Records relating to commitments to asylums and House of Corrections, 1839-1884.

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Records relating to commitments to asylums and House of Corrections, 1839-1884.

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Handwritten notices applying to judge of probate for warrant to commit persons to Worcester Lunatic Asylum (most dated 1866-1873) usually signed by husband, wife, or parent.

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Gloucester Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8058898

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Gloucester (Mass.)

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McLean Asylum for the Insane

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State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester

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In 1830, in order to provide care for the mentally ill in Worcester County, the governor of Massachusetts ordered the erection of a hospital on Summer Street in Worcester. Commissioners appointed to oversee the new building were Horace Mann (1796-1859), Bezaleel Taft, Jr. (1780-1846), and William Barron Calhoun (1795-1865). Dr. Samuel Bayard Woodward (1787-1850) served as the first superintendent/physician of the Worcester Lunatic Asylum. The hospital was enlarged in 1835 and was considered one ...

House of Corrections (Ipswich, Mass.)

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Danvers Lunatic Hospital (Danvers, Mass.)

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