Registers of visitors, 1854-1911.

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Registers of visitors, 1854-1911.

This series lists visitors to the Charleston Orphan House. Information includes the visitor's name, city of residence, date of visit, and comments.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8352853

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Charleston Orphan House

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The Charleston Orphan House, the first municipal orphanage in the U.S., was created by an act of the city council on October 18, 1790, at the instigation of council member, John Robertson. By this act, the Orphan House was charged with "supporting and educating poor orphan children, and those of poor distressed and disabled parents, who are unable to maintain them". The Orphan House stood on the corner of St. Philip and Calhoun Streets. It officially opened on October 18, 1794, and ...