Records, 1813-1936.

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Records, 1813-1936.

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Consisting of constitutions; ledgers; account books; financial records, correspondence re the organization's re-incorporation, 1881-1914; efforts to hire a visiting nurse; and accounts of the Hopkins Fund, 1836-1936, a fund providing assistance to free people of color. Some of the nursing records of the early 20th century pertain to Anna DeCosta Banks (1869-1930), an African American nurse hired by the LBS. including entry, 15 Dec. 1905, "Superintendent reported several donations and discussed disposal of the Hopkins fund. ...she had given out 19 loads of wood and expended $26.65 for the benefit of poor sick free negroes. Her list of pensioners was now reduced to only four...: Wigfall, Moultrie, McCloude and Orr.... The Superintendent asked the opinion of the Board as to the advisability of taking new pensioners on who might be old ex-slaves as the old original free negroes were fast passing away" (Record book, 1881-1906, p. 206).

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Banks, Anna DeCosta, 1869-1930.

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Ladies' Benevolent Society (Charleston, S.C.)

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Charitable organization founded in 1813 for the relief of the sick and poor in Charleston (S.C.) and environs; projects included donations of firewood, coal, or ice; the Society claims to be the oldest women's organization in continuous existence in the United States; during the 19th century the Society offered medical services for free blacks and poor whites, and continues to serve the sick and poor of the Charleston area. From the description of Records, 1813-1936. (University of S...