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1819 Dorchester Document

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1819 Dorchester Document
<B>1819 Dorchester Document For Support of the Poor</B></I>. One page, 7” x 11.75”, Dorchester, September 8, 1819, with the usual fold creases and toned, else near fine. At a meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants of Dorchester qualified to vote, at which Benjamin Parsons was moderator, an article was offered “<I>To take into consideration the increased state of the poor, and to determine what measures to take towards their support, by building an addition to their house, or at the school pasture, or otherwise…</B></I>”. The paper is watermarked “1813” with a George III “GR” and crown. <I>Ex. Henry E. Luhrs Collection</B></I>.<BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)