Address of the Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts General Hospital to the public.

Boston : Printed by J. Belcher, 1814.

14 pages ; (8vo)

Explains "the necessity and importance of a general hospital within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts," especially to care for "the sick poor and the insane," points out the inadequacy of the Boston Almshouse to meet this need, and invites a liberal subscription to support the establishment of the hospital, the corporation of which had been chartered by the legislature in 1811.