Name/Title
City of Hoboken documents: Paid Alms Claims, Dec. 14, 1910 - April 26, 1911.Entry/Object ID
2008.030.0100Scope and Content
City of Hoboken documents: Paid Alms Claims, Dec. 14, 1910 - April 26, 1911. 88 items. Printed forms with holographic or typed entries; multiple attachments. Folded. See notes for other details.
Related to: Office of the City Clerk; City Council; Committee On Alms; Overseer of the Poor, Harry L. Barck.
As received, some documents were missing. The original label on its storage container (which was not retained due to unusable condition) listed the contents as from October 26, 1910 to April 26, 1911. Documents prior to Dec. 14, 1910 are missing. Breaks are noted below.
No. 1299 is imaged as typical plus some details from three others.
F1299 H[erman]. Bruns, Second & Willow, groceries furnished the poor (this is the phrase on the claim and where "G" appears below it should be considered as the full phrase), 15.00, December 14, 1910
1300 Fred Bezer, 400 Grand St., G, 18.00
1301 Bargfrede Bros., Ferry and Madison, G, 27.00
1302 Martin Burns, 11th & Washington (also as 12th on one voucher), G, 6.00
1303 S. Cadematory, 306 Willow Ave., G (signed Cadematori), 18.00
1304 A[ugust]. Doppe, 301 Willow Ave., G, 44.00 (one voucher was for two dollars)
1305 A[ugust]. Doppe, 301 Willow Ave., G, 15.00
1306 August Finkenstadt, 117 Hudson, G, 12.00
1307 A[aron]. Friedmann, care of homeless, one voucher for 6.00.
1308 N[euman]. Kusseluk, 402 Adams, G, 6.00
1309 W. L. Kamena, 416 Bloomfield St., coal furnished the poor, 31.25 (note these vouchers were not for dollar amounts, but by the "half ton" which totaled 5 tons at 6.25 per)
1310 E. Londrigan, G, 45.00
1311 E[mil]. Le Fevre, [Black Diamond Express] 219 Bloomfield, moving poor, 5.00
no number (Dec. 14, 1910) E.(probably Emma) Miehe, 515 Willow Ave., G, 6.00
1313 John F. O'Hara, burial of poor, 87.50 (for services July 1-Dec. 1, 1910; 5 adults, 5 children)
1314 J. Rehm & Co., 76 Garden, G, 18.00
1315 H[enry A]. Stuhrman, 200 Park Ave., G, 26.00
1316 H. Schwartz, G, 3.00 (signed as "Szwore"; probably Henryk Szwore, see 1352)
1317 William Wordelmann, bread tickets furn[ished]. poor, 10.00 (one voucher)
1318 Fred H. Becker, G, 21.00
1319 George Curcio, 520 Adams, conveying homeless to Almshouse [Hudson County Almshouse], 2.50
1320 R[udolph]. Clausen, 901 Garden, G, 6.00
1321 Joseph Kostelecky, repairing ambulance, 13.00
1322 Peter Koch, 605 First, G, 21.00
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1331 H[erman]. Behnken, 107 Jefferson, G, 40.00, January 25, 1911
1332 H[erman]. Behnken, 107 Jefferson, G, 24.00
1333 Herman Bruns, 2nd & Willow, G, 21.00
1334 S. Cadematory, 312 Willow Ave. (note address change from one on 1303), G (signed Cadematori), 18.00
1335 George Curcio, conveying homeless [4 children] to Almshouse, 2.50
1336 Fine & Friedman [Morris Fine signature], 132 Adams (also Newark near Willow), G, 20.00
1337 Fine & Friedman [Morris Fine signature], Newark near Willow, G, 11.00
1338 Mrs. M[ary]. Fosdick, conveying homeless to Almshouse, 2.50
1339 Henry Helfst, Ferry and Madison, G, 11.00
1340 F[rank]. J. Kopp, G, 3.00
1341 W.L. Kamena, 416 Bloomfield, coal furnished poor, 25.00
1342 William Kamlah, Hudson corner Newark, medical supplies furnished Poormaster, 126.60
1343 F. Lilienthal, G, 9.00
1343 Fred Luis, 6th & Willow, G, 34.00
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1345 C.F. Meyer, 600 First St. (Monroe & First; also one as 100 First St.), G, 36.00
1346 H[enry]. J. Meyer, G, 3.00
1347 E. (probably Emma) Miehe, 515 Willow (also 509 Willow Ave.), G, 14.00
1348 E[mma]. Miehe, 515 Willow (also 509 Willow), G, 15.00
1349 N.H. Peters, 537 Washington, G, 9.00
1350 S[amuel?]. Rosenfeldt, G, 3.00
1351 H.F. Speckmann, 200 Monroe St., G, 33.00
1352 H[enryk]. Szwore (also known as H. Schwartz, see 1316), 80 Monroe, G, 9.00
1353 L.Shea, 159 14th St., G, 3.00
