History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 141

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992

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Mrs. Hutter has been prominent in other work. When the Confederate general, Jubal Early, burned Chambersburg, in 1863, and the refugees made their

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way to Philadelphia, she secured the rooms of the Board of Trade, and, gathering there every kind of provisions, fed the starved and homeless. After the great fire in Chicago she was most active in collecting and forwarding aid.

Mrs. Hutter was at the head of the executive com- mittee that had charge of the State Educational De- partment of Pennsylvania in the Centennial Exhibi- tion, and was presented with a massive gold medal as a token of her services. As president of the Northern Home she received from the Centennial Commission a diploma and medal in honor of the home, which was thus certified to be the first in the State in respect of its industrial and educational features. The kin- dergarten features of the home were very highly com- mended. On May 14, 1878, the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the Northern Home for Friendless Children and of Mrs. Hutter's presideney was celebrated at the Academy of Music. On this occasion an elegant silver service was presented to Mrs. Hutter in recognition of her labors in the cause of humanity.

The Jewish Foster Home was established on the 4th of February, 1855, in the synagogue of the con- gregation Mikve Israel. Prominent among the cor- porators and early friends of the institution were Misses Rebecca and Louisa Gratz, Mrs. David Sam- uels, Mrs. Henry Cohen, Mrs. B. Lieber, Miss Bo- meisler, and Abraham Hart. At the meeting Miss Rebecca Gratz presided, and John Samuels was sec- retary. The society was organized by the choice of the following board of managers: Mrs. Anna Allen, Mrs. M. Arnold, Mrs. J. M. Ash, Mrs. N. Becker, Mrs. Leon Berg, Mrs. I. Binswanger, Miss E. Bomeisler, Mrs. Henry Cohen, Mrs. E. J. Etting, Mrs. Judith Finzi, Mrs. J. L. Florance, Mrs. W. Florance, Mrs. S. Gans, Miss Louisa Gratz, Miss Rebecca Gratz, Mrs. A. Hart, Mrs. L. J. Levy, Mrs. B. Lieber, Mrs. D. Mayer, Mrs. J. L. Moss, Mrs. H. Newhouse, Miss Clara Phillips, Miss Emily Phillips, Mrs. G. D. Rosengarten, Mrs. C. Shoneman, Mrs. D. Samuels, Mrs. E. Simp- son, and Mrs. J. Stern. The officers of the board then elected were Mrs. Anna Allen, president ; Miss Louisa Gratz, treasurer ; Miss E. Bomeisler, secre- tary ; and Messrs. A. Hart, J. Newhouse, Hyman Gratz, Isaac J. Phillips, and Rev. S. Morais, the board of council. A small house was procured and opened on the Ist of May, 1855, with ten children, under charge of the society. A year later the home was removed to a more commodious house, at 1424 North Seventh Street. In 1857, Daniel Ganz pre- sented to the board of trustees a lot of ground on which to erect a building, but, the site not being de- sirable, subsequently the executors of Mr. Ganz paid to the home fifteen hundred dollars, which was con- sidered the value of the ground, and also a legacy of five thousand dollars. Several other donations and bequests were made to the institution, and about 1866 a large house was purchased at 1431 North Fifteenth Street, where the home was afterward located. Sub-

sequently it was removed to Mill Street, German- town.

Orphans' Home and Asylum for the Aged and Infirm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (at Germantown) was established in 1859 to meet a press- ing want that had long been felt, viz. : the care of the destitute orphan children and of the aged and infirm who were left comparatively friendless in their old age. The first orphan was received into the home on March 18, 1859, and the first inmate of the asylum or infirmary was admitted in May, 1860. Since that time four hundred and sixty-seven children, and seventy-five aged or infirm persons have enjoyed the benefits of the institution.

It is situated at No. 5580 Germantown Avenue, near Mount Airy. The present officers are Henry Lehman, president ; Lewis L. Houpt, secretary ; and John C. File, treasurer.

