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 of Litchfield for boarding or giving supplies to the poor in Litchfield.

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Bills to the town of Litchfield from: the town of Danbury for support of Fredrick C Wheeler; New Haven, Alms House Dept. to board Mrs. Marlow Roberts; The Connecticut School for Imbeciles for Johnson P. Beire; and The Connecticut Hospital for the Insane (Middletown, Conn.) 4 bills from 1883 for 6 different patients.