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The Present Condition Of Tewksbury
There is hardly one of the real evils connected with the institution which would have existed if the appropriations had not been so niggardly. Mrs. Leonard's report is the report of a truthful woman who knows the facts; and all who are willing to do justice to a State, an institution, and a man grossly maligned by the governor of the Commonwealth, will read and believe it....
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Title: The Present Condition Of Tewksbury
Creator: Clara Leonard (author)
Date: 1883
Format: Pamphlet
Publisher: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery & Co.
Source: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Keywords: Aging; Almshouses; Attendants; Benjamin Franklin Butler; Children; Clothing; Death; Disease; Economics; Expose; Food; Government; Housing; Immigration; Insanity; Institutions; Massachusetts; Newspapers; Physical Disability; Politics; Poverty; Psychiatric Disability; Public Health; Public Health & Welfare; Public Relations; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Welfare & Employment; Tewksbury, MA
Topics: Government, Policy & Law; Institutions, Organizations & Corporations; Social Movements & Advocacy