The Lincoln Institute (No. 324 South Eleventh Street) for boys, was founded for the reception and benefit of the orphans of soldiers who had fallen dur- ing the war for the Union, or died from the effect of diseases contracted in service. Miss Mary McHenry (now Mrs. J. Bellangee Cox) was its chief promoter, and for this, and several other church charities, she was instrumental in securing donations during a period of about ten years, amounting to several hun- dred thousand dollars. It was incorporated May 9, 1866, and opened at 308 South Eleventh Street for the reception of boys between the ages of twelve and twenty -one years. When first opened it was supplied with inmates to its full capacity, but as the boys grew up and went out to learn trades and occupations, the average number was being reduced, and it became apparent that in a few years the institution would outgrow its object. The plan had to be modified somewhat before 1876, so that children might be ad- mitted to the Lincoln Home who were placed there by their parents or guardians.

Another institution, therefore, grew out of the Lincoln Home, but for the reception of children of a more tender age. In 1872, Mary Gibson gave six acres of ground for the purpose of an educational home in which white girls and boys of all creeds between the ages of thirteen and twenty-one years were to be admitted. The corner-stone of the building was laid June 3, 1872, and the house was opened in 1873. In 1882-83 a number of Indian children (little girls) were taken by the Lincoln Institute, and to their education it is now devoted.

Officers .- President, Rt. Rev. William Bacon Stevens, D.D , Vice- President, J. B. Moorhead; Secretary, Samuel Bell ; Treasurer, G. Theu- dore Roberts.

Officers of Board of Managers .- Directresses, Mrs. John Dellangee Cox Mrs Geurge R Justice, and Mrs. J Dandas Lippincott ; Secretary, MIrr T. R. Tunis; Treasurer, Mrs. Manning Konnard.

The Pennsylvania Institution for Feeble- Minded Children was incorporated April 7, 1853. and opened at Germantown. Idiots are the object

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of the care of this institution, and under the training given, the physical and mental condition of many of those unfortunates have been much improved. In some cases the pupils were so much benefited that they were able to euter public schools and learn simple mechanical employments, and they were thus rescued from the misery and ejection of hopeless idiocy. Some time after the foundation this institu- tion was removed to Media, Delaware Co., where fine buildings were erected for its accommodation, with capacity of lodging and education of one hundred and fifty children.

The Bethesda Children's Christian Home was established about the year 1861, near Chestnut Hill. The institution received much aid from Henry J. Williams, who, in his lifetime, gave ground and paid the cost of buildings near Tedyuscung Station on the Chestnut Hill Railroad, and was an annual con- tributor to a liberal extent, and left a legacy toward the support of the institution at his death. Upon the grounds are a home for girls and a home for boys, the whole number of inmates in 1883 being one hundred and forty.

The Philadelphia Home for Infants (at 4618 Westminster Avenue) was incorporated Dec. 15, 1873. It was open for "the purpose of caring for infants who are too young to be admitted into other institutions." At three or four years of age these little ones are transferred to those who will take care of their proper training. Fathers of children who are motherless and able to pay for attention to them, can find here a comfortable boarding-home for their little ones. The president of the home is Mrs. Franklin Bacon ; treasurer, Mrs. P. G. McCollin.

The Baptist Orphanage, an institution established about 1883, has its home (in 1884) at Forty-fifth Street and Silverton Avenue. The officers in 1884 were: President, Hon. William B. Hanua ; Secre- tary, Charles L. Lockwood; Treasurer, Levi Knowles. Ladies manage the domestic affairs of the institu- tion. The board of managers consists of Mrs. M. G. Kennedy, president; Mrs. S. M. Miller, vice-presi- dent; Mrs. M. K. Perot, secretary ; Mrs. J. J. Stad- iger, secretary.

Officers,-Board of Trustees, Rev. H. L. Wayland, D.D., William Frederick Snyder, Levi D. Kaler, William M. Shoemaker, John S. Stevens, William Encknell, Benjamin Githens, Theodore C. Search, J. Howard Genpell, James S. Moore, Horatio G. Jones, John T. Huber.

The Western Home for Poor Children (formerly the Western Provident Society and Children's Home) was incorporated April 8, 1857, for the care of " poor white children under the age of twelve years, who may be intrusted to their care by their fathers, mothers, or guardians; also such as may be com- mitted to their management by auy of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the District Court of the city and county of Philadelphia, the Court of Common Pleas or Court of Quarter Sessions, or by the mayor of said city."

