1859
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A   LIST
>}• SOME OF THE
Benevolent Institutions
OK THE
GITY OF PHILADELPHIA
T HEIR  LEGAL  T I TLES.
 
 
A  LIST
OF SOME OF THE
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS
CITY  OP  PHILADELPHIA,
AND THEIR
LEGAL TITLES,
TOGETHER WITH
A FORM OF DEVISE AND BEQUEST TO THEM.
COMPILED BY
 ISAAC COLLINS
       'ike-----  <y-
JOHN  S. POWELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
         PHILADELPHIA:

HENRY B. ASHMEAD, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER,

       SANSOM STREET ABOVE ELEVENTH.

             1859. 
CERTIFICATE.
         The  undersigned have carefully examined the Legal Titles
       of the Benevolent Institutions in this pamphlet, and believe
       them to be correct.
                                                  ELI K. PRICE,
                                                  N.  B. BROWNE.
       Philadelphia, March 1859.

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NATIONAL  LIBRARY OF  MEDICIN|sr O T I C E
       BETHESDA  14,  MD.
   Two thousand copies of this pamphlet have been printed, of
which it is intended to send a few copies  to each of the  benevo-
lent institutions mentioned therein, also  a copy to members of
the bar and to  conveyancers, and to about  one thousand five
hundred of our wealthy citizens, and if the requisite funds are
provided, to have the pamphlet stereotyped, in order that small
editions of five hundred copies, may from time to time be printed
and put into circulation.
March 30, 1859. 
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The following Forms of Bequest or Devise tvill, by insert-
  ing in the blank space the Title of the Institution, intend-
  ed to be designated ly the toil I, answer for ^Incorporated
  Institutions.
              OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
  I do give and bequeath to the                           at
Philadelphia, the sum of
                   OF REAL  ESTATE.
  I do give and devise unto the                           at
Philadelphia, their successors and assigns forever, all that cer-
tain, (describe the real estate,) with the appurtenances.

  Persons intending to bequeath or devise  to  Charitable In-
stitutions not incorporated, are advised to consult counsel as to
the legal form.
Attention must be given to the following important law, viz:
Extract from an Act of Assembly, approved 26th April, 1855, relative to Devises
               and Bequests to Charitable Institutions.
   " Section 11.  No estate, real or personal, shall hereafter be
bequeathed, devised or conveyed to any body politic, or to any
person,  in trust for religious or charitable uses,  except the same
be done by  deed or will,  attested by two  credible, and at the
time disinterested witnesses, at least one calendar month before
the decease  of the testator or  alienor; and all  dispositions of
property contrary hereto, shall be void and go to the residuary
legatee  or devisee, next of kin or heirs according to law; Pro-
vided, That  any disposition  of property  within  said  period,
bona fide made for a fair valuable consideration,  shall not be
hereby avoided." 
INTRODUCTION.
   The  object of this publication is to furnish an accu-
rate list of the  Charitable Associations of  our city, and
the  usual and  proper forms of  bequest or devise,  for
the  convenience of those who may wish  to remember
them in  their Wills,  or  in conveyance  of property  in
anticipation of death.

   It is  believed to contain a full and accurate list of all
such charities of a public character, but is  not intended
to include private beneficial associations, or those of a
sectarian nature.

   If it shall prove serviceable in directing the course of
liberality, in a single  instance, to any one of our many
noble and worthy objects of public and private benevo-
lence, the aim of the compilers will be fully attained.

  Note.—A conspicuous color has been selected for the cover, so that this
pamphlet  may be readily distinguished from any other. 
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THE HOWARD INSTITUTION, UNDER  THE CARE
     OF AN ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FRIENDS
                  OF  PHILADELPHIA.
Incorporated by the Court of Common Pleas, September 20,1858.
               Situated at No. 1612 Poplar Street.
President, Rebecca Collins.                 Secretary, Rebecca T. Haines.
                  Treasurer, Regina S. Kimber.

