Volume 1
The report of the general committee for directing, managing, and transacting the business, affairs, estate, and effects of the corporation of the governors and guardians of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children : relating to the general plan for executing the purposes of the Royal Charter, establishing this Hospital.
- Foundling Hospital (London, England)
- Date:
- 1740
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The report of the general committee for directing, managing, and transacting the business, affairs, estate, and effects of the corporation of the governors and guardians of the Hospital for the Maintenance and Education of Exposed and Deserted Young Children : relating to the general plan for executing the purposes of the Royal Charter, establishing this Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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