Butler Hospital records Butler Hospital records 1840-1892

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Butler Hospital records Butler Hospital records 1840-1892

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The Butler Hospital records contain many of the hospital's records from its founding in 1841 to approximately its 50th anniversary in 1891. These records document the changing attitudes toward the mentally ill in Europe and the United States in the early 19th century as well as communal responsibility for the less fortunate, the responsibility of the wealthy for sharing both their wealth and their expertise, the financial practices of the period, detailed specifications on the construction of the first hospital of any kind in Rhode Island, the hospital's expansion, and the day-to-day expenses of such an institution.

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Bell, Luther V. (Luther Vose), 1806-1862

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Built on more than 100 acres of what was carefully developed into a calm oasis of lawn, gardens, nature trails and farm land along the banks of the Seekonk River on the outskirts of Providence, the hospital, later named Butler Hospital, was in essence founded by Nicholas Brown, who indicated in his will of 1840 that $30,000 was to go to the establishment of a hospital for the mentally ill at his death. Brown died in 1841, but the Dorr War delayed any further fund raising for several...

Ray, Isaac, 1807-1881

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Brown, Nicholas, 1769-1841

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Butler, Cyrus, 1767-1849

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