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An   HOSPITAL
                I N T H E



       CITY of NEW-YORK.



             GRANTED BY THE



Right Hon. JOHN, Earl of Dunmore,



             The 13th JULY, 1771*


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George the Third,  by the Grace of

    God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland,

    KING, Defender of the Faith, andfo forth.


  To all to whom thefe Prefents ftiall come, Greeting :

          HERE AS  our loving Subjects, Peter Middleton,
          John Jones, and Samuel Bard, of our City of New-
          Tork, Phyficians, by their humble Petition prefented unto
our trufly and well-beloved CADWALLADER COLDEN, Efq; our
Lieutenant Governor, and then our Commander in  Chief of our
Province of New-Tork, and the Territories depending  thereon in
^America, and read in our Council for our laid Province, on the ninth
Day of March, which was in the Year of our Lord One thoufand feven
hundred and feventy,  did, among  other Things in  Subftance, fet
forth, That there had been a Subfcription fet on Foot by them, for  Petition of
the Purpofe of erecting a public Hofpital in our faid City of New-Tork, t0„, j"flesJ Jj
and that fundry public fpirited Perfons, influenced by Principles of Jj^'/J"^?^
Benevolence,  had liberally fubfcribed towards the  fame ; that from tal>recited-
the manifeft  Utility of fuch an Infirmary, the Petitioners hoped for
further Contributions, and that fome  very confiderable Donations
had been then already promifed, in Cafe the Succefs of the Inftitution
mould be render'd probable ;  but that the faid Monies could not be
conveniently collected, or the Defign profecuted with Vigour, unlefs
a Corporation mould be formed for that Purpofe ; and therefore the
Petitioners humbly, prayed our Letters Patent, forming a Corporation
for the Purpofes aforefaid : NOW WE taking into our Iloyal Confi- So;nr?";
deration the beneficial Tendency of fuch  an Inftitution  within our^'i'i'"^
faid City, calculated for relieving the Difeafes of the Indigent, and
preferving the Lives of many ufeful Members of the Community, are
o-racioully pleafed to grant the faid humble Ilequeit of our laid loving f»»J'
                                                  Subjects: 
The CHARTER of the  New-York  HOSPITAL.
         Siv-^fb;  KNOW YE  THEREFORE, That  we, of our fpecial
         UracV, certain Knowledge and meer Motion, HAVE Willed, Given,
         Giv.utcd, Ordained, Conftituted and appointed, and by thefe Prefents,
         for u;, our Heirs and Succeffors, DO Will, Give,  Grant,  Ordain,
  Mrr.--« of Conftitute and Appoint,  That the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and
*^"i,0,ati,,n Affiftant; of our City of New-Tork,  in  America,  now  and  for the
         lime being; the Re&or of Trinity Church in our faid City, now and
         for the Time being ;  the Prefident of King's College in our faid City,
         now and for the Time being ; the Senior Minifter of the Reformed:
         Proteftant Dutch Church in our  faid City,  now  and for the Time
         being ;  the Minifter of the ancient Lutheran Church in our faid City,,
         now and for the Time being; die Minifter of the French Church in
         our faid City, now and for the Time being ; the  Senior Minifter of
         the Prefbyterian Church in our  faid City,  now  and for the Time
         being; the Minifter of the Moravian Church in our faid  City,  now
         and  for the Time being ; the Minifter of the  German Reformed
         C;.lvinift Church in our faid City, now and for the Time being ; the
         Minifter of the New  Lutheran Church in our faid City,  now and for
         the Time  being; the  Minifter of the Anabaptift Congregation in our
         faid City,  now and for the Time being ; the Minifter of  the Scotch
         Prefbyterian Church in our faid City, now and for the Time being;
         and Sir William  Johnfon, Baronet, John Fothergill* of our City of
         London, in our Kingdom of Great-Britain,  Phyfieian ;  Daniel Horf-
         manden, John  W'atts,  Oliver De Lancey, Charles Ward Apthorp,
         Roger Morris, William  Smith,  Hugh Wallace,.Henry White,  Ro-
       .  bert R. Livingfton,  Andrew Elliott,  Archibald Kennedy, Abraham
         Mortier, Philip Livingfton, William Axtell,  James Duane, John
         Morin Scott, Leonard Lifpenard,  Simon Johnfon, Thomas  Smith,
         William Bayard,  Walter Rutherford,. Alexander Colden,  John Van
         Cortland,  Auguftus  Van Cortland,  William  Livingfton,. Abraham
         Melier, Richard Morris,  John Bogert, and John Moore,  all  of  our
         faid City of New-Tork,  Efquires; Abraham Lott,  Efquire, Trea-
         furer  of our faid Province ;■ Peter  Van Brugh Livingfton, David
         Ciarkfon,  Walter  Franklin,  Gerard William Beekman*. William
         M'Adam,  George Bowne,  Nathaniel Marfton,  Lawrence Kortright,
         George Folliott, David Provooft,  Cornelius Clopper,  John  Myer,
         David Van Home,  Thomas White,  Charles M'Evers,  Ifaac Low,
        John Beekman, Richard Sharpe, Thomas Pearfall, Jofliua Delaplane,
         Samuel Bowne, Ifaac Sears, Samuel  Broome, John Thurman, Jacob
        Watfon,  Lewis  Pintard,  Gerardus Duyckinck,  James Beekman,
        Peter Goelet, William Ludlow,  Nicholas Stuyvefant, John  Harris
                                                              Cruger„ 
The CHARTER  of the New-York  HOSPITAL.
Cruger, John Wetherhead, Theophilact Bache, Samuel Verplank,
John Crook,  Grove Bend, John Alfop,  Cafper Wiftar, Ifaac Roofe-
velt, Evert Bancker, Gerrardus  De. Peyfter,  Henry Rutgers the
younger, Henry Haydock, Gabriel H. Ludlow,  Ifaac Corfa, Thomas
Buchannan,  Andrew Barclay,  John  Livingfton,  Auguftus Van
Home, Jofeph Hallet, Peter Kettletas, Jacob Le Roy, and Abraham
Duryee,  all of our faid  City  of  New-Tork, Merchants; William
Brownejohn, of our faid  City of New-Tork, Druggift ; John Leake,
of our faid City of New-Tork, Mariner ;  George Harrifon, of our
laid City  of New-Tork,  Brewer; Walter Du  Bois, and Nicholas
Jones, both of our faid City of New-Tork, Gentlemen;  and Francis
l^alfett, of our faid  City of New-Tork, Pewterer;  and fuch  other
Perfons as fhall be  elected and admitted hereafter Members of the
Corporation hereby ere&ed, be,  and for ever hereafter fhall be, by *en£ !nwrPora"
Virtue of thefe Prefents,  One Body Corporate and Politic, in Deed,
Fact and Name, by the Name, Stile and Title  of The Society  Name of the
of the Hospital  intheCityof New-York, in America, HofPiul-
And them  and their Succeffors by the fame Name, WE DO by thefe
Prefents, really and fully make, erect, create, conftitute and declare
One Body  Politic  and Corporate, in Deed, Fact and Name,  for
ever :  AND will give, grant and ordain that they and their Succef-
fors, The Society of the Hojpital in the City of New -York ^America,
by the fame Name, fhall and  may have perpetual Succelfion ; and petJj sucJf-"
fhall and may, by the fame Name, be Perfons capable in the Law to fion*
fue and be  fued, implead and be impleaded, anfwer and be anfwered MJjJ'|££fue
unto, defend and be  defended in all  Courts, and elfewhere,  in  all
Manner  of  Actions, Suits, Complaints, Pleas, Caufes,  Matters,
and Demands  whatfoever, as fully  and  amply as  any  other our
liege Subjects  of  our  faid Province  of New-Tork, may  or can
fue or be fued, implead  or be impleaded, defend or be defended
by any lawful Ways or Means  whatfoever.   A N D,  that  they
and their Succeffors,  by the  fame Name, fhall for ever hereafter
be Perfons capable and  able in the Law to purchafe, take, hold,
receive and enjoy  to them and  their  Succeffors, any  Meffuages,   May hou
Tenements, Houfes and real Eftate whatfoever, and all other Here- IftateSt
ditaments of whatfoever Nature,  Kind  and Quality  they be, in Fee
Simple, for Term of Life or Lives,  or  in any other Manner howfo-
ever.  AND,  alfo any Goods, Chattels and perfonal Eftate whatfo-
ever. Provided always, the clear yearly  Value of the faid real Eftate pr0^ed the
doth not at any Time exceed the Sum of Five Thoufand Pounds Ster- ^re >dc0aJ %
ling, lawful Money of our Kingdom of Great-Britain, above all Out- ««^. s°*o
                                B                       going* 
The CHARTER of the New-York  HOSPITAL.
         goings and Reprifes.  AND, that they and their Succeffors,  by the
         fame Name, fhall have full Power and Authority to give, grant, fell,
 The corpora- leal^  ^emife and difpofe of the fame real Eftate and Hereditaments
IIj fS'Lut«; whatfoever, for Life or Lives, or Years, or for ever.  AND alfo all
         Goods, Chattels, and perfonal Eftate whatfoever,  at  their Will and
         Pleafure,  as they fhall judge to be moil beneficial  and advantageous
         to the good and  charitable Ends  and Purpofes above mentioned.
         AND, that it fhall and may be lawful for them and their Succeffors,
and i.ave a Seal. for eVer hereafter,  to have  a common  Seal to ferve for the Caufes
         and Bufinefs of them and their Succeffors, and the fame Seal to change,
         alter,  break and make new,  from Time to Time, at  their Will and
 whencround Pleafure.   AND our Royal Will and  Pleafure is, That when our
•„ obtained they f -d Corporation hereby erected, fhall  have acquired by the Aid of
may  build  an        r             ^ ,            /* » t   i/» /  i    1
Hofpitai,    tiie Legiflature of our  faid Province or New-Tork, by the generous
         Donations of the Benevolent, or otherwife, a proper and convenient
         Piece of Ground in and near our faid City of New-Tork, and Funds
         fufficient, without injuring the faid Charity,  to admit of the erecting
         an Hofpitai for the Reception and Relief of fick and difeafed Perfons,
         that the faid Society do erect within our faid  City  of  New-Tork,  an
         Hofpitai for the faid Purpofes; which we will fhall for ever hereafter
which  f„aii be be called  by the Name of, THE NEW-TORK HOSPITAL.  AND
yorki*' ££- that it fhall and may be lawful for our faid Corporation, from Time
         to Time, and at all Times hereafter, to erect for their Ufe  and  Con-
         venience, any other HoUfe, Houfes or Buildings whatever.  AND,
         for the better carrying into Execution the Purpofes  aforefaid, our
ordeHy GoUm- royal Will and  Pleafure is, and we  do hereby for  us,  our  Heirs and
SetT.AereAji Succeffors, give and grant,  to The Society of the Hojpital in  the City of
always be Twen- New-York in Ameri ca, and their Succeffors for ever, that there
tv fix Governors. n ■• .   /.            r-ii*         r  i r*\            rr-i
         fhall be rorever hereafter belonging to our faid Corporation, Twenty-
         fix Governors of the faid  Hofpitai and Corporation,  of whom there
  a p^ent fhall be taken and had one Prefident,  and one Vice-Prefident,  and
dmc. "    l* who fhall conduct and manage  the Affairs and Bufinefs of the faid
         Hofpitai  and Corporation, in Manner as hereafter is declared and
         appointed.   AND alfo, that there fhall be forever hereafter, one or
»nfieTr"??' more Treafurer or Treafurers,  and one Secretary, belonging to our
         faid Corporation.  AND  for the more  immediate carrying  into Exe-
         cution our Royal Will and Pleafure herein, we do hereby aflign, con-
         ftitute and appoint the aforefaid John Watts,OHver De Lance},Charles
JtCcZT. Ward Apthorp, Roger Morris, William Smith, Hugh Wallace, Henry
*»mmzi.   White, Robert R. Livingfton, Whitehead Hicks,  Mayor of our faid
         City of New-Tork, Andrew Elliot, Archibald Kennedy, Peter Van
                                                                   Brugh 
              The CHARTER of the New-^ork  HOSPITAL.             7

