Contributed by Prince Memorial Library
Description
This receipt provides proof that Benjamin Sweetser received payment of $9.10 for boarding and clothing Lucyann Webber, a pauper, for 26 weeks. The Cumberland Overseers of the Poor later in 1830 bound out for indenture two of Richard Webber's children, David and Isaac. The receipt is signed by William Buxton, one of the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor. A notation on the back of the document indicates a payment was made to Judah Chandler on February 19, 1830.
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About This Item
- Title: Benjamin Sweetser receipt, Cumberland, 1833
- Creator: Cumberland Overseers of the Poor
- Creation Date: 1833-04-29
- Subject Date: 1833
- Location: Cumberland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Handwritten in ink on rag paper
- Dimensions: 17.8 cm x 21.6 cm
- Local Code: 2010.0201
- Collection: Town of Cumberland Archives
- Object Type: Text
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- Poor persons--Maine--Cumberland
- Welfare recipients--Maine--Cumberland
- Receipts--Maine--Cumberland
- Cumberland (Me.). Overseers of the Poor
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