Portuguese Benefit Society medical benefits ledger (1937-1953)
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Title
Portuguese Benefit Society medical benefits ledger (1937-1953)
Date
1937-1953
Description
Financial information about primarily chronically ill members of the Portuguese Benefit Society of Our Lady of Help, or those who were receiving monetary medical benefits, from January 1937 to January 1953. Details include names of all the society's members; the money that is owed to members for their sickness, disability, and/or discharge benefits; notation indicating the death of certain members; other benefit information such as who the primary beneficiary may be in a family; information about payments out of the Mortuary Fund; and other details about the memberships.
Detailed scans of the two loose papers found within the book can be found at the end of the document. The papers were photographed in their original locations but re-positioned for the camera. The spine of the book reads "Ledger."
Detailed scans of the two loose papers found within the book can be found at the end of the document. The papers were photographed in their original locations but re-positioned for the camera. The spine of the book reads "Ledger."
Subject
Coverage
Source
Archives of the Portuguese Benefit Society of Our Lady of Help in Peabody, MA.
Publisher
UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History
Rights
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Format
PDF
Type
Text
Identifier
PortugueseBenefitSociety_LedgersRecord1937_reduced
Citation
“Portuguese Benefit Society medical benefits ledger (1937-1953),” Portuguese American Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2026, https://umlportuguesearchives.omeka.net/items/show/4219.

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