Brugh Livingfton,  David  Clarkfon,  Abraham Mortier,  Abraham
Lott,  Walter Franklin,  Leonard  Lifpenard,  Gerardus  William
Beekman, Philip Livingfton, William  M'Adam,  George  Bowne,
William  Axtell,  Doctor John Fothergill,  Nathaniel Marfton, Law-
rence Kortright, and  George Folliot,  to be the prefent Governors
of die faid Hofpitai and Corporation ; the  aforefaid John Watts, to  iv^dent.v;.*.
be the prefent Prefident; and the aforefaid Andrew Elliott, to be the P«^e«.'*'>«•
       *                7                          •*-*     »          lurer and aecre-
prefent Vice-Prefident;  the aforefaid Peter Van Brugh Livingfton, tary named, wha
to be the prefent Treafurer ; and the aforefaid John Moore, to be the cLe »mai
prefent  Secretary of  our Corporation hereby erected.   Which faid
Governors, Prefident, Vice-Prefident, Treafurer, and Secretary,
fhall hold, poffefs and  enjoy their faid refpective Offices until the third the „d Tllefda,
Tuefday in May  now  next enfuing.   AND,  for the keeping up the ««Mayi 177*.
Succelfion in the faid Offices, our royal Will and Pleafure is,  and we    ,.  ,
do hereby for us,  our Heirs and Succeffors,  eftablifh,  direct, and ing uP a succef-
require of and give and grant to the faid Society of the Hofpitai in the kTo'meet Sie
City of New-York in  America, and their Succeffors,  for ever, ™£™ of new
that on the faid third Tuefday in May now next enfuing, and yearly,
and every Year for ever thereafter on the third Tuefday in May in [JeM\* a„u2j*
every Year, they and their Succeffors, fliall meet at the faid Hofpitai,
or at fome other convenient Place in our faid City  of New-2~ork, to
be fixed  and afcertained by fome of the Bye Laws or Regulations of
our faid  Corporation,  and there,  by the Majority of fuch of them as
fhall fo meet,  fliall by Ballot, or in fuch other Manner  and Form as or otherwiie,
fliall be directed and eftablifhed by any  the Bye Laws or Regulations
of our faid Corporation,  elect and choofe Twenty-fix of their Mem-
bers, to be  Governors of our faid Corporation and Hofpitai for the and out of the
enfuino:  Year :  And alfo  out of the  faid Governors fo  elected and 9overnors, c}°-
      O            .                                              Jen, to elect a
chofen,  fhall  elect and choofe as aforefaid, one Prefident and one Prefident and
Vice-Prefident, of our faid Corporation, for-the enfuing  Year.  AND■ f0?etheWen££g
alfo, fhall then and there, elect and choofe, as aforefaid,  one or more Vear*
of the  faid Governors  or Members at large, of our faid Corporation, Governors or
to be Treafurer or Treafurers of our faid Corporation for the enfuing ^T™af"reC^oofe
Year, and another of the faid Members to be Secretary  for the enfu- J^J" °£se!
ing Year.   Which faid Governors,  and other the Officers aforefaid, «etary. '
of our .faid Corporation, fo elected, fhall immediately enter upon their fJc0*Zon°'
refpective Offices, and hold, exercife and-enjoy the.fame refpectively, ™*/j^"^*
from the Time of fuch Elections for and during the fpace of one Year, ateiy  on their
and until other fit Perfons fhall be elected and chofen in their refpective m,2' b'offke
Places, according to the  Laws and Regulations aforefaid.   AND, in Xr?b?chofcn
Cafe any of the faid Perfons  by thefe Prefents  nominated and ap- '•« *** stead.
                                                           pointed 
8            The CHARTER of the New-York HOSPITAL.
 inc.  of the p0inted to the refpective Offices aforefaid, or who fhall hereafter be
i!i,alRrf-fai|'w elected and chofen thereto, reflectively, fliall die, or on any Account
r'^IU'^oL be removed from fuch Offices, refpectively, before the Time of their
s'eaa? i"th!nrfIr refpective appointed Services fhall be expired, or refufe or neglect to
t-.i.-.j'p.jiarer a,^ ,n anc] execute the Office for which he or they fhall be fo elected
iy."      '" a:id chofen, or is or are herein nominated and  appointed ; then our
          royal Will and Pleafure is, and we do hereby direct, ordain and require
          our faid Corporation,  to  meet at the Place for the Time  being ap-
          pointed, for the faid annual Elections,  and choofe other or others of
          the Members of our faid Corporation, in the Place and Stead of him;
          or them fo dying, removed, refufing  or neglecting to act,  within
          Thirty Days next after fuch  Contingency": AND  in this Cafe, for
          the more due and orderly conducting fuch Elections, and to prevent
d«°i-rT«iUin any undue Proceedings therein,  we do hereby give full Power and
l.^  Elections, Auaioritv to, and ordain  and require,  that upon  every Vacancy in
tne Prefident or        -   T                   *    '        i     -»-•      f    ^~i
vile-indent,  the Office of Prefident, the Vice-Prefident, and any Five of the Go-
coiubo"  *  vernors of our faid  Corporation and Hofpitai,  for the  Time being ;
          and upon every Vacancy in the Office of Vice-Prefident, Governor,
          and in any other the Offices aforefaid,  the Prefident,  and  any Five
          of the faid Governors for the Time being, fhall appoint the Time for
          fuch Election and Elections,  and caufe public  Notice  thereof to be
          <_ iven,  by publifhing the fame in one or more  of  the Public  News-
to gT»e feven  Papers printed in  this Colony,  at  leaft Seven Days before the Day
£c'News-p!Lm appointed for fuch Election ; or in Cafe it fliall fo happen that at any
an"V°ia«eap-ay Time or Times hereafter, there be  no fuch  News-Papers printed ir*
^n£2St?£" l^s ^0'l0ny»tnen Dy affixing up Notices in Writing, at the leaft Seven
         ' Days before the Day appointed for fuch Election ;  at two or more of
an    PefoM the moft public Places in our faid City of New-Tork; hereby giving
then  chofe«, to and granting that fuch Perfon and Perfons as fhall  be fo chofen from
Jsd»rome'trhe°   Time to Time, by the Majority of  fueh of the Members of our faid
Time of iiec- Corporation as fhall, in fuch Cafe, meet in Manner hereby directed,
          by Ballot, or in fuch other Manner and Form as fhall be directed by
          any the  Bye Laws  or Regulations of our faid Corporation, fhall
          have,  hold,  exercife and  enjoy fuch the Office or Offices to  which
,«■,!  the third-  ]\e or they mal1 °e & eleded and chofen, from the Time of fuch Elec-
thenfJ«tfow tion until lhe Third Tuefday in May thence  next enfuing,  and until
inX.        other or others be legally chofen in  his or their Place  or  Stead,  as
          fully and amply as the Perfon or Perfons in whofe Place he or they
alte*!?™ fha|1  be chofen> could or might have done by Virtue of thefe Prefents.
l'irn-«"5,^",i A^^ ue do hereby will and direct, that this Method fhall for ever
^Vif»wk! " hereafter  be ufed for the filling up  all Vacancies in the faid Offices,
                                                                  between 
The CHARTER  of the New-York  HOSPITAL.
between  the  annual  Elections above directed :  Provided neverthelefs, ft a*utano Perfon
That as well in the Elections laft mentioned, as in the annual Elections Ie«ion*> " the
above mentioned,  no Perfon fhall be ele&ed to the Office of Prefi- ^'bfchofen
dent,  or  Vice-Prefident, unlefs he  then be a Governor of our faid vSrefident,
Corporation and Hofpitai.-----AND our Will and  Pleafure is, and ^srn^ * *
we do hereby for  us, our Heirs and  Succeffors, direct, ordain and
require,  that  every Prefident,  Vice-Prefident, Governor,  Treafurer The Prefident,
and Secretary of  our faid Corporation, to be  elected by Virtue of go"™™?™
