Mother Donit Fore the Best Correspondence of a Nineteenth- Century Orphan Asylum |
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| Author:
| Gusky, Judith |
| Series title: | New York State Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-2696-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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These letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume comprises letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendents, as well as letters from children placed out to indenture.
These letters from the Albany Orphan Asylum in New York demonstrate how institutions in the late 19th century provided a social service. The volume comprises letters from parents to their children and to the asylum superintendents, as well as letters from children placed out to indenture.