CPA Projects – Detailed Report

To compile historic research in three areas for the Westport Town Farm: 1) the early history of the farm built around deed searches, wills, and family histories mostly centered around Daniel and Stephen Wilcox families; 2) the farm changing into the Westport Town Farm and further documenting the whole system of Poor Farms in New England; 3) early Paupers Reports (Westport's first town reports) and the Overseers of the Poor. Who were the inmates of the poor farm and what tasks and chores were expected of them? CPC funds are for researchers, writers, photographers, and print costs.