An address to the citizens of Philadelphia on the subject of establishing an asylum for the cure of victims of intemperance.

  • Henry, Alexander, 1766-1847.
Date:
1841
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An address to the citizens of Philadelphia on the subject of establishing an asylum for the cure of victims of intemperance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    VA/M \%4\ A meeting of Citizens of Philadelphia was held November, 1840, to take into consideration the utility of establishing an Asylum for the cure of Inebriates. Alexander Henry was appointed Chairman, and Dr. W. Darrach, Secretary. After a free interchange of sentiment, it was unanimously agreed : That the subject be laid before our citizens generally, in the form of an address; when Dr. W. Darrach, Isaac Col- lins, Townsend Sharpless, Dr. John Bell and Isaiah Hacker were appointed a Committee. At a subsequent meeting, said Committee reported, by their Chairman, the following address,, which, on motion, was directed to be published and circu- lated in pamphlet form, under the direction of the Committee-