Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer Records, SFHL-RG4-007

Date created 1818-1862
Creator Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Abstract The Annual Association for the Relief of Sick Children in the Summer was a Quaker women's organization founded in 1818 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to provide relief for impoverished sick children and their mothers from the crowding and oppressive heat during the summer months. The Association was proposed by Casper Wister, M.D., (1801-1867) and was originally housed in a wing of the City Hospital. The collection contains minutes, 1818-1854 (gap 1819-1821) and other records, including acting committee minutes and workbook, 1843-1851.
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Local identifier SFHL-RG4-007
Contributing institution Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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