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Record Group # 3230
Subgroup # 000
Series # 011
Name of Department: Trustees of the Poor, Kent County
Agency Name/Division/Office:

Poor House Expense Book

Earliest Date of Material:
1834

Latest Date of Material:
1835

Genealogical and historical description:

Record of expenses incurred at the Kent County Poor House for a one year period.

Scope and Contents:

Book lists items purchased and the amount paid for each. Items include food, cloth and sewing supplies, medicine, lumber, leather for making shoes, and various other items needed to operate the poor house. Also includes burial expenses, money paid to support persons not in the poor house, and trustees allowances for attendance at meetings.

Arrangement of Material:

Arrangement not apparent.
No index.

Last Updated: Tuesday, 27-Mar-2007 16:32:21 EDT
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