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From: "Betty" <>
Subject: Re: [GM-L] DEWAR (Norfolk Co. Jail?)
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:32:37 -0500
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Hello,

I don't know when they were built, but I believe probably by the late
1800's, each County in Massachusetts had either a "House of Correction" or a
"Jail." In Middlesex County, there were two - "south" Middlesex would
have had the one in Cambridge, and "north" Middlesex had the one in
Billerica. Perhaps someone else could offer the location of the one for
Norfolk County.

Betty (near Lowell, MA)



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Subject: Re: [GM-L] DEWAR


> In a message dated 1/12/2005 7:13:38 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> writes:
> am trying to find the date of death for Lawrence M. DEWAR of Medfield,
> Norfolk Co. In the 1930 census he was 32 years old with a wife & two
children.
> Under occupation it says he was a warden in a jail. War there a big jail
there
> in 1930? Thanks.
> Hello,
>
> There is/was a state mental health hospital in Medfield for years. I do
not
> know if it is still in operation. They would probably have some kind of a
> jail or confinement facility at the hospital.
>
> David Coates
> Charlotte, North Carolina
>

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