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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04693 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1816 |
| Title | Taunton Selectmen request the Selectmen of Middleborough, Massachusetts to remove a Middleborough citizen from Taunton |
| Date | 9 April 1816 |
| Author | Dean, Philip (fl. 1816) |
| Additional authors | Leonard, Ichabod (fl. 1816) Lincoln, Thomas (fl. 1816) Stapels, Samuel (fl. 1816) Williams, Abrathor (fl. 1816) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Partially printed document accomplished by hand. Dean, Ichabod Leonard, Thomas Lincoln, Samuel Stapels, and Abrathor Williams sign as Overseers of the Poor, also called the Selectmen, for Taunton. State that Alvina Traveller, "a black woman an inhabitant of your town" (Middleborough), "has been sick and become chargeable" in Taunton. Taunton charges the expense of Traveller's board and care from 8 January 1816, and requests Middleborough's Selectmen to remove her. Partially printed. |
| Subjects | Government and Civics Poverty Women's History Health and Medical African American History Charity and Philanthropy |
| People | Dean, Philip (fl. 1816) Leonard, Ichabod (fl. 1816) Lincoln, Thomas (fl. 1816) Stapels, Samuel (fl. 1816) Williams, Abraham (fl. 1816) Traveller, Alvina (fl. 1816) |
| Place written | Taunton, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Women in American History; Health & Medicine; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |