Contributed by Prince Memorial Library
Description
This document provides proof that Dr. William B. Gooch received payment of $1.50 for a visit and medicine for the wife of Richard Webber, a pauper. The receipt is signed by David Buxton, who received the payment for Dr. Gooch.
The Cumberland Overseers of the Poor in 1830 bound out for indenture two of Richard Webber's children, David and Isaac.
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About This Item
- Title: Dr. William B. Gooch receipt, Cumberland, 1830
- Creator: William Baston Gooch
- Creation Date: 1830-02-02
- Subject Date: 1830
- Location: Cumberland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper
- Dimensions: 12.8 cm x 21.8 cm
- Local Code: 2010.0202
- Collection: Town of Cumberland Archives
- Object Type: Text
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- Cumberland (Me.). Overseers of the Poor
- Receipts--Maine--Cumberland
- Poor persons--Maine--Cumberland
- Welfare recipients--Maine--Cumberland
- Physicians--Maine
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