History of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : with a selected list of premiums awarded by the trustees, from its commencement to the present time, and a list of the members and officers / prepared by direction of the trustees.

  • Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Date:
1877
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Credit: History of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : with a selected list of premiums awarded by the trustees, from its commencement to the present time, and a list of the members and officers / prepared by direction of the trustees. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This committee conferred agreeably to their appoint- ment. The offer of the Trustees was accepted by the General Hospital Corporation, on certain terms and conditions mutually agreed ; the Treasurer subscribed the five thousand dollars ; and “ thus,” says the history of 1829, “the Humane Society laid the foundation of the Asylum for the Insane.” At a stated meeting of the Trustees in July, 1820, an additional donation, of seven hundred and fifty dollars, was made to the “ Massachusetts General Hospital,” on the same terms and conditions as the previous sum. And in August, 1824, upon the Report of a committee, consisting of Rev. Dr. Lowell, Dr. J. C. Warren, and Judge Thacher, appointed to consider the expediency of affording further aid, it was unanimously voted to appropriate “ a sum sufficient to support six free or charity beds, within that institution, on condition that the occupation of these beds be at the disposal of the officers of this Society, namely, the President, Vice- Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurer, each one bed ; and, provided, that the number of charity beds, pre- viously existing in the Hospital, be not diminished in consequence of this donation, but that the beds sup- ported by the Humane Society be considered as added to those existing.” This grant was limited to three years, but, upon the expiration of that term, was renewed on like conditions, and so continued, as will appear, until 1834.