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Minutes of the Commissioners of the Alms-House and Bridewell
- Title
- Minutes of the Commissioners of the Alms-House and Bridewell, 1791-1797.
- Author
- New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | volume 1 | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 3705 volume 1 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .21 linear foot (1 volume).
- Summary
- Commissioners of the Alms-House and Bridewell were appointed by New York City Mayor James Duane in 1784 to supervise the two houses and to provide general relief to poor people living outside the houses. Minutes of the Commissioners of the Alms-House and Bridewell, dated 1791 August 22 to 1797 October 16, record the proceedings of the Commissioners' weekly meetings at the Almshouse, and quarterly meetings attended by supervising New York City officials. Proceedings concern the Commissioners' management of the two institutions and outdoor relief services during a period of growing need, but are chiefly devoted to Almshouse affairs and their review of individual cases of indoor and outdoor relief. Other documented responsibilities include the oversight of medical services provided, and the indenture of poor children as apprentices, especially the investigation of cases of their ill-usage or misbehavior. The name of Samuel Dodge, keeper of the Almshouse, appears on the inside front cover.
- Subjects
- Indentured servants
- Public welfare
- Apprentices
- Poor
- Almshouses
- Poor children
- Child labor
- Correctional institutions > New York (State) > New York
- Indentured servants > New York (State) > New York
- Public welfare > New York (State) > New York
- New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions
- Apprentices > New York (State) > New York
- Poor > New York (State) > New York
- Almshouses > New York (State) > New York
- Minutes (Administrative records)
- Social conditions
- New York (State) > New York
- Poor children > New York (State) > New York
- Genre/Form
- Minutes (Administrative records)
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available on microfilm;
- Available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization is made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Source (note)
- Purchased from Adolph Fain, 1921
- Processing Action (note)
- Surveyed
- Cataloging updated
- Call Number
- MssCol 3705
- OCLC
- 122378708
- Author
- New York (N.Y.). Commissioners of the Alms-House, Bridewell, and Penitentiary.
- Title
- Minutes of the Commissioners of the Alms-House and Bridewell, 1791-1797.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.Digital images must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats
- Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-408Available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization is made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Source
- Purchased from Adolph Fain, 1921
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- Research Call Number
- MssCol 3705