It occupies a building at the southeast corner of Forty-first and Baring Streets.

Officers .- Board of Trustees, Clarence Il. Clark, Samuel Field, A. J. Drexel, John Sellers, W. Hasel, Wilsen E. A. Rollins, W. G. Moorhead, Sammel B Huey, H. M. Dechert, Franklin Bacon, Dr. S. S. Stryker, Charles B. Keen, Samuel A. Coyle, B. Andrews Knight, James C. Shed- wick, Dr. Isaac Ray. Board of Managers, First Directress, Mrs. Joseph M. Wilson; Second Directress, Miss Sutherland; Treasurer, Mrs. Henry M. Dechert ; Secretary, Mrs. William Burnham; Mrs. Samuel Field, Mrs. C. M. Finley, Mrs. Franklin Bacon, Mrs. James Trimble, Miss Kelly, Miss Wiltberger, Mrs. E. C. Geyelin, Mrs J. G. Hardie, Mrs. L. R. Massey, Mrs. A. Blair, Mrs. E A. Warne, Mrs. J. H. Butler, Mrs. A. C. Fergusson, Mrs. N. B. Browne, Mrs. W. R. Colladay, Mrs. G. J. Mc- Lend, Mrs Storm, Mrs. Charles Este.

The Methodist Episcopal Orphanage, for the maintenance and instruction of destitute orphan chil- dren, was incorporated May 12, 1879, and established at Monumental and Ford Avenues, near Belmont, a little outside of West Fairmount Park.

Officers .- President, Mrs. Bishop Simpson; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. James Hunter, Mrs. E. C. Bryson, Mrs. D. H. Bowen, Mrs. J. H. Wright, Mrs. James Armstrong; Recording Secretary, Mrs. J. E. Salter ; Correspond- ing Secretary, Mrs. Dr. C. F. Bonsall ; Treasurer, Mrs. Charles Hill.

The Presbyterian Orphanage of the State of Pennsylvania was established in 1878. Ground was procured on Kingsessing Avenue, near Fifty-eighth Street. Here four cottages were erected in 1881-82. Three of them were occupied as residences and the fourth as a school-house. A fifth building intended for school purposes, and erected as a memorial of Abraham Martin, a long-time worker for the inter- ests of the young, was expected to be finished in 1883, so that the cottage formerly occupied for school purposes could be used for the accommodation of the family.

Officers .- Board of Advisers, Mr. Benedict D. Stewart, Rev. John W. Dulles, D.D., Mr. J. B. Stevenson, Mr. John Wanamaker, Mr. Samuel Field, Rev. Matthew Newkirk, D.D., Rev. Robert D. Harper, D.D., George F. Wiggan, Crawford Spear, George S. Graham. First Di- rectress, Mrs. Daniel Haddock, Jr .; Second Directress, Mrs. Samuel Field ; Third Directress, Mrs. Alexander Whilldin ; Corresponding Sec- retary, Miss Sarah F. Cuyler; Recording Secretary, Miss Josephine Atmore ; Treasurer, Miss E. L. Tenhrook.

The Friends' Home for Children, organized in 1881, was incorporated February, 1882. The object was "to afford protection to orphaus and others, who in their tender years may not be blessed with proper care-takers, and when necessary to find suitable homes in private families where they will be properly trained to fill useful positions in life." This institu- tion is located at No. 3401 Germantown road.

Oficers .- President, Jesse Cleaver; Vice-President, Dr. Sarah T. Rogers ; Secretary, Edwin L. Peirce; Corresponding Secretary, Mary F. L. Connard ; Treasurer, Thomas J. Whitney. Managers, Joseph M. Truman, .Fr., Robert Ambler, Clement A. Woodnutt, Henry C. Cooper, Edwin K. Burgess, Jonathan Jones, Henry M. Laing, Amos S. Jackson, Matilda J. Palmer, Elizabeth W. Whitney, Sarah M. Holcomb, Mary T. Burgess, Hannah 1. Kırk, Elizabeth H. Webster, Eliza 11. Smith, La- vinia J. Lawrence. Co-operative Committee, Martha D. Hough, Grace- anna Lewis, Margery Hall, Mary W. Shoemaker, Sarah H. Dorsey, Elizabeth Hallowell.

