Leake and Watts Children's Home Records 1802-1983 (bulk 1831-1949)

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Leake and Watts Children's Home Records 1802-1983 (bulk 1831-1949)

The collection contains records, 1831-1983 (bulk 1831-1949) of the Leake and Watts Children's Home (originally the Leake and Watts Orphan House) and records of two other child care agencies that merged into it: The Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York (1851-1947), and the Sevilla-Hopewell Society (1947-1948). The Sevilla-Hopewell Society was a merger of The Sevilla Home for Children (1889-1947) with The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn (1921-1947), originally named The Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children (1869-1921). The collection contains records going back to the founding of each organization. The collection also contains unrelated records related to land in Masonville New York, 1802-1865.

73.41 Linear feet; 362 volumes, 34 boxes, 1 oversize folder

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SNAC Resource ID: 6330631

Related Entities

There are 15 Entities related to this resource.

Sevilla-Hopewell Society.

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Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York

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Colored Orphan Asylum .

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Summerland Home.

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Gould, Edwin, 1866-1933

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Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)

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The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn was incorporated in 1870 as the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children. Its building was located at 20 Concord Street between Fulton and Washington Streets. The Society administered aid to destitute women and children, providing temporary housing, employment assistance, and educational and recreational programs. The Society's name was legally changed to the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn in 1921, and a year later the Society moved into a ...

Sevilla Home for Children.

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Leake & Watts Services

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Leake and Watts Orphan House in the City of New York.

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Leake and Watts Children's Home, Inc..

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The Leake and Watts Orphan House/Leake and Watts Children's Home The Leake and Watts Orphan House was founded in 1831 by John Watts, Jr., according to the will and bequest of John George Leake. Motivated by a sense of social responsibility, Leake (1752-1827), a prominent New York lawyer, and Watts (1749-1836), three term Speaker of the N.Y. Assembly and two term Congressman, envisioned a private non-sectarian charitable organization for children in need. The Rector of Tr...

Watts, John, 1749-1836

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Leake, John George, 1752-1827.

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Knox, John Mason

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Hopewell Society of Brooklyn

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The Hopewell Society of Brooklyn was incorporated in 1870 as the Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Children. Its building was located at 20 Concord Street between Fulton and Washington Streets. The Society administered aid to destitute women and children, providing temporary housing, employment assistance, and educational and recreational programs. The Society's name was legally changed to the Hopewell Society of Brooklyn in 1921, and a year later the Society moved into a ...

Mason, John M. (John Mitchell), 1770-1829

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