The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . CHAPTEK XXI. ETWEEN the Bloomingdale Road and the Hudson, andSeventy-third and Seventy-fourth Streets, is the NewYork Orphan Asylum, one of the noblest charities inthe land. It is designed for the care and culture oflittle children without parents or other a home and refuge are found for little ones who havebeen east upon the cold charities of the world. Erom onehundred and fifty to two hundred of these children of misfor-tune are there continually, with their physical, moral, intel-lectual, and spiritual wants supplied. Their,home i
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . CHAPTEK XXI. ETWEEN the Bloomingdale Road and the Hudson, andSeventy-third and Seventy-fourth Streets, is the NewYork Orphan Asylum, one of the noblest charities inthe land. It is designed for the care and culture oflittle children without parents or other a home and refuge are found for little ones who havebeen east upon the cold charities of the world. Erom onehundred and fifty to two hundred of these children of misfor-tune are there continually, with their physical, moral, intel-lectual, and spiritual wants supplied. Their,home is a beautiful building is of stone, and the grounds around it, sloping to the river,comprise about fifteen acres. This institution is the child of the Societyfor the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children, founded in 1806 byseveral benevolent ladies, among whom were the sainted Isabella Graham,Mrs. Hamilton, wife of the eminent Greneral Alexander Hamilton, andMrs. Joanna Bethune, daughter of Mrs. Graham. It is supported byprivate
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