The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Chil- dren of African and Indian Descent is a society principally of Philadelphians, which receives clothes,

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and instructs its wards in a manual-labor school on a farm on Street road, between Old York road and Doylestown pike, Warminster township, Bucks Co., Pa.

The Central Employment Association was in- corporated by act of Oct. 13, 1840, principally under the charge of women connected with the Green Street Friends' Meeting. It is industrial, and gives employ- ment to sewing women in the making of garments. The officers are Elizabeth F. Williams, president ; Rachel C. Bunting, secretary ; and Mary M. Scranton, treasurer.

The Indigent Widows' and Single Women's Society was established in 1819. A preface to the articles of incorporation says, "There seems to be in Christian charity a capacity to enlarge and diffuse itself so as to meet all the wauts of suffering humanity. The heart that is alive to this generous principle will find its means to do good multiplied, and the hand that would be extended to wipe away the tear of the orphan could not pass by unheeded the bitter calam- ity of the widow." The charter declared that the members of the corporation should be " all such per- sons of the female sex as now are or may hereafter become subscribers," etc. Subscription sufficient to constitute membership was three dollars per year or thirty dollars for a life member. The regulations for the admission of beneficiaries were peculiar. If they were pensioners on any benevolent institution or so- ciety it was expected that their pensions would be continued to assist in their support, and that their funeral expenses would be defrayed.

"Those who have any property are required to secure the same to the institution before they are admitted. In case of their obtaining prop- arty after their admission, if they remain in the asylum, it will also be necessary to make it over te thie institution.

" It will be required that any one admitted shall pay thirty dollars, and come provided with a good bedstead, bed, bedding, and furniture for a room. If they do not bring furniture with them, fifty dollars must be paid on their admission.

"Furniture and other articles brought into the asylum, are to remain for the benefit of the institution.

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" No person shall be admitted as a boarder unless satisfactory security be given for the regular payment of her board.

" The age of persons admitted at the asylum, whether as boarders or pensioners, must not be under sixty years."

This association became owner of a lot of ground on the north side of Cherry Street, between Schuyl- kill Fifth [Eighteenth] Street and Schuylkill Sixth [Seventeenth ] Street, and a large building resembling in general appearance the Orphans' Asylumn west of it, was finished about 1820. It has been in operation ever since, and has been prudently and quietly man- aged, and has been an excellent and kind charity.

The Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and Single Women was incorporated Dec. 6, 1852, and the building on Belgrade Street, above Otis, was dedicated in October, 1857.

Officers .- President, Mrs. M. B. Stockham ; Vice-Presidente, Mrs. Lydia A. Murphy, Mre. A. M. Trinkle; Treasurer, Mrs. ME. A. Freas ; Secre- tary, Mrs. H. W. Eisen. Managara, Mrs. M. B. Stockham, Mrs. Lydia

Megarges, Mrs. A. M. TrInkle, Mrs. Henry Diaston, Mis. M. A. Freas, Mrs. M. Seddingar, Mrs. E. A. Barrie, Mrs. Sarah Rambo, Mrs. Sarah Shubert, Mrs. L. A. Murphy, Mrs. M. Faunce, Mr -. George Shepperd, Mrs. Jackson Heiss, Mrs. Hannah Allen, Miss E. Delany, Mrs. II. Vaugban, Mrs. H. W. Eisen, Mrs. Kate G. Kisselbach, Mis. Lavina MI. Marks, Mrs. J. Barton, Miss M. E. Ross, Mis. I. E. Bower, Mrs. Dr. fiul- shizer, Mrs. Jane Knight.

The Presbyterian Home for Widows and Single Women, established by members of that denomina- tion, is a fine building of stone, very commodious, and arranged to accommodate about one hundred and fifty persons. The site is at Fifty-eighth Street and Greenway Avenue, not far from the Darby road. The corner-stone was laid Oct. 15, 1872, and the edifice dedicated Oct. 9, 1874. The example of the Presbyterians stimulated other sects to imita- tion.

