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Poor Relief in Durham, Lee, & Madbury, New Hampshire, 1732-1891 (Paperback)
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Poor Relief in Durham, Lee, & Madbury, New Hampshire, 1732-1891 (Paperback)
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This study begins with an overview of poor relief practices
throughout the country, covering the period from the early 1730s to
the late 1890s. "Outdoor" and "indoor" relief methods are discussed
in detail ("outdoor being a practice in which paupers received
at-home aid or were boarded with private families, and "indoor"
being one in which paupers were confined to a local institution
where they received aid); also discussed are the general public's
changing attitudes toward paupers as time passed and society
changed. Next, the text draws from original town documents to
create a detailed picture of poor relief-its processes, principles
and evolution-in the three Strafford County towns of Durham, Lee,
and Madbury. The studied time period runs from the incorporations
of these towns (1732, 1766, and 1768 respectively) to the end of
the nineteenth century, by which time poor relief administration
was becoming centralized on the county and state levels. The
conclusion offers an analysis of the information presented: it
compares the three towns' poor relief practices to national
practices, and ponders the merits and drawbacks of these methods as
well as factors contributing to their development. The appendix
contains tables which list town expenditures (total and for poor
relief) for each of the years studied. This thorough account is
written in a very readable manner; tales of individual paupers and
their situations, as gleaned from existing records, enrich the
reading.
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