F.B. Sanborn confidential letterbooks, 1868-1883.

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F.B. Sanborn confidential letterbooks, 1868-1883.

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Series consists of letterbooks of outgoing and incoming correspondence of F.B. Sanborn, of the Board of State Charities, Oct. 1863-Oct. 1868, Jan. 1870-Sept. 1876, and inspector of charities, State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, July 1879-Oct. 1888.

0.6 cubic ft. (2 v.)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Massachusetts. Board of State Charities

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The Board of State Charities and its successors from 1863 onward oversaw the Massachusetts state immigration and pauper relief functions, as well as the state's charitable and correctional institutions. The Massachusetts Infant Asylum, founded by F.B. Sanborn among others, was a private institution incorporated in 1867 to house abandoned and destitute infants. Infants were admitted aged nine months and under, and were discharged at two years, unless health conditions warranted a longer stay. Per...

Sanborn, F. B. 1831-1917.

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Massachusetts. State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity

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The Board of State Charities, which had oversight of charitable and correctional institutions in Massachusetts, 1863-1879, was succeeded in this function by the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. From the description of F.B. Sanborn confidential letterbooks, 1868-1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 169983043 The State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity was established by St 1879, c 291 to have general supervision over all state charitable and reforma...