1354 L.Shea, 159 14th St., G, 3.00
1355 Herman Schrader, 234 Bloomfield, G, 33.00
1356 Charles Wendelken, 59 Bloomfield St., service rendered to Overseer of the Poor (3 dates - transporting or accompanying people to the Almshouse) 6.55
1357 William Wordelmann, 95 Washington St., bread tickets furnished, 10.00, January 25, 1911
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1402 G. Bauer, 91 Clinton, G, 23.00, April 12, 1911
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1408 E.(probably Emma) Miehe, 515 Willow (also 509 Willow), G, 6.00, April 12, 1911
1409 H.K. Mulford & Co. (signed by H.T. Rickard), Antitoxins furn[ished] Poor, 19.37
1410 H.A. (Henry A.) Sturhmann, 200 Park Ave., G, 24.00
1411 H[erman]. Behnken, 105 or 107 Jefferson St., G, 17.00
1412 George Curcio, conveying homeless to Alms House (2 trips: 2 children; 1 child), 5.00
1413 N[euman]. Kusseluk, 402 Adams, G, 11.00
1414 N.H. Peters, 537 Washington St., G, 6.00
1415 I[sreal]. Weisman, 105 Adams, G, 6.00
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Accession
2008.030Source or Donor
Castellano, TheresaAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Terry Castellano.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1910 - 1911Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1910-1911
Date(s): 1910-1911General Notes
Note
Notes: Claims were submitted by local stores and businesses or individuals providing a service with attached vouchers (or other document - see below) to the Mayor and Council of the City of Hoboken, Committee on Alms, for payment. Each claim has a file number (F with four digit number.) Claims had the name and often the address of the business. The type of business can be deduced by the items or services purchased there such as groceries. The signature of the every claimant is on the back where they had to swear and notarize the claim.
Vouchers were issued by the Overseer of the Poor, Harry L. Barck, and generally identify the individuals who received them along with their addresses. The voucher (each one is press numbered and are perforated at the left indicating that they were part of a book of forms possibly with a stub end; this presumed book is not present) was for an authorized amount (three dollars is the usual amount seen) and entitled the bearer to purchase of food or household items (wood, coal) at business stated on the form and from an authorized list printed on the voucher. The list was annotated by crossing out items that were not to be purchased with the voucher such as beef, pork or eggs. Some claims/vouchers were for services such as repairing an ambulance, burials (which had its own form), moving or providing transportation. In a few cases the numbered voucher is not present and a written authorization is done in a different manner.
While vouchers were created by Barck, the voucher was issued on the "order" of a member of the three-member Committee on Alms. Some of the orders in this group were by B.[Bernard] N. McFeely who was then politically active (claims with his name on them as a committee member start with no.1318, Dec. 28, 1910.) When Hoboken changed to the commission form of government in 1915, he became one of the five elected commissioners from which Patrick Griffin was appointed Mayor. He was considered Griffin's political lieutenant. These documents may show the use of government welfare to create goodwill among voters if not support from them.
Claims are listed in file number order with the claimant's name used on claim, although the name may appear differently elsewhere in the document. Typical vouchers were for $3.00 so the number of vouchers can be roughly figured from the claim amount, but their are exceptions to this rule of thumb. The names of people who received the vouchers has not been listed at this time.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-03-18
