Identifier: cambridgeofeight00gilma (find matches)
Title: The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Gilman, Arthur, 1837- (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Cambridge, Mass. (from old catalog) Cambridge, Mass. -- History. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Cambridge, Riverside press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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shouse was opened on thecorner of Boylston and South streets. This proving unsatis-factory, soon another was built on the corner of North Avenueand Cedar Street, and called the Poors House. Here, forthe first time, were appointed overseers of the poor, distinctfrom the selectmen, who were charged with providing every-thing necessary for the support of the poor, and the appoint-ment of a physician. This served the purpose till 1818, whena third was built in the square bounded by Harvard, Norfolk,Austin, and Prospect streets. In 1836 this last was burnedwith one of its wretched inmates. Then followed a larger andmuch better building of brick on the banks of Charles River,where the Riverside Press now stands. It was well arrangedand well managed, and some parts of the building still remain.This beautiful spot was abandoned in 1849 for the present stonestructure in the northwest corner of the city, adjoining theSomerville line. Besides the public provisions for the sick poor, other chari-
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MISS EMILY E. PARSONS. 277 ties have been created in Cambridge by bequests and gifts.That of John Foster for the poor of the First Parish; of LeviBridge under the care of the overseers for the time being, tobe expended for the deserving poor of Cambridge ; of DanielWhite for fuel; of Charles Sanders, of Cambridge, the incomeof -$10,000 for the prevention of intemperance and the reclaim-ing of inebriates, and again of the same Charles Sanders a trustof $400,000 in aid of objects and purposes of benevolence orcharity, public or private, a part of which is annually distrib-uted in Cambridge. To these we must add the charities ofthe churches, the Cambridge Humane Society, the Avon Homefor Children, and of individuals, a constantly flowing stream,the sjnings of which are known only to individuals. Theamount of these charities it is impossible to determine. But these aids, as a little reflection will show, do not meetthe wants for which hospitals are built. Although the sick inthe almshouse

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