Return of the Town of Chilmark...
Persons in said Town reputed to be Lunatics
and furiously Mad.
(1829)

[The following was extracted from the original document stored at the Massachusetts State Archives in Boston.]

 Males

Females

Age

Color

At Large

Confined

Where Confined

How long Confined

Remarks

1

85

white

at Large

1

55

Do

Do

1

38

Do

Confined

in sd Town

3 years

1

75

Do

Do

1

55

Do

--

Do

Do

6 Do

 

Mayhew Cottle
Ephraim Mayhew
John Davis } Selectmen

Chilmark April 6th 1829

Also see the 1829 Returns of Edgartown and Tisbury, as well as the 1842 return of Chilmark.

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