thefe Prefents,  fhall, before they act in their refpedive Offices, take ££?."*£*
an Oath, (or if any of them fhall be  of the People called Quakers, ta'\&M>be"
or Umtas rratrum, an Affirmation) to be to them adminiltered by °? their refPec-
the Prefident, or Vice-Prefident of our faid Corporation for the Time aToath'or If!
being, or of the preceding Year, (who are hereby feverally authorifed fhTfSfufL-
to adminifter the fame)  for the faithful and due Execution  of their ecudon therwf'
refpective Offices,  during their Continuance in the fame, refpectively.
AND further, our royal  Will and Pleafure is,  and we do hereby for
us, our Heirs and Succeffors,  ordain and appoint, and  give and grant
to The Society of the Hofpitai in the City o/~New-York  in Ameri ca,
that the Prefident of the faid Corporation for the Time being, and in The Prefident,
Cafe of a Vacancy in the faid Office of Prefident,  or in Cafe of his fence, thev.ce-
Sicknefs or Abfence,  the Vice-Prefident of our faid Corporation fhall,
and may, from Time to Time, as Occafion may require,  fummon and
call together, at fach Days and Places  within our faid City  of New-
Tork,  as  they fhall refpectively think proper, the Governors of the "»r  fwn™<>»
faid Corporation and Hofpitai for the Time being, giving them at the to meet,
leaft One Day's Notice thereof ; and we do hereby require them to ..
              J           m                        J    *            giving at leaft
meet accordingly, and give, grant, and ordain, that any Seven  or oneDay-sNo-
more of the faid Governors of  our faid Corporation,  being fo con-
vened together, of whom the Prefident of  our faid Corporation for  Stwn of the
     r-r-..    i            >-, r   r   tt          i  r •  r^rr          Governors, of
tne Time being,  or  in Cafe or a Vacancy in the laid Office, or the whom the Pre-
Sicknefs or Abfence of the faid Prefident,  the  Vice-Prefident for the pjSdeJt, to'°te
Time being,  fhall always be one,  fhall for ever hereafter be a legal J^g'.^orui"
Meeting of the faid  Corporation ;  and they,  or the  major Part of
them fo  met, fhall have full Power and  Authority to adjourn from ^^7" *
Day to Day, or for  any other Time, as the Bufinefs of our faid Cor-
poration  may require ;  and to do,  execute,  tranfact,  manage and ™*££*'* the
perform, in the Name of our faid Corporation,  all and every Act and corporation,
Acts, Thing and Things whatfoever,  which our faid Corporation are
or fhall, by Virtue of thefe our Letters Patent, be  authorifed to do,
act, tranfact,  manage and perform, in as full and ample Manner as if
ail and every the Governors and Members of the faid Corporation were
                                 C                       prefent, 
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T^CHAIU V.R r.fthj  New-Yoik HOSPITAL.
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\.,-r or" the
™P»-   n-ellMir,  and confenting  thereto:  Saving and except  always
^tVSeT the Electing of Governors, and other the Officers above mentioned of
°*"'rtf     our faid Corporation:  And alfo,  savin ; and except the giving,
  ■  ...«   jr-mtiivr, felling, or otherwife aliening any or the Eftate, i eal or per-
^nt"l-V1^nJvfonili()tonrfaui Corporation ; and t!ie leafing, demii-ng 01 difpohngof
V^'aJTS any the Lands Tenements or Hereditaments, real or inked Eftate of
         our faid Corporation, for any longer Term or Time than one Year;
         our royal Will and Pleafure being, that  none  of the Eftate real,
Eftaieo? thT perfoD"d or  mixed, of our faid Corporation, be fold,  or in any wife
telJowV0 aliened,  but by and  with  the Concurrence and Approbation of the
nrVe^iyo^y Majority of the whole Number of the  Governors of our faid Corpo-
or the whole     ..    c'  tl  Tjme  being;,  firft obtained at fome legal Meeting of
Governors.   l dllu" x                 ev              r       1     •   j -n n
         our faid Corporation.  AND, that none of the real or mixed Eftate
         of our faid Corporation be leafed, derailed, or in  any wife difpofed
         of, for any longer Term than one Year, without the like Concurrence
         and Approbation of the Majority of the whole Number of the Go-
         vernors of our faid Corporation for the Time being, firft obtained as
         afore1 aid.   And further, we  do hereby for  us,  our Heirs and
         Succefibrs,  -ordain and appoint,  and give  and grant to The: Society of
         the Hofpitai  in the City  of New- York in America, that at any, and
         every fuch legal Meeting of any Seven or more of the Governors of
in^aukcdng! our faid Corporation, of whom the Prefident of our faid Corporation
fuy       for the Time being, or in Cafe of a Vacancy in the faid Office, or the
         Sickneu or  Abfence of the  faid Prefident,  die Vice-Prefident for the
         Time being, fhall always be one, it fhall and may be lawful for them,
under the Seal in Writing,  under the common Seal of our faid Corporation, to make,
li^'ma^TB'e frame,  conftitute, eftablifh and ordain, from Time to Time, and at
i.a«st-rthe ail Times hereafter, fuch Laws,  Conftitutions,  Ordinances, Regula*-
*ne..t th.-re -t; tions and Statutes for the better government of the Officers, Members,
officers,Tnd'"' and Servants of the faid Corporation, and of the Patients from Time
tneVpatientnsdto°f to Time admitted into the  faid Hofpitai;  for fixing and afcertaining
be admitted.  £jie Places of Meeting of our faid Corporation, on the Days and Times
 The places and °ftne Elections above mentioned ;  and for regulating the Mode and
Mode of Eiec- Manner of making; fuch,  and all other the Elections in our faid Cor-
  The Manage, poration ; the Management and Difpofition of the Funds and  Charities,
ment and dk>o- anei a][ other the Bufinefs and Affairs whatever of our faid Corporation.
fioon or  the                                                          *        *
Funds ani cha- as they, or  the major Part  of them, fo legally met, fhall judge belt
other "finds, for the general Good of  the faid Corporation, and  profitable for the
li cation, more effectual promoting the charitable and beneficial Defigns of the
i'in^pilT«d ^aid CorPoration : And the fame,  or any  of them, to alter,  amend
•mend.     or repeal from Time to  Time, as tlu-y,. or die major Part of  them
                                                                       fo 
The CHARTER of the New-York HOSPITAL.           ir
fo met as aforefaid, fliall judge moil conducive to the Benefit of the
faid Charity ;  PROVIDED fuch Laws,  Conftitutions, Regulations, Jtu£?yeL™
,.  .                                               '    O         not tor be repug-
Ordinances,  and Statutes,  be not repugnant to the Laws of that Part nant to the Laws
of our  Kingdom  of  Great-Britain  called England,  nor  of  this our ihisCoi*n>. r
Province of New-Tork.   AND WE do further will  And
grant, that  the faid Governors of the faid Corporation for the to appoint the
Time being, or any Seven or more of them, fo legally met and Con- fieh'nVand su/
vened as aforefaid, of  whom the  Prefident, or Vice-Prefident, for g°npaJ°ei^;.teaJ
the Time being,  fhall always be one,  as aforefaid, fliall have the full
and fole Power  and Authority for ever hereafter, by the Majority of
their Voices from Time to Time, to elect, nominate and appoint fuch
and fo many Phyficians and Surgeons, as they fhall judge  neceffary to
attend the faid Hofpitai, and the fick and difeafed Patients from Time
to Time admitted to the Benefits of the faid Charity ; and to appoint
the Phyficians and Surgeons fo elected, their refpective Powers, Au-
