. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . to his plans to establish a hospital forthe insane which can be found in the correspondence of MosesSheppard, with the exception of a brief allusion to the project in aletter to Dr. Nathan Shoemaker, dated March 19, 1853. * By Dr. E. N. Brush, superintendent. 19. 3 mo. S3. Dr. Shoemaker : Thy letter of 2nd mo., 20th, was received and ought tohave been answered sooner.—my fall has disturbed my nerves, and writingoccasions a cramp in my hand. I also have a letter from Franklin, to whichI have not responded, owing to the cau
. The institutional care of the insane in the United States and Canada . to his plans to establish a hospital forthe insane which can be found in the correspondence of MosesSheppard, with the exception of a brief allusion to the project in aletter to Dr. Nathan Shoemaker, dated March 19, 1853. * By Dr. E. N. Brush, superintendent. 19. 3 mo. S3. Dr. Shoemaker : Thy letter of 2nd mo., 20th, was received and ought tohave been answered sooner.—my fall has disturbed my nerves, and writingoccasions a cramp in my hand. I also have a letter from Franklin, to whichI have not responded, owing to the cause I have mentioned. Thee remarksthat thee is afflicted with the Bronchitis;—we hear of old friends with newfaces; and this I suppose is an old disease, with a new name. I have ob-served that the regular clergy are more subject to this disease, than anyother class of pubUc speakers. I have not heard of a Lawyer suffering fromit. We have a new member in our gallery; whose exhortations are fre-quent and earnest; she generally speaks twice in a session, and speaks as. THE SHEPPARD AND ENOCH PRATT HOSPITAL 559 The names of the first trustees as included in the bill granting thecharter were Moses Sheppard, David M. Ferine, William Riley,M. D., Archibald Stirling, Charles Howard, William M. Medcalfand Richard H. Townsend. The six gentlemen named in associa-tion with him were all chosen by Moses Sheppard, and he did nothesitate when, for reasons which are not disclosed in his corre-spondence, he desired to make changes in the personnel of theboard to ask for the resignation of some members of the originalboard, the remaining members, in accordance with powers grantedin the charter, filling the vacancies thus created, doubtless at suggestion. No sooner were Moses Sheppards benevolent intentions madepublic than he began to receive letters of advice and congratulation,as well as letters soliciting aid or contributions to various charitableinstitutions. A letter of congra
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