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Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth-Century New York City
Abandoned Foundlings in NineteenthCentury New York City
Author: Julie Miller
Two interesting items: — The author's article in New York Archives — A letter regarding foundlings in The Riverdale PressIn the nineteenth century, foundlings—children abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly after birth—were commonplace in European society. There were asylums in every majo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780814757253
ISBN-10: 0814757251
Publication Date: 4/1/2008
Pages: 336
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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