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Overseers of the Poor Sheffield |
An annual office in Sheffield, tasked with caring for the poor. The overseers operated the poor house. Issued tokens in 1812 to 1815. Lit.: P. and B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 420 nos. 67-72; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 17 under Sheffield. |
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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG96153 |
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