thorities, Bufinefs, Trufts and Attendances ; and alfo to appoint an a]fo an Apothe.
Apothecary,  a Steward,  and Matron, of and for the faid Hofpitai  ; ^?'Ma Stewavd
and from  Time  to  Time to 'appoint them,  the faid Apothecary,
Steward, and Matron, and  each of them, their refpective Powers,
Authorities, Bufinefs, Trufts, and Attendances; and  to difplace and
d if charge the Apothecary, Steward,  and Matron, from  the Service ™adce JS!nap.dif"
of the faid Hofpitai,  and to  nominate and appoint other or others ^sS" ia
in their Places and Stead.   And we do further,  of>oUr efpecial
Grace, certain Knowledge, and meer Motion,  for Us, our Heirs and
Succeffors, grant and ordain,  that when, and as often as any Prefident,
Vice-Prefident, Governor, Treafurer, Secretary, Phyfician, or Sur-  ™*Jrlttt
'zeon of the faid Corporation, fhall become unfit or incapable to exe- G°vern°r»Tr».
y*.                  J-                               J             lurerj occreraryj
cute their faid Offices, refpectively, or fhall mifdemean themfelves in Pnjf.cian or
             ~,       ✓»  o •   1                    it>T         Surgeon, incapa-
their  faid Offices,  refpectively, contrary to any the Jbye Laws  or we of feeing 0*
Regulations of our faid Corporation, or refufe or neglect the Execu- JS"™8
tion thereof, and  thereupon a Complaint or Charge in Writing, fhall
be exhibited againft him or them, by any Member of our faid Corpo-
ration,  at any legal Meeting of the Governors of our faid Corporation
and Hofpitai, as aforefaid, that it fhall and may  be lawful for the
Prefident,  or Vice-Prefident and Governors, or the  major  Part of
them, then met, or at any other legal Meeting of our faid Corporation may npoa Com.
from  Time to Time, and  upon Examination and due Proof, to fuf- E^*^
pend  or difcharge fuch  Prefident,  Vice-Prefident,  Governor,  Trea- £«** fuf.
furer,  Secretary,  Phyfician,  or Surgeon, from their Offices refpect-P
ively,  altho' the yearly or other Time for their refpective Services,
fliall not be expired ; any Thing before in thefe Prefents contained to
                                                             the 
11
The CHAR PER of //vlCcw-Yoi k  HOSPITAL.
         the contrary thereof in any wife uotwidiftanding ;— Provided always,
         That no Prefident, Vice-Prefident, Governor, Phyfician, or Surgeon,
         fliall be fufpended  or difcharged at any  Meeting,  without the  Con-
         currence and Approbation of the Majority of the whole Number of
S^ryof the Governors of the  faid Corporation,  nor  without having a Copy
         of the  Complaint or Charge againft him, at  leaft  Six  Days before
         fuch Examination ;  and an  Opportunity  to be fully heard  in his
         Defence.   AND for the keeping up and preferring for ever here-
         after,  a Succeffion of Members  for the  laid Corporation, our Will
         and Pleafure is,  and we do hereby for us, our Heirs and Succefibrs,
         ordain, give,  and grant, to The Society of'the Hui'piuil in the City of
 ThrGovernor, New-York/« America,  and their Succeffors,  for  ever, that it
>*:<& Meeting fi^jj and m^ be jawful at ^W Time and Times hereafter,  for ever,
         for any Seven or more of the Governors of our faid Corporation, for
         the Time being,  of whom  we  Will  the Prefident, or in  Cafe  of
         his Abfence, Sicknefs, or a Vacancy in the faid Office  of Prefident,
         the  Vice-Prefident of the  faid  Corporation,  fliall always be  one,
         being convened and met together as aforefaid,  fo as to  be a  legal
         Meeting of our faid Corporation, as above mentioned, to elect and
  ...  , choofe bv the Majority of their Voices, and in fuch Manner and Form,
t.\ Majority or        •        j   j              '        t     •  r\   1
w.ce-.., choofe and upon fuch Terms and Conditions, as fliall be directed, ordained
      "'' and eftablifiYd for that Purpofe,  by any the faid Bye Laws, Statutes,
         Conftitutions or Ordinances of the faid Corporation, and admit under
and under their the common Seal of our faid Corporation, fuch, aud fo many Perfons,
men/I"!!*/  to be Members of the faid Corporation,  as they fhall think beneficial
fidai<loetrhebene" t0 l^ie laudable Defigns of the laid Corporation.  Which Perfons, and
society.    every  of them fo from Time to Time elected, chofen, and admitted,
         fliall, by Virtue thereof, and of thefe  Prefents, be vefted with  all
         the Powers, Authorities and Privileges,  which any -Member of the
 The Governors faid Corporation is hereby inverted with.  AND our Will and  Plea-
"anuwlhe mre further is, that the faid  Governors of the faid Corporation and
bi'^of'an'thTi'r hofpitai, fhall yearly and every Year, give an Account in Writing,
proceedings,  of the feveral Sums of Money  by them received and expended by
KcSii.""  ' Virtue of thefe Prefents, or any  Authority hereby  given ; and of the
         Management,  Application  and Difpofition  of  the Revenues and
         Charities aforefaid, to the General *Affembly  of our faid Province,
         for the Time being, or to fuch Perfon or Perfons as the faid General
         Affembly fhall,  from Time to Time, appoint to  receive and audit
         the fame Accounts, when they  the  Governors  of our  faid Hofpitai
         fh ill be thereunto required by the faid General Affembly of our faid
         Province.   Anj  further, we  do by thele Prefents, for us,  our
                                                                     Heirs 
The CHARTER of the New-York  HOSPITAL.
Heirs and Succeffors,  give  and grant,  unto the faid Society of the
Hofpitai in the City of New-York in America, and their Succeffors
for ever,  that this our prefent CHARTER,  fhall  be  deemed, ad- J^Td*
judged  and conftrued in all Cafes, mod favourably, and for the ^vc°urrvof thc
beft Benefit and Advantage of our faid Corporation, and for the pro-
moting the good Ends and Defigns of this charitable Inftitution ; And
that this our prefent Grant, being enter'd on Record, as is herein after *nd being enter.
expreffed, fhall be for ever hereafter, good and effectual in the Law, Mibe cXiai
according to our royal Intent and Meaning herein before declared ;,n the Law'
and without any other Licence, Grant or Confirmation from us, our
Heirs or Succeffors,  hereafter by the faid Corporation to be had or
obtained, notwithftanding any Mif-recitals, Non-recitals, not-naming,
or mif-naming, or any of the aforefaid Offices, Franchifes, Privileges,
Immunities,  or other  the Premifes-,  or any of them ; and altho' no
Writ of ad quad Damnum, or other Writs,  Jnquifitions, or  Precepts
hath been upon this  Occafion had, made, iffued  or profecuted ; any
Statute, Act, Ordinance, or Provifion, or other Matter or Thing to
the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding..  IN TESTIMONY
whereof, we have caufed thefe our Letters to be made Patent, and
the Great Seal of our faid Province to be hereunto affixed, and the
fame to be entered of Record,, in our Secretary's Office for our faid
Province of New-Tork, in one of the Books of Patents there remaining.
WITNESS our right trufty and right well-beloved Coufin, JOHN,
EARL of DUNMORE, our Captain General and Governor in Chief,
in and over our faid Province of New-Tork, and the Territories depend-
ing thereon in America, Chancellor and Vice  Admiral  of the fame at
our Fort in our City of New-Tork, by and with the Advice and Con-
fent of our Council for our faid Province of New-Tork, the Thirteenth
Day  of June, in the Year of our Lord One Thoufand Seven Hundred
and Seventy-one, and of our Reign the Eleventh*
D
RULES 
 