Officers .- President, Mrs. Samuel Field; Vice-Presidente, Mrs. D. Haddock, Jr., Mrs. Alfred Nevin, Mrs. E. F. Halloway, Mrs. W. S. Adair; Treasurer, Mis. Enoch Taylor; Recording Secretary, Miss Clara A. Lindsay ; Corresponding Secretary, Miss S. W. Dubois.

The Baptists' Home for Women is a striking building of stone, at the corner of Seventeenth and Norris Streets. It was commenced in 1873, and dedi- cated Nov. 6, 1874.

Officers,-Board of Trustees, George Nugent, Geor e Callaghan, Willlani E. Garrett, Charles H. Banes, Levi Knowles, Joseph F. Page, Thomas Tol- man, Daniel Weckerly, Horatio Gates Jones, George K. Crozer, James Allison, J. G. Huber. Officers of the Board, President, George Nugent ; Secretary, H. G. Jones; Treasurer, Levi Knowles; Physicians, S. Hast- inge Brown, M.D., T. V. Crandall, M.D. Officers of the Board of Lady Managers, President, Mrs. L. Knowlas ; Vice-President, Mrs. John Mustio ; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. P. G. McCollin; Recording Secretary, Miss Anna E. Friend; Treasurer, Mrs. C. Hi. Banes.

The Temporary Home Association, in 1884, had its building at No. 505 North Sixth Street. The so- ciety was established for the benefit of "respectable women out of employment, where those with means can be accommodated for a moderate price, and those without, succored until situations can be procured for them; also where destitute children shall be taken care of until suitable homes are provided.

The Mapother Home for Women was opened iu an old mansion on Harrowgate Lane, west of Ken- sington Avenue. There were fine grounds attached before 1876. Among the other institutions of this character were the Old Ladies' Home for Indigent Widows and Single Women, which, in 1876, was at Clearfield Street and Frankford road.

Old Man's Home. - Up to 1864 there was uo insti- tution in which aged men were especially provided for. The Old Man's Home of Philadelphia was chartered April 20th of that year, through the exer- tions of Mrs. Roberts Vaux, Mrs. Frederick W. Grayson, and other ladies. For some years they had their home in contracted quarters in West Philadel- phia. In June, 1872, the corner-stone was laid of a fine stone building at Thirty-ninth Street and Powel- ton Avenue. It was dedicated June 13, 1873. No one is received under sixty years of age.

Officers .- First Directress, Mrs. B. P. Williams ; Second Directress, Mrs. Henry D. Steever; Treasurer, Miss S. E. Peterson ; Assistant

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Treasures, Mis. A. T. Goodmiun, Seunitary, Mrs. Frederick W. Gray- son. Managers, Mrs. B. P. Williams, Mrs. II. D. Sterver, Miss P. A. Attwood, Mrs. F. W. Grayson, Mr -. E C. Prosser, Mis. John Sibley, Mrs. J. C. Miller, Mrs B. F. Huddy, Mrs. T. K. Peterson, Mrs. Israel Maule, Miss Mary Coates, Miss S. E. Peterson, Mrs G. L. Buzby, Mrs. Jacob P. Jones, Mrs. C. K. Inglis, Mrs Lemuel Peterson, Mrs. Charles Richard- son, Mrs. A. T. Goulman, Mr. Emily Small, Mrs. Andrew Zane, Jr., Mrs. William N. Ashman, Mrs. C. W. Stouffer. Advisory Board, I. V. Willamson, B. F. Huddy, R MI. Girvin, M.D., C. F. Keyser, Henry C. Gilson, George L .. Buzby, John Sibley, Edwin HI. Lehman, Jacob P. Jones, M. B. Musser, M.D., George S. Pepper. A. H. Franciscus, J. H. Morris, Charles Richardson ; Physicians, Dr. M. B. Musser, Dr. R. M. Girvin.

