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Abandoned Foundlings in Nineteenth-Century New York City Author: Two interesting items: — The author's article in New York Archives — A letter regarding foundlings in The Riverdale PressIn the nineteenth century, foundlingschildren abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly after birthwere commonplace in European society. There were asylums in every majo... more »
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