    RULES   and  REGULATIONS

For  the  Government of  the  New-York  Hospital,

   eftablifoed by  Order  of the Governors, in the Sixth

   Month,   1794.

                     ,,m.......vmmmmmmmmmmmim    .  .

                     Annual Bufinefs of the Governors*

Ift.   A T the Monthly Meeting^for the Firft Month in  each Year,  a Com-
    £\ mitee  fliall be appointed for the auditing the Treafurer's Accounts,
which Accounts are  to be made up to  the 31ft Day of the faid Firft Month,
and produced at the next following  Monthly Meeting ;  with a Certificate of
their Approbation annexed,  if the fame be approv'd by them: Which Com-
mittee fliall alfo  make out, and produce at the fame Time, an Annual Report
of the State of the Hofpitai,  to be laid  before the Legiflature in fuch Manner
as the Governors may direct.

   lid. To receive from the Matron, the Monthly Meeting previous to the
Election, an Inventory of the Houfehold Furniture.

   Hid.  On the Election of  a Treafurer, Security mult be  given by him for
the due Performance of his Truft.

                        Duty. of the Treafurer.

   Ift. To make up the Accounts to the 31ft Day of the  ift Month in each
Year.

   lid.  To prefent, at the feveral Monthly Meetings in the 5th, 8th,  and 1 ith
Months,  a State of the Funds and the Amount of the Monies in Hand.

   Hid. He mult pay  no Money on Account of Expenditures in the Hofpitai,
unlefs Accounts  are produced to  him, examined  and figned by the Vifiting
Committee, the Auditors of Accounts, or the Committee of Repairs, except
to the Steward,  for the exprefs Purpofe of Marketing. 
TT     Km':™  ^/Regulations./^-/^New-York Hospital.
                         Duty of the Secretary.

  Ift. That he attend (or appoint fome Perfon in his Room) the Meetings of
the Society,  and of the Governors ;  and take Minutes of the  Proceedings ot
each Meeting,  and tranferibe the fame in the Book ailigned for that Purpofe-.

  lid. That immediately after each  Election of Governors, he give Notice in
writing, to the different Perfons appointed.

  Hid.  That on the Day preceding each ftated  and other Meetings, he fend!
Notice of the Time and Place of fuch Meeting, to each of the Governors.

  IVth. That  at every Meeting he read the Minutes of the preceding Meeting
at length, and then the Parts thereof refpecting Bufinefs referred to that Meet-
ing,  in the Order they ftand.

  Vth.  That at every Monthly Meeting, he minute whether the Report of the
Vifiting Committee is prefented, or not; and, if it is not prefented, the Minute
muft exprefs that the Committee is defired to bring forward a Report,, and to
inform the Governors of the Reafbn of fuch OmifHon.

  Vlth. When the Bufinefs of esch  Meeting is compleated,, he muft read the
Minutes thereof previous to the Adjournment.

  Vlltlu It being the Duty of the Treafurer to make up his Annual Account
with the Hofpitai to the 31ft of the lit Month,  the  Secretary is to have the
fame regularly copied  in the Minutes of the Second Month,  and to make
a Minute in tile 5th, 8th, aad nth Months of Balance in the  Treafurer"*
Hauds.                                               1
                     Duties of the Vifiting Committee,

  Ift. To attend regularly at the Hofpitai from Twelve to One o'Clock, or*
the Third and Sixth Days of the Week.

  lid.  If either of the Committee is not able to attend his Duty,  owing to
Indifpofition or  other  Caufe,  he is to requeft one of the other Governors to
attend in his Stead.
                                                              Hid.  On 
Rules and Regulations/^ the New-York Hospital.      17
   Hid.  On the firft  Day of their Vifitation,  they are  to  receive from the
Steward, a State of the Hofpitai on the laft Day of the preceding Month, con-
taining a Lift of Patients,  and a Lift of all the Provifions,. Stores and Liquors,
then under his Care ;. and a Lift: of Neceflaries he  fuppofes  may be wanted in
the Courfe of the Month of their Vifitation ; and if the Committee approve of
the fame, they are to give hkrt Directions in writing, directed to the Committee
of Accounts, to have them procured,  or fuch Part thereof  as they may think
is necelTary ; and alfo to receive from the Apothecary and  Matron, a Lift of
fuch Articles as may be wanted in the Courfe of the Month*

   IVth.  When Applicants produce to them a  Certificate that they have beew
examined by a  Phyfician or Surgeon,, the Committee is to judge if the  there
Circumftances of the Hofpitai is fuch as may be convenient  to receive  them ;
and if the Circumftances of the Applicant renders him not able to pay for his
Board, the Committee will either direct the Steward to receive him as a Pauper ;
or they will refufe him admittance, as to them may feem proper; and if they
admit him as  a Pay Patient, they are to agree for the  Price to be paid  per
Week, not lefs than Twelve Siblings*T the Committee taking Security as per
printed Form*

   Vth. They are to vifit the feveral Wards at leaft every Week, and fee that
they are clean and in good Order;:  and infpect into the Wants of the Patients.

   Vital- After having ferved a Month they are to exhibit to die next Monthly
Meeting, a Report of their Proceedings, together with the Steward's-State of
the Hofpitai during the Month they ierved.

   Vllthv They are to enquire of the  Apothecary,  on each Vifiting Day, if any
Fatients are deemed incurable, or in a Condition to leave the Holpital ; in Order
that they may be difcharged,, and that no improper Obje&s* are remaining.


                   J&uties of the Vhyfitians and Surgeons*

   Ift. That one Phyfician and one Surgeon, (befides other  necelTary Attend-
ance)' attend every Day from Twelve to One o'Clockr to vifit and  prefcribe for
the Sick ; to examine thofe who may prefent themfelves as Patients,- and certify
their Opinions of their Cafes to the  Vifiting. Committee.           Hd. That
  • NOTE._____By a late Order of the Governors, the Pay-Patients Board is advanced to n* lefs than
STxtten Shitting* per Week.- 
-      Rutfc>^KK6BLATi0w«>^N!^'"Y0''k H0SP1TAI-

  lid  That if a Phyfician or  Surgeon is prevented from attending bis Duty
at the'Hofpitai, he is to engage  fome other belonging to the fame Line as him-
lclf to attend for him.

  Hid.  That  no Amputation or other capital Operation  (except in Cafes of
immediate and extreme Neceffity) be performed without a previous Confutation
between at leaft two Phyficians and two Surgeons, and to which all the Phyfi-
cians and Surgeons belonging to the Hofpitai fhall be invited.

  IVth. No Perfon fhall be admitted to fee the Practice of the Hofpitai without
die Content of the Faculty.

  Vth.  Students having Leave from  the  Phyfician* or Surgeons  to vifit  the
Hofpitai, to pay the Treafurer Forty Shillings each before they be admitted,
which Money is to be laid out with the  Advice of the  Phyficians and  Surgeons
in the Purchafe. of a Medical Library and Mufeum.

  Vlth. The  Phyficians and Surgeons  to pay particular Attention to the dis-
charging the Patients, as foon as  their Cafes  will admit, and  to inform  the
Apothecary of it without Delay.

  Vllth. They are to require  of the Apothecary to keep affair  Account (in a
Book provided for that Purpofe)  of the feveral Patients under their refpective
Cares,  and of the Diforders they labour under, and  enter in the faid Book  die
Recipes or Prefcriptions they may make for each of them.


                         Duty of the Apothecary.

   Ift.  He is to vifit the Wards every Morning, and be  prepared to  report a
State of the Patients to the Phyficians or Surgeons.

  lid. That he difpences no Medicines,  Wine, or Spirits,  without Directions
from the Phyficians or Surgeons, which he is Daily to  receive from them.

  Hid. That he never abfent himfelf when  the Phyficians or Surgeons are to
attend, and' that he  always, on going out, leave Notice with the Steward or
Matron where he may be found*

  IVth. He muft inform the Vifiting.Committee of fuch Patients as are deemed
Incurable,  or in  a Condition, in the Opinion of the  Phyficians, to leave  the
Hofpitai.
                                                               Vlh»  He 
/
Rulf.s and Regu l at ions for the New-York Hospital.      19
  Vth.  He  muft,  on the laft Day of each Month,  make a Return  to  the
Vifiting Committee of the Quantity  and Kind of Liquors he received in the
Courfe of the Month from the Steward,  and a Lift of Patients to whom the
fame have been adininiftered,  and how much to each, with the Name of the
Phyfician who ordered the fame.

  Vlth.  He muft deliver to the Vifiting Committee,  on the firft Day of their
Vifitation,  a Lift of fuch  Medicines as the Phyficians or Surgeons fuppofe may
be wanted in the Courfe of the Month.


                          Duty of the Steward*

  Ift.  Under Direction  of the  Vifiting Committee he is to purchafe  Wood,
Provifions, and all other Stores, (except Medicines) for the Ufe of the Hofpitai.

  lid. To Market regularly, and purchafe fuch Provifions as the Matron may
direct.