The Odd-Fellows' Home was established for mem- bers of that order by an association of lodges and their members in 1874. Each member of a lodge or encampment supporting the home pays one cent per week, and the institution is open for indigent brothers. The original building occupied for the home was a fine mansion, on a lot at Sixty-fifth and Vine Streets, occupying nearly an entire square. It was dedicated on the 30th of November, 1876, and cost forty-two thousand dollars, This was an extensive building, and with accommodations for eighty persons, alto- gether too large for the means of the charity. In about a year a change was made. A house and grounds at Seventeenth and Tioga Streets was pur- chased, with about two acres of ground, for sixteen thousand five hundred dollars. The front of the lot is two hundred and twenty-five feet and the depth one hundred and seventy-five feet. No person is admitted who is not in good standing in the order and over fifty years of age. An admission-fee of one hundred dollars is required from any lodge or encamp- ment which sends a member to the home, with a guar- antee of four dollars per week thereafter. The lodges and encampments which do not belong to the Home Association pay two hundred dollars.

Home for Aged and Infirm Methodists .- The Methodists preceded the Baptists in this benevolence. Their home for aged and infirm members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, on Lehigh Avenue, between Thirteenth and Broad Streets, a plain, solid building, with accommodations for oue hundred men and women, was founded in 1867, and dedicated June 15, 1871.

Officers, President, Mis. Bishop Simpson ; Vice-Presidents, Mrs. James Hunter, Mrs. A. Winchester, Mrs. A. K. Paysont; Recording Secretary, Mrs A. W. Rand; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. M. V. Salter ; Treus- urer, Mis, Mary E. Clark.

The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women has been in operation for several years, prin- cipally under the management of the Society of Friends. It is a spacious building of stone located at Belmont and Girard Avenues.

Officers for 1882 -President, Dillwyn Parrish ; Vice-President, William Still ; Treasurer, I-rnel H. Johnson; Se retaty, Thomas H. McCollin.

The Edwin Forrest Home .- One of the asy- Iums which has attracted more attention than many others is the Edwin Forrest Home for Retired Actors. It was founded under the direction of Ed-

win Forrest, the famous tragedian, who died Dec. 10, 1872. By his will, dated April 5, 1866, Mr. Forrest bequeathed to his executors, James Oakes, of Boston, James Lawson, of New York, and Daniel Dougherty, of Philadelphia, all his property, with the exception of annuities to his sisters and some personal legacies, in trust for an institution "which they will call the Edwin Forrest Home," which was directed to be established at his country place called Spring Brook, below Holmesburg, in the city of Philadelphia, which he had purchased some years before. The purposes of this asylum were thus described by Mr. Forrest in his will :

" The said institution shall be for the support and maintenance of actors and actresses, decayed by age or disabled by infirmity, who, if nutives of the United States, shall have served at least five years in the theatrical profession, and if of foreign birth, shall have served in that profession at least ten years, whereof three years next previons to the application shall have been in the United States. . . . The number of inmates io this home shall never exceed the annual rent and revenue of the institution; and after the number of inmates therein shall exceed twelve, others to be admitted shall be such only as shall receive the ap- proval of the majority of the inmates, as well as of the managers. . . . The purposes of the said Edwin Forrest Home are intended to be partly educational and self-sustaining, as well as eleemosyunry, and never to encourage idleness or thriftlessness in any who are capable of any use- ful exertion. My library shall be placed therein, in precise manner as it now exists in my honse on Broad Street, Philadelphia. There shall be a beat and pleasant theatre for private exhibitions and histrionic col- ture. There shall be a picture gallery for the preservation and exhibi- tion of my collection of engravings, pictures, statuary, and other works of art, to which additions shall be made from time to time if the reve- nues of the institution shall suffice. These objects are not only intended to improve the taste, but to promote the health and happiness of the inmates and anch visitors as may be admitted.

" Also as a means of preserving health, and consequently the happi- ness, of the inmates, as well as to aid in sustaining the home, there shall be lectures and readings therein, upon oratory and the histrionic art, to which pupils shall be admitted, upon such terms and under such regulations as the managers may prescribe. The garden and grounds are to be made productive of profit, as well as of health und pleusure, and so far ns capable, the inmates not otherwise profitably occupied shall assist in farming, agriculture, and the cultivation of flowers in the garden and conservatory.

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History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884, Part 141

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co. Number of Pages: 992

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898. cn; Westcott, Thompson, 1820-1888, joint author
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : L. H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 992