The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-07

| proprietary to public uses, and the Mana
gers feared that1ts acceptance would, for this
reason, give rise 10 an untriendly feeling on the
| part of the citizens of the town.
Temporary Hospital Established In I759.
In the meantime the Managers established a
temporary hospital in n private house, hired for
Ine purpose belonging TO Judge John Ktnsey,
above Fifth. 1t was opened in February, 1852,
with two patients in the way of beginning
and continued In use about four years Abont
the same time, also, general regulations for the
government of the Hospital, and the reception
| and dischaTge OF patients, we're adopted by the
Managers, and approved by the contributors
| aud the various state officials, as required in
| the charter; and the folio wing were elected
| physicians to attend upon the einmates:-Doctors
Lloyd Zachary, Thomas Bond, Phlneas Bond,
| Ihomas Cad"aader, Samuel Preston Moore
| and John Redman. These physicians in addi.
| ton to their gratuitous attendance. furnished
al the medicines required, until December
f, ff1OI, Wnen an assortment OF drugs was procured
| from LONDON, and an apothecary's shop estab-
! ilshed IN the Hospital, the expense being met
! by a subscription of 1.-THE charitable widows
ana ana 0theI ..n good women of the city" amounting
| 70 liltle more than Gll2. In March, 1853 Dr.
LloSu zachary, one of the original physicians
was disabled by paralytic stroke ano the
managers elected DR.. William Shippen to All the
In May, 1853, the first settlement of the ac-
counts OF the Hospital took place. Up to this
time f2O67 had been received for building and
% I%gIplsh5ng, ing, ana t2l52 for maintaining the Hos
III.
$50 received for boarding patients who were
a5le to pay, amounted to f2O3, while the cur
rent expenses amounted to $780, an excess of
t91 During this time Ga patients had been re.
ceiyed OF these 80 had been cured and dis
charged; were discharged as incurable; / for
Irregular behavior; l because admitted con-
trary to rules; had left without permission;
had been taken away by their friends; s had
died from various disorders; and remained
under treatment.
Early in 1854, such of the women patients as
!, ,1, %, .x.-1. e., 4 ~
wheels by the Managers. In February of the
same year, the Managers caused seal for the
institution to be engraved on silver, with the
good Samaritan delivering the sick man to the
1nnkeeper for device, and for a motto the
words:-'Take care OF him, and Will repay
thee"
Permanent Building is Erected
In the latter part of the year 1854 the Ma
nagers purchased for the moderate sum of $500
the lot on which the hospital now stands,
bounded by Eighth, Ninth, Pine, and Spruce
streets, with the exception of a strip fifty feet in
depth on the Spruce street 'front.' which was
then owned by the Proprietaries, and was by
them, about ten years later, granted to the
hospital, with an annuity of f40.
plan for complete suite of buildings was
then adopted, and it was resolved to erect at
once one OF the wings, which would afford suffi-
ciently ample accommodations Tor the time
being. The plan adopted was the one which
has from time to time been carried out in the
erection of the present cOmmodious and conve-
the one facing Eighth street. On the 2Sth of
May, 1855, the cornerstone of the new building
was laid, with appropriate ceremonies. 1t is at
the southeast corner, and the side which faces
Eighth street contains the following inscription
which was prepared by Benjamin Franklin:-
"In the year Of CHRIST
GEORGE the Second happily reigning
(For he sought the happiness OF his people,
PHuADELPHIA hourishing
This Building,
By the bounty of the Government,
And Of many private persons,
W May the Hs tRs God S'Gf of aR9 Meraes seF'0e
Bless the Undertaking."
The roof of the building was raised on the
9th OF October, 1855, and in December of the
following year 1t was so far advanced that the
patients were removed to it from the temporary
hospital. The institution was now well under
way, and during the period that elapsed previous
TO the Revolution, its prosperity was great and
continually increasing It's management was so
popular with the people, and its usefulness so
eVldentto all, that contributions flowed in freely,
and large amounts were realized from the ad-
mission fees OF visitors; while jury fines, con-
tested sums OF money, and residuary amounts
IN the hands of trustees still unclaimed, were
deposited in its treasury; For the purpose of
Tor the Hospital was placed in
the house OF every manager, the sug-
gestiOn originating with Ben jamin Frank
lin, who was a Jealous patron of the Institu-
ton throughout. From England, also, came
frequent leeacies in land and money. OF these
early contributions and legacies, the following
were among the largest:-By Chief Justice
William Allen, 1850; his mother, Mary Allen,
flO0; Mary Andrew, f200; Joshua Crosby, f200;
William Denny, Gll3; George Emlen, 9l00; Gov
ernor James Hamilton fl00; Isaac Morris, fl00;
William Neate, of London, flO0; Charles Os-
borne, 9l50; the two Israel Pembertons, fl00
each; Samuel Powell, 9106; and DR.. Lloyd
Zachary, 1850 all of which were made previous
to l76l. In 1776. the capital stock of the insti-
tuition, independently of the buildings, amounted
to about $50 000 and the annual income from
the productive capital was about S3500. A
marked increase in the number of patients ad-
mltted likewise took place, there having been
but 90 in the year l753-54, while there were 1913
in l76O-6l, 382 in l770-7l and 435 in the year
preceding the Declaration of independence.
The Days of Financial Distress.
But the war against the mother country did
not pass without seriously crippng the insttu-
ton, as it did all of q similar character. The
Hospital was taken possession of by the British
army, on their entrance into the city. and by
them the bedding, medicines, and instruments
were appropriated Tor their own uses; and
though the building was restored by them to
the Managers, the mischief done was not re-
paired, and no compensation made for the losses
inflicted. The Managers published statement
in the autumn of 1885, showing loss OF prOduc-
tive capital consequent or nthereYoutionary trou-
bles amounting to about $4,000. The greater part
OF this loss resulted from the ungenerous conduct
ofsome OF the debtors ofthe institution, who took
advantage o. the law enforcing the receipt of
paper money TO discharge their obligations in
the greatly deprecated currency. Tue inc Jme
from the remainder OF the capital was fire.
quently paid in the same worthless PAGER and
was thus greatly diminished. On one occasion,
its circumstances were so reduced, that small