Plainfield Paupers
Meriden Library 22 Bean Rd, Meriden, NHPLAINFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM AT THE MERIDEN LIBRARY Mary Kronenwetter, author and historian, will share her research about how New England towns cared for their indigent. Did you know that selectmen indentured pauper children to townspeople for terms of up to six years? Or that paupers were auctioned off at town meetings to the lowest bidder? Mary...