FOOTNOTES:
[A] See the list at the end, copied from the account of this charity.
EXTRACT
from the
ACCOUNT of the CHARITY,
in 1818.
"In order to acquaint the public with the unfortunate condition of these mute supplicants of benevolence, a few of the cases now in the Asylum are subjoined.
"Catherine Griffith, father an ironmonger, with nine children.
"William Jones, father a labourer, with four children; two deaf and dumb.
"John Clucas, mother a widow, with seven children.
"Ann Byford, mother a widow and washerwoman, with three children; one a cripple.
"Thomas Ryley, father a collier, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Thomas Pricket, father a small farmer, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Elizabeth Redhead, one of seven orphan children.
"Eliza Hemsley, father a watch-maker, with six children.
"Ambrose Davis, father a journeyman cotton-spinner, with eight children.
"Ann Elizabeth Caulfield, father a music engraver, with eight children; two deaf and dumb.
"Jane Minter, father a baker, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Martha Pearce, mother a poor spinner, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"Elizabeth Bright, father a lime-burner, with nine children.
"William Arnold, mother a widow in great poverty, with four children.
"Robert Smith, parents poor, with three children; two deaf and dumb.
"Ann Jones, father a poor carpenter, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"Wharton Rye, father a mariner, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"W. E. Cherry, mother a widow, with five children; two deaf and dumb."
Darton, Harvey, and Co. Printers, Gracechurch-street.
Transcriber's notes:
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible.
The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one.
Smiles once once more appeared in
Smiles once more appeared in
pressing an invitation. The place
so pressing an invitation. The place
have, for him to go," said the kind-hearted-boy;
have, for him to go," said the kind-hearted boy;
speak at last?" Well, if I lose some
speak at last? Well, if I lose some
taken great care of of the young gentleman,
taken great care of the young gentleman,