Boston, August 20, 1810
Subtitle: Sir, It has appeared very desirable to a number of respectable gentlemen, that a hospital for the reception of lunatics and other sick persons should be established in this town ...
Contributors: Warren, John Collins, 1778-1856
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1810
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Psychiatric hospitals; Letter; Hospital Planning
Other titles: Circular letter, submitting proposals for the establishment in Boston of a "hospital for the reception of lunatics and other sick persons," and inviting contributions; Sir, It has appeared very desirable to a number of respectable gentlemen, that a hospital for the reception of lunatics and other sick persons should be established in this town ...
Notes: Signed at end: James Jackson; John C. Warren. It was sent to several of the "wealthiest and most influential citizens" of Boston, according to N. I. Bowditch, A history of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1872, p. 3, and "may be regarded as the cornerstone of [the] institution." The corporation was chartered by the legislature in the following February; and the Asylum was opened in 1818, the hospital in 1821.

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