barney; German Freeman; Mrs. Coe Hart & child; Mrs. Hannah Hart & child; Levi Lepeon; John Mare and wife; Joseph Negus & family; Anna Peck; Hiram Root funeral expenses; [Saul?] Rowe, wife & child; and Erastus Wedges. Also 2 bills from D.C. Bulkley for coffins.

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Bills to the Town of Litchfield from other towns - Bethlem, Cornwall Bridge, Farmington, Guilford, New Haven, Southbury, Torrington, Waterbury, Watertown, and West Cornwall - for support of Litchfield inhabitants.