  Hid. To keep under  his Key, all Stores, Wines, Spirits,  Sugars,  Molaffes,
Linen and Blanketing, not made Up, and all other Neceffaries of which any
Quantity is purchafed ; and to deliver to the Apothecary or Matron, Weekly,
or at fhorter Intervals, fuch Quantity as may be called for.

  IVth.  To overfee all Workmen employed in Repairs, ckc.  and to keep art
Account of the Time each  Perfon is employed.

  Vth. To take Care of the Garden, and fee that it is kept in Order.

  Vlth.  To take Care of  the Doors, and fee that the outer Gates be always
locked at Nine in the Evening,  from the Firft of the nth Month  to the Firft
of the 5th Month, and at Ten from the ift of 5th Month, to the Firft of 1 ith
Month.

  Vllth.  To fix a Ticket  at  the Head of* each Patient's Bed,  with the Name
of the Patient; together  with that of the Phyfician or Surgeon  who attends.

  VHItrn To vifit every Ward every Morning and Evening, and at a different
Hour from that in  which  the  Matron goes to the Wards; to caufe  the Names
of the Patients to be called over, and minute thofe who are abfent; and, by his
Authority, to affift the Nurfes in keeping Up Order among them, and particu-
larly to take Care that every  Patient is in Bed by Ten o'Gloek  at Night.

                                                              IXth. He 
Kvlis <::d KycjULATiONs/o''^ New-York Hostital.
  l.\t!u He muft not enter in the Book of Admiffion the Name of any Perfon
as a P-.tient until lie has an Order figned by  the Viiiting Committee for that
Purpofe.

  Xth.  On the firft Day of each Month he muft exhibit  to the Vifiting Com-
mittee an Account of all  the Provifions,  Stores and Liquors then under his
Care, with the Prices they coft, and of whom purchafed j  and a Lift of fuch
Articles as he fuppofes may be  wanted in the Courfe of  the Month ;  and  to
receive from them an Order directed to the Auditors of Accounts, to procure
fuch Articles as they may think necefiary.

  Xlth*  On the laft Day of each Month he muft make a Return to the Vifit-
ing Committee of the State of the Hofpitai, containing the Names of the Pati^
cnts,  when admitted, &c. agreeably to the Form printed for that  Purpofe;,
and alfo an Account of  Stores, Liquors, &c. purchafed  and expended in the
Courfe of the Month, mentioning the Quantity and Sort of Liquors handed by
him to the Apothecary-

  X Ilth. With the Content of the Vifiting Committee he fliall have full Liberty
to employ or difcharge the Men Servants employ'd in or about the Hofpitai.

  XHIth. He muft take  particular Care that no Wine or-Spirits be  ufed in
the  Hofpitai, except hy the exprefs Direction of the Phyficians ©p Surgeons few
the  Ufe of the Patients.

                           Duty of the Matron*..

  Ift. To vifit nil die Patients,  at leaft twice  every  Day, at a different Hour1
from that in which the Steward goes to the Wards, and fee  that they are pro-
perly attended by theNurfes..

  lid. With Confent of  the Vifiting Committee, the Matron is to have full:
Liberty to employ or difcharge  the Nurfes and Female Servants,  employed im
and about the HofpitaL

  Hid.  The Matron fhalfoverfee all the Female Patients and Servants, take
Care that the Wards, Chambers, Beds, Cloths, Linen, and other Things within
the  Hofpitai be kept clean ; and to that End all the faid Patients and Servants;
fhall be fubmiffive and obedient to her..

  IVth.  That the Matron take Care of all the Houfhold Goods and Furniture,
and at the firft Meeting of the Governors, after the Annual Election* exhibit
to them an Inventory of the fame-
                                                                  Rules 
Rules and Regulations for the New-York Hospital.      21
                         Rules refpcfting Patients.

  Ift.  Application for Admiflion into the Hofpitai, muft be made, in the firft
Inftance, to one of the Governors or Phyficians, who, if they think proper, will
give a Recommendcition, directed to the Vifiting Committee, to  whom it
muft be p-efented  at  the Hofpitai, on the  3d or 6th Day of the Week ; and
after their  Diforders complained of,  are  examined by the Phyficians or Sur-
geons, the Vifiting Committee will either direct the Steward to admit them ;
or they will refufe them Admittance, as to them may feem proper.

  lid.  No Patient can be admitted into the Hofpitai unlefs the Vifiting Com-
mittee fign an  Order to the Steward for that Purpofe, except the Phyfician's
Certificate expreiily mention, that the Patient's Cafe requires being immediately
admitted.

  Hid.  That no Patients fhall be admitted whofe Cafes are judged  incurable,
Lunaticks excepted, or any whofe Cafes do not require the particular Conve*
niencies of an Hofpitai.

  IVth. That no  Perfon  having the Small-Pox, Itch,  or other infectious
Diftempers, fliall be admitted until there are proper Apartments  for the Recep-
tion of fuch as are afflicted with thofe Difeafes.

  Vth. That Women having  young Children, fliall not be received  (except
when the Child and Mother are both Patients, or their Children  are  taken
Care of elfewhere) that the Hofpitai may not be burthen'd with the Maintenance
of fuch Children, nor the Patients difturbed with the Noife.

  Vlth. That Citizens in the  State of New-Tork,  not  refiding in the City and
County of Neiv-Tork,  defiroirj of being admitted  into the  Hofpitai,  muft be
recommended by a Juftice of Peace, and the Overfeer  or  Overfeers of the
Townfhip wherein they refide : it is requefted that Cafes of  their Difeafes,
drawn up by a Phyfician or Surgeon, be fent with them.

  Vllth.  That if there fhall be Room in the Hofpitai to fpare, Patients fhall
be admitted at fuch reafonable Rates as the Vifiting Committee may  agree for,
and the Monies arifing from the Boarding and Nurfing fuch Patients, fhall be
paid to the Treafurer for the  Ufe of the Hofpitai,  and all fuch Patients muft
give Security that  they fliall not become burthenfome to the City or HofpitaL
F
VHIth, That 
Ruli.s and Ah.GVLATiossfir the New-York Mostital
  Vlllth. That all Patients when cured, fliall fign Certificates of their parti-
cular Cafes,  and of the Benefit they have received, to be cither pnblifhed or
otherwife difpofed of as the Governors may think proper ;  in which Certificate
fliall be inferted the Date of their Admiffion and Difcharge.

  IXth.  That no Patient go out of the Hofpitai without Leave from one of
the  Phyficians or Surgeons, firft fignified to the Steward or Matron.

  Xth.  That they do not Swear, Curfe,  get Drunk,  behave Rudely or Inde-
cently, on Pain of Expulfion after the firft Admonition.

  Xlth.  That no Patient prefume to play at Cards, Dice,  or any other Game
within the Hofpitai,  or to beg any where in the City of New-Tork,  on  Pain of
being difcharged for Irregularity.

  Xllth.  That  fuch Patients as are  able, in the Opinion of the Phyficians and
Surgeons, fhall  affift in nurfing others, wafhing and' ironing the Linen, waftyng
and cleaning the Rooms,  and fuch  other Service as the Matron or Steward
fliall require.

  Xlllth. That no Spirituous Liquors be brought into  the Hofpitai, or ufed by
any Patient,  unlefs by  Order or Confent of one of the Phyficians or Surgeons.

  XlVth. Tint no Patient enter the Kitchen,  or  any  of the Servants  Apart-
ments,  under any Pretence  whatfoever,  unlefs by Order of the Steward or
Matron.

  XVth.  That  the Men Patients fhall not go into  the Women's Apartments
or Wards, nor the Women Patients into the Men's.

fr
Mode 
Rules ^Regulations for the New-York Hospital.      23
Mode of Admijjion.
    APPLICATION muft be made, in  the firft Inftance,  to one of the
     Governors or Phyficians, who, if they think proper, will give them the
following Recommendation, v/z.—

                    NEW-YORK,       Day of               17

J[ Recommend                                   to be admitted into the

New-York Hofpitai, if       appears to you a proper Object after      fhall

be examined by the Phyficians or Surgeons.

  To the Vifiting Committee of the ?
       New-Tork  Hofpitai.      £

  The Applicant  muft attend at the  Hofpitai, on the 3d or 6th Day of the
Week, and be  examined by the attending Phyfician or Surgeon ;  who will
enquire into the Nature of their Diforder ; and if approved as a proper Patient,
will give them the following Certificate, viz.—

                         NEW-YORK,    Day of                17

I Have examined                           ---        and  find     is

a proper Patient for the New-York Hofpitai.

  To the Vifiting Committee of the ?
      New-Tork HofpitaL       £

  N.  B.  If the Patient*s Cafe requires immediate Admittance, the Phyfician is t§
fuhfcrihe the following Direction.

' The Steward is defired to receive the Bearer until the  Vifiting Committee
attends.

  thefe Certificates  muft be prefented to the Vifiting Committee, who will
either direa the Steward to receive them, or they will refufe them A*mi*™*'
as to them may feem proper. 
=4     Kuli-s mil Reuuhtton's/or the New-York Hospital.
Forms,  for  the  Ufe of  the  Hofpitai.
w
admit
                     PAUPER.

