The trial of Ebenezer Haskell, in lunacy, and his acquittal before Judge Brewster, in November, 1868 : together with a brief sketch of the mode of treatment of lunatics in different asylums in this country and in England, with illusrations, including a copy of Hogarth's celebrated painting of a scene in old Bedlam, in London, 1635.

  • Haskell, Ebenezer.
Date:
1869
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Credit: The trial of Ebenezer Haskell, in lunacy, and his acquittal before Judge Brewster, in November, 1868 : together with a brief sketch of the mode of treatment of lunatics in different asylums in this country and in England, with illusrations, including a copy of Hogarth's celebrated painting of a scene in old Bedlam, in London, 1635. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    or abuse. Mr. Paine visited Washington, and was kindly received by the President, Thomas Jefferson; he invited Mr. Paine to return to the United States, and in a letter to him said, When you arrive, if there is an office in my gift suitable for you to fill, I will give it to you. I will never abandon old friends to make room for new ones. Mr. Paine's reply was, I have no occasion to ask, nor do 1 intend to accept any office or place in the Government. My pro- perty in this country has been taken care of by my friends, and is now worth six thousand pounds sterling, (830,000,) which put in the funds will bring me four hundred pounds sterling per year, or $2,000. Remember me in friendship and affection to your wife and family, and in the circle of our friends. Thomas Paine, shortly after his arrival, retired on his farm at New Eochelle, in the State of New York, where he remained most of bis time until his death. He died June 8th, 1S09, aged seventy- throe, and was buried on bis farm, leaving an estate, according to his will, worth upwards of 840,000. He died as he had lived, an enemy to priestcraft, tyranny and slavery. In a part of his will he says, I herewith take my final leave of the world. I have lived an honest and useful life to mankind; my time has been spent in doing good, and I die in perfect composure and resignation to the will of my Creator, God. The interest excited by the institution was not confined to the province. Subscriptions were received from other provinces and also the West Indies, and large sums were contributed from the mother country, especially by members of the society of Friends. Dr. John Fothergill, of London, subscribed largely in money, books, and anatomical models. Among the benefactions was a lot of ground lying north of the city, presented by a German named Matthew Koplin, with a letter in the language of his father-land, stating that he desired to offer this gift to the hospital, because ho thought it likely to be managed very differently from some in his own country, in which large sums collected as alms were appro- priated by the governors of the charity to the enriching of them- selves and their friends, who wore thus enabled to live in superfluity and voluptuousness, keeping their horses and coaches like rich people, and all at the expense of the poor and needy. How jealous the donors to charities felt in the management of their bequests. The same evil will be likely to take place in the Pennsylvania hos- pitals if they are not closely watched. In the year 1760, an Act of Parliament was passed in London, vesting in trustees the