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Almshouses -- Jefferson County (Colo.) -- Account books

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Clerk and Recorder, Various Records

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1998-005
Dates: 1862-1972

Poor Farm and Pauper Records, 1893-1939

 Collection
Identifier: Series-196
Scope and Contents Records of aid provided to the county's poor by Jefferson County government. Registers of the Poor may include name, address, nationality, where born, when person came to Colorado, age, sex, aid given (groceries, rent, coal, burial, etc.), whether sent to Poor Farm or hospital, how long supported, dollar amount, cause of poverty, and date of discharge. The Pauper Record book is divided into sections: County Farm; Pauper and Mother's Compensation; Blind Benefit; and...
Dates: Record Keeping: 1893-1939