              New-Tork Hofpitai,    Day of

E Iiuve examined into the Circumftances of
      as a Pauper Patient into the New-York Hofpitai.
>7

 and
To  the Steward of the
  New-York Hofpitai.
  Vifiting
Committee-.
w
    PAY-PATIENT.

New-Tork Hojpital',      Day of
*7
     E admit                                   a Pay-Patient into the
New-York Hofpitai,                                   having figned an
Affurance as Security for the Payment of Ills Board, &c
To  the Steward of the ^
  New-York Hofpitai.  £
 Vifiting
Committee.
--------------------------—"----, being admitted a Patient into the
New-York Hofpitai, at       Requeft,.    do hereby promife to provide
with Cloathing fumcient for      Ufe while there ;  to pay the Treafurer of
faid Hofpitai                     per Week,  for      Board during
Continuance there ; to caufe      to be removed when difcharged, and  ta
pay the Expence of Burial,  if    die there..
Witness
Hand the
Day of
17
    THIS is to certify, That I
     on the        Day of
New-York Hofpitai, afflicted with
difcharged ; being
Hofpitai, this       Day of
                       was admitted
            17     a Patient into the
                        and am now
Witness my Hand, at the New-York
         17 
             At a  Monthly MEETING  of the

GOVERNORS of  the NEW-YORK HOSPITAL.

                  8th Month, ift, 1797.

               THE, Committee appointed to bring forward Rules
  for  the Library,  report the following ;  which being read, were
" approved of  and the Secretary is defired tofurnijh the Apothecary
" with a Copy of faid Rules ; and he being now called before  the
" Board) was  directed to obferve the fame with flri 51 Attention"

     *          Extracted from the Minutes.

                           THOMAS EDDY, Secretary.
RULES,  for  the  Prefervation,  &c.
of the
   NEW-YORK HOSPITAL LIBRARY.

Ift. X. HE Apothecary fhall be Librarian.
  Hd.  The Librarian fliall keep an accurate Catalogue of the Books, which
fliall fpecify the Title,  Author,  Size, Number of Volumes, and depofit, when
loaned, of each Work.
  Hid. Every Work  in the Library fhall be numbered, both by a Label on
the Back of each Volume, expreffive of the Number, and by the fame in um-
ber written within the Volume; and on the Title-page of each Volume fhall
be written, " The Property of the New-Tork Hofpitai."
                             G                         IVth.  It 
 26     Rulls for the Pn'icrvatiw, ire. of the New-1'ork Hospital Library.


   IVth. It is the Duty  of the  Librarian to receive,  and give out, Books^
 obferving,  when they are returned, to  replace them on  the Shelves, after
 having carefully examined whether they are free from  Damage.

   Vth. No I3ooks can be lent out of the Library  (except  to the Governors
 Phyficians,  and Surgeons, of the Hofpitai) but on Mondays,  Wednefdays
 Thurfdays, and  Saturdays, arid between  the Hours of Eleven and Twelve
 when the prefcribmg Hour is at Twelve ; and between Eight and Nine, when
 it commences at Nine.  The Vifiting Governors,  Phyficians, and  Surgeons
 are allowed to take out Books,  at the  Hours of their Attendance,  on Tues-
 days, and Fridays, and at the cuftomary Hours on other Days.

   Vlth. The Librarian  is not auriiorized to let out Books to any Perfon, fave
 the Governors, Phyficians, Surgeons, Apothecary,  and Houfe-Surgeon of the
 Hofpita', and to fuch Students of Medicine as are regularly admitted,  apree*
 able to the Rules of the Honfe,  to fee the Practice thereof,  (except as herein
 after provided.)

   VHth. The Governors, Phyficians, and Surgeons, may take out a complete
 Work,  even if it confift of feveral Volumes,—but are not allowed this Liberty
 in refpect  to  voluminous Colleaions of diftinct Papers, fuch as the Medical
 Commentaries, &c. of which they can take but a fingle  Volume at a Time.

   VHIth.  No Student of Medicine  eaiv take out more than one Volume of
 any  W ork at a Time.

   IXth. Folios may be kept outfour Weeks, Quartos three, and Duodecimos
 two  Weeks.

  Xth. No Perfon  can take out a Work,  or  a fingle Volume of a Work,
 without leaving with the Librarian a-Depofit (to be fpecificd in the Catalogued
 for each JA ork) of not lefs than  one Third more than the actual Value of the
 Worfc.   1 his Rule does not extend to  certain Medical  Colleaions,  hereafter
 enumerated,  in  refpect  to which the Depofit fhall have Relation only to the
 v olume taken out.


.Jwtl7 rf vb£r!aB S8!1 Makta reSular EntT> at the Time of loaning
Z1S0™/   n    ' V?1Um„e' Borr<™«-. ^d of the Depofit made.  He
at the  Time  ,,/•   ,6 regUlar ^7 °f the  Time when  *  * "turned, and
at tne  lime  or  its  being returned»

                                                             Xllth.  A
i 
RuLEs/or the Prefervation, &c. of the New-York Hospital Library.    27
   XHth. A ShilUng a  Week fhall be paid for every Volume kept beyond
 the Time  herein fpecified.   If the Volume be not returned within three
 Months, it is to be confidered as loft,  and  the Depofit is forfeited to the
 Library..

   XIHth. If any Perfon fliall lofe a Volume or Volumes of any Set of Books,
■the Remains of the Set fhall  be delivered  to him,  on his fubftituting a new
\ Set.   In Cafe this be not done,  his Depofit is forfeited, and the mutilated Set
lis alfo retained in the Library.

   XIVth.  Damages of Books  are of four  Degrees,-—

   [a]-. The defacing the external Appearance of the Book;

   [b] The  deftruction or confiderable Injury of the Covering;

   [c] Blots, Spots,  and fmall  Rents, &c— fo as to deface, but not dsftroy,
  the Contents of the Book ;

    [d] And, the tearing, fo as to endanger or occafion the Lofs of fome Part
  of the Contents.,-—

    When any Damage, fhort of deftroying its Value, happens to a Book,  the
  Librarian is to notice  and  report it to the Vifiting Governors, who are to
  determine the Fine to be paid  by  the Borrower—-according to the Degree
  and Nature of the Injury and the Coft of the Book.—The Depofit is to be
  stained till the Fine is paid.   If the Borrower refufes to pay the  Fine, the
  Depofit is forfeited.

  I  X Vth.  All Fines and Forfeitures are to be appropriated to the Ufe  of the
  Library   The Librarian is to keep an exact Account of the fame,  which he
  :::s to render Monthly to the Vifiting Governors, and pay the Sums focollefted
  stto their Order.

    XVIthi The Librarian is refponfible for  the Library, agreeable to the Ca-
   :alogue,  and fhall render a femi-annual (or, if it be required, more irequent;
  ^Account thereof,  to the Governors.

  \. XVIIth  In  all  Cafes  where  Doubts arife refpecting a Violation of the
   foregoing  Rules,  they (hall  be fubmitted to the Vifiting Govcmor^^

  ft  . 
attending Phvficians, and  Surgeons, whofe Determination fliall be final: but
no fuch Govcn.urs Phyficians,  and Surgeons, fliall judge in his own Call-.
  XVllIth.  Any  Perfon making a Donation of Twenty-five Dollars, for the
Benefit of the Library,  or of  Books,  conneaed with  Medicine,  to th.it
Amount,  Ihall be entitled,  during Life, to the Ufe of the whole Collection,
agreeable to  the foregoing Rules.
              The  MEDICAL COLLECTIONS
Referred to in the Vllth and Xth Rules, in Refpea to which the Depofit has
           Relation only to the Value of the Volume, are-----
                 Medical Commentaries,  of  Edinburgh*
                 Phyfical Effays  of Edinburgh.
                 Medical Eflays,  of Edinburgh.
                 Medical Obfervations and Inquiries,  of London*
LIST 
^^g
LIST of the MEMBERS of the Society of the NEW-YORK

                       HOSPITAL, r797.
Thofe with this Mark (d) are deceafed.
Charles Ward Apthorp,  (d)
William Axtell,   (d)
John Alfop,
Gilbert Afpinwall,
Jofiah Adams,
Francis Atkinfori,
John Atkinfon,
             B

