Return of the Town of Edgartown...
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

one

75

white

--

Confined
In the
Common Goal
as the house of Correction, no
house of Correction being otherwise provided.

about two
years
Town Pauper

one

72

white

at large

--

--

--
Town Pauper

one

69

Do

at large

Confined
In the Insane
Hospital, Boston

about
two
years
supported by her friends

one

50

Do

at large

--

--

--
supported by her friends

one

70

Do

at large

--

--

--
supported by her friends

one

50

Do

at large

--

--

--
Town Pauper

one

40

Do

at large

--

--

--
Supported by Friends

 

Grafton Norton } Selectmen of
Frederick Baylies Jr. } Edgartown

Edgartown May 23rd 1829


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

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