Book of votes & records of the Overseers in their corporate capacity
Subtitle: began Apr. 4th, 1792
Published: 1792
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Poor; History; Boston (Mass.). Overseers of the Poor; Almshouses; Boston (Mass.).; Child labor; Records; Indentured servants; Services for; Education; Public welfare
Other titles: Vote book
Work titles: Vote book
Notes: Ms.

Title from verso of front free endpaper.

A chronological list of actions taken at monthly meetings of the Overseers of the Poor, the majority of which are votes on the disbursement of funds to specific individuals or their caretakers, along with various administrative actions related to the governance of the organization.

Originally bound in reversed leather (sheep?) over pasteboard. Conserved (August, 2016) and bound in gray cloth. Housed in tan clamsheel box with original boards.

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella