Board of State Charities minutes and correspondence relating to Rainsford Island Hospital [Rainsford Island Hospital (Mass.).]
Part of: Rainsford Island Hospital (Mass.).
Board of State Charities minutes and correspondence relating to Rainsford Island Hospital, 1863-1865.
1 volume
Call no.: HS3.14/1658X
Call no.: HS3.14/1658X
Scope and Content: Rainsford Island in Boston Harbor was the site since 1736 of various hospital and other charitable institutions administered and funded alternately or jointly by Massachusetts and Boston. In 1854 a hospital for sick state paupers opened there, first under the auspices of the Board of Alien Commissioners and then from 1863 under that of the Board of State Charities; it was also used as a military hospital from 1864 and closed in 1866.
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically
Notes: Flyleaf: Rainsford Island Hospital records
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