Massachusetts Infant Asylum case histories, 1871-1879 (bulk 1875-1879)

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Massachusetts Infant Asylum case histories, 1871-1879 (bulk 1875-1879)

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Series contains case histories with information including name, birth date, birthplace, history of parents (including details on background, settlement, immigration, occupations, property ownership, payment of taxes, veteran status), circumstances under which abandoned, and ultimate status of infant (adoption, temporary home, place of settlement, determined to be state pauper, discharged, died). Some entries are initialed by visitor of the sick state poor.

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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...

Massachusetts Infant Asylum

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The Massachusetts Infant Asylum was established in 1868 as a private agency to care for deserted infants and was popularly known as the nation's first foundling hospital. In 1912 the name was changed to the Massachusetts Babies Hospital. It merged with the Boston Children's Aid Society in 1916. From the description of Records, 1868-1916. (University of Massachusetts at Boston). WorldCat record id: 52644932 The Massachusetts Infant Asylum was incorporated 15 May 1867 by the l...