Author : Philadelphia Philadelphia
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266964926
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (649 download)
Book Synopsis A Second Appeal to the People of Pennsylvania on the Subject of an Asylum for the Insane Poor of the Commonwealth (Classic Reprint) by : Philadelphia Philadelphia
Download or read book A Second Appeal to the People of Pennsylvania on the Subject of an Asylum for the Insane Poor of the Commonwealth (Classic Reprint) written by Philadelphia Philadelphia and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Second Appeal to the People of Pennsylvania on the Subject of an Asylum for the Insane Poor of the Commonwealth IT is nearly two years since a meeting of Citizens was held in the city of Philadelphia, to take into consideration the propriety of adopt ing measures to establish, at public expense, an asylum for the Insane Poor of Pennsylvania. At this meeting, it was resolved on motion of Joseph R. Ingersoll, Esq. That it is expedient to make application to the Legislature for the passage of an act to authorize the purchase of extensive grounds and the construction of a State Asylum for the re relief of the Insane Poor of the State of Pennsylvania and farther, that a Committee be appointed to prepare, print and circulate memo rials to the Senate and House of Representatives, and cause them to be presented - to procure and publish information (statistical and other wise) on this interesting subject, and to adopt such other measures as may in their opinion contribute to the success of the undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.