Grove Bend,  (d)
Evert Banker,
Thomas Buchannan,
Andrew Barclay,   (d)
William Brownjohn,   (d)
Francis Baffett,
Samuel Bowne,   (d)
Dirick Brinkerhoff,  (d)
Benjamin Booth,
Abraham Brinkerhoff,  (d)
Walter Buchannan,
Robert Bowne,
Goldfbrow Banyar,
Gerard G. Beekman,   (d)
G-—- G. Beekman, jun.
Samuel Bowne,
H
John Barrow,
James Bowne,       (d)
James Buck,
Aaron Burr,
Samuel Burling,
William Backhoufe,  (d)
Dr. John Bard,
William Bayard,  fen.
John Bogert,  (d)
Robert L. Bowne,
Gerard W. Beekman,
Walter Bowne,
George Bowne,
John Beekman,
William Bowne,
Samuel Broome,
W7illiam Bayard, jun.
James Beekman,
Jofeph Byrnes,
Theophylaa Bache,
Samuel Belamy,
Peter Clopper,
Henry Cruger,   (d)
Robert Crommeline,
w
John 
:o
List of the Members of the Society of'the 1
New-York Hospital.
John Clark,
Henry Cruger, jun.
Cadwall i^er Colden,  (d)
Major Edward Clark,  (d)
Mathew Clarkfon,
Alexander Colden,   (d)
David Clarkfon,  (d)
Corne lius Clopper,   (d)
John H. Cruger,
John Crook,  (d)
Ifaac Corfa,
Ifaac Cock,
Daniel Cotton,
James Conftable,
Samuel Corp,
Brother?, Cofter and Cov
John B. Coles,
William Conftable,
Francis Childs,
John Champlm,
Daniel Dunfcomb*
Jacob Doty,
             D

Elias DefbreNfeg,  (d)
Patrick Dennis,
George Duncan,
R. H. John, Lord Drummond,
William  Denning,
Oliver Delancey,  (d)
James Duane,   (d)
Jofhua Delaplaine,   (d)
Gerardus Depeyfter,
Magdalin Defbroffes,  - {d)
Gerardus Duyckink,   (dj
Abraham Diayee,   (d)
Wahet Dubois,  (d)
             E

Thomas Eddy,
Andrew Elliot,
Effingham Embree,
Thomas Ellifon,   (d)
John Elliott,
William Edgar,
Lawrence Embree,   £c$ '■
             F

Samuel Franklin,
Johnftone Fairholme,  (d)
Col.  Edward .Fanning,  (4$
Thomas Franklin*, J (d)
George  Folltot^
Thomas Fifher,
Henr^FrankJiti*  (d)
John Franklin,
Francis Flemming^,  (tT)
Dr. JohA Ffttbergillt ®f Loflif
  don,  (d)
Walter FrankAin,  fen.   (d)
Thomas Fraakfoa;, juft.  ,
Caleb Froft,
George  Fox>
Adam 
List tf the Members of the Society vf the New-York Hospital.     31
             G

Adam Cilchrift,   (d)
Hugh Gaine,
Edward Goold,
Robert Gray,
Andrew Gautier,   (d)
Peter Goelet,
Nicholas Gouverneur,
Daniel Horfemanden,
Henry Haydock,
George Harrifon,   (d)
Henry Haydock, jun.
Nathaniel Hauxhurft, .
John Hunter, *
(<*)
W
Charles Inj
Samuel Jones,
John Jay,
James Jauncey,
Thomas Jones,
Col. Thomas James,   (d)
Sir William Johnfon,   (d)
Simon Johnfton,   (d)
Nicholas Jones,  (d)
William Jauncey,
John Jones,
Horace Johnfon,
             K

William Kelly,  (d)
Benjamin Kiffam,   (d)
John Tabor Kemp,
John Keefe,
Archibald Kennedy,  (d)
Lawrence Kortwright,  (d)
Jofeph Kettletas,
William Kenyon,
John Knox,
Robert I. Kemble,
Peter Kemble,
John Lawrence,  (d)
John H. Livingfton, fen.
Dirick Lefferts,
John Laboyteaux,   (d)
Philip P. Livingfton,
Catherine Lawrence,
Caleb Lawrence,
Robert R. Livingfton, 'jun.
Cornelius P. Low,   (d)
Robert P. Livingft&n,
Leonard Lifpenard,  (<9)
William Livingfton,  (d)
Abraham Lott,  (d)
P. V. B. Livingfton,  fd)
Ifaac Low,  (d)
William Ludlow,   (d)
Gabriel H. Ludk^w,
John Livingfton, fen.   (d)
Jacob Le Roy^  {d)
John Leake,  (d)
Thomas Legget,
Richard R. Lawnence,
Leffert 
3l
Uisi ct the MbMiiERs of the Society of the New-York  Hospital.
Leffcrt Lcfferts.
John Lamb,
Daniel Ludlow,
Nicholas Low,
William Lawrence,
Philip Livingfton,
Jonathan Little,
             M

Lindly Murray,
John Murray,
Alexander M'Dougall,   (d)
Mary M'Evers,
John Marfton,  (d)
John Murray, jun.
William Maxwell,   (d)
Robert Murray,   (d)
Alexander M'Comb,
Roger Morris,
Abraham Mortier,  (d)
Abraham Mefier,   (d)
Richard Morris,
John Moore,
William M'Adam,  (d)
Nathaniel Marfton,   (d)
John Myer,
Charles M'Evers,
Benjamin Minturn,
John M Wicker,
William Minturn,
Thomas Maule,
Seton, Maitland, and Co.
Robert Mott,
              N

William Neilfpn,   ■'■.') ■,
O
.*.-(
Frederick Pigou,
Daniel Phcenix,
Thomas Pearfall,
John Pell,   (d)
Jofeph Pearfall,
Thomas Pearfall, Watch-maker,
David Provoft,  (d)
Lewis Pintard,
William Poft,
Elijah Pell,
Frederick Philips,
a
R
Jacobus Roofevelt,   (d)
Elizabeth Richards,   (d)
John 
Litjt of the Members of the Society of the New-York Hospital.
John Heid,
Hendrick Rutgers,  (d)
Alexander Robinfon,
Cornelius Ray,
Walter Rutherford,
Ifaac Roofevelt,   (d)
Henry Rutgers, jun,
Nehemiah Rogers,
William T. Robinfon,
''.': .'.  COHOT''' A
Miles Sherbrook,
Chriftopher Smith,
John Stites,
Pafcal N. Smith,
George Stafford,
Gerard Stuyvefant,
JefTe Smith,
William Smith,
John M. Scott,  (d)
Thomas Smith,   (d)
Richard Sharp,  (d)
Ifaac Sears j   (d)
Nicholas Stuyvefant,
Peter Schermerhorn,
Ebenezer Stevens,
James R.  Smith,
Edmund Seaman,
Comfort Sands,
William Shedden,
Henry Sadler,
Thomas Stoughton,
(d)
W)
°>
John Thurfton,
John Thurman,
             U

William Uftick, jun;
William Uftick,
Benjamin UnderhiH,
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             V

Jacobus Van Zandt,   (d}
James Van Varick,   (d)
Peter Vandervoort,   (d)
Theo, Van Wyck,   (d)
Henry Van Vleck,  (d)
John Van Cortlandt,  (d)
David Van Horn,  (d)
Samuel Verplank,
Auguftus Van Horn,  ^d)
Gulian Verplahck,
Auguftus Van Cortlandt,
Richard Varick> 
             w

Erafmus Williams,   (d)
Thomas Wooldridge,   (d)
Richard Waldron,
William W>lton,   (d)
Jacob Walton,   (d)
Gerard Walton,
Ifaac L. Winn,
Robert Watts,
Jacob Watfon,
John Watts, fen.
Hugh Wallace,   (d)
James Watfon,
Thomas White,  f?o»
Henry White,  (d)
John Wethertoead,  (tf)r
Cafper Wiftarr
Jofliua Wadington,
William W. Woolfey,
Charles Watkins,
Richard Yates,
Hamilton Young,
Lawrence Yates,   (d)
I..O
.,    -f • . r r
A 
Af an Election, held on  the 16th Bay of the  6th
  Month, 1797, the following Perfons were elected:

      GERARD  WALTON,  Prefident.
      MATTHEW CLARKSON, Vice-Prefident.
      JOHN MURRAY, Treafurer.
      THOMAS  EDDY, Secretary.
Peter Schermerhorn,
John Murray, jun.
William Edgar,
William Minturn,
Thomas Buchanan,
Robert Bowne,
I. C. Kunzie,
Edmund Prior,
Mofes Rogers,
John B. Coles,
Henry Haydocfc, jun.
Henry Rutgers,
John Thurfton,
John I. Glover,
Thomas Franklin,
William T. Robinfon,
James Kent,
Hu.rrh Gaine,
William Jauneey,
J. Dc la Montagnie,
James Watfon,
John Barrow.
Phyficians and Surgeons to tht Hofpifa!9 viz,
     PHYSICIANS.
John R. B. Rogers,
David Hofack,
Samuel L. Mitchell,;
Elihu H, Smith*
   SURGEONS.
Richard Bayley,
Wright Pott, '
Richard S. KifTam,
Samuel Barrowe,
Valentine Seaman.
Adolph Lent, Apothecary^
Samuel Barnum, Hwfe-Surgeon. 
 
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