  This Charitable Institution was opened  for a home  for dis-
charged Female Prisoners,  of rather  superior minds and some
education,  who have not been prostitutes;  as  the  Magdalen
Asylum and the Rosine offer a home for the latter class.  "The
Association of  Women Friends," who, for thirty years past,
have made weekly visits to our  prisons, state, as of frequent
occurrence, that female prisoners often afford satisfactory evi-
dence of sincere repentance, and earnest desires to reform and
regain their lost characters; yet, when discharged from prison,
they are, for want of employment, often reduced to great dis-
tress, and  of course are subjected to  sore  temptations.  To
starve  or steal seems to be the alternative left for them.  Men
can  obtain employment; but what family will receive and em-
ploy women just discharged from prison,  and without any
character ?  But  such  are  received into this asylum, and are
industriously employed, until the sincerity of their desires to
reform have been fully tested ; after which, suitable places, far
in the country,  are provided,  and they are thus  removed from
the corrupting influence of former associates.  Many such have
been saved; but for want of more funds the usefulness of The
Howard Institution is greatly circumscribed.  Having no funds
invested, it is  entirely dependent on  donations and annual
subscriptions. 
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  THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PENNSYLVANIA
                       HOSPITAL.
                    Incorporated 1751.
               Pine between 8th and 9th Streets.
President, Mordecai L. Dawson.                Secretary, William Biddle.
                   Treasurer, John T. Lewis.
  Connected with this great  public charity, and  under the
direction of the same Board  of Managers,  is  an  extensive
Hospital for insane males, and another for insane females in
the Twenty-fourth Ward, extending from Market Street to the
Haverford Road.
THE HOSPITAL  OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
            CHURCH IN PHILADELPHIA.
      Charter of Incorporation granted July l%th, 1851.
Cor. Huntingdon and Front Streets, Kensington. Office, 521 Walnut St.
President, Right Rev. Alonzo Potter.           Secretary, Rev. J. A. Childs.
                 Treasurer, George L. Harrison.
  Admits patients of every denomination, color and country.
                 CHARITY  HOSPITAL.
                    Incorporated 1859.
                Buttonwood below Broad Street.
President, Hon. Oswald Thompson.             Secretary, Burrough Price.
                    Treasurer, John Sharp.
Board of Trustees.—Hon. Oswald Thompson, Hon. James R. Ludlow  George
  Nugent, Esq., Robert Morris, Esq., Rev. A. A. Willits, Rev. Kingston God-
  dard, Rev. W. 0. Prentiss, Rev. Alfred Cookman, Hon. AVm. D. Kelly

  Established for the benefit of all citizens and strangers who
require and seek its aid. 
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 WILLS' HOSPITAL FOR  THE DISEASES OF THE
                   BLIND  AND LAME.
                    It is not Incorporated.
    Situated between 18th and 19th Streets, opposite Logan Square.
President, John Rodman Paul.                  Secretary, Edward Hopper.
  The Wills' Hospital  for the Diseases of the  Eye and Limb was
founded by the late James Wills, of Philadelphia, who bequeathed to
the Mayor and Corporation of the City a part of his estate  for that
purpose.
  It is beautifully situated on Race Street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth Streets, immediately opposite  to Logan Square;  and was
opened for the reception of patients in 1834—admission being granted
to  such only as are capable either of cure or relief.
  A Board of Managers, appointed by the Councils, confide the medi-
cal charge of  the Hospital to four  Surgeons, who attend in turn, and
give their services gratuitously.
  The smallness of the  funds remaining after the purchase of the lot
and the erection of the  building has not allowed the  admission at any
one time of more than thirty-five or forty persons; but the usefulness
of the Institution has been greatly extended by the appropriation of
certain days in every week  for advice to out-patients, who flock to it
from all parts of the city and country, in number annually from 1500
to  2000.
  The same reason has  restricted its operations chiefly to the Diseases
of the Eye; though, with greater means, more ample accommodations
could be  provided for the Lame also, and thus afford to the city the
advantages almost of another general hospital.

  Form of a Legacy.—I  give and bequeath to  the City of Philadelphia,
in trust, for the  use of the Wills' Hospital for the relief of the indigent
blind and the lame, the sum of                             dollars.
          THE  SAINT  JOSEPH'S  HOSPITAL.
                      Incorporated 1850.
            Girard Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets.
President, Rt. Rev. James T. Wood.             Secretary, James A. Doyle.
                   Treasurer, Charles A. Repplier.
   Under the control of the Roman Catholic Church, but admits
persons of every creed, color and country. 
THE CHILDREN'S  HOSPITAL OF  PHILADELPHIA.
                    Incorporated 1859.
Blight Street, east of Broad Street, and between Pine and Lombard Street.
President, Mordecai D. Lewis.                Secretary, John H. Atwood.
                  Treasurer, Morton P. Henry.
  Intended for sick children  of Poor Parents, between the
ages of two and twelve years.
       THE  FEMALE  MEDICAL COLLEGE  OF
                   PENNSYLVANIA.
               Incorporated March 11, 1850.
                     No. 628 Arch Street.
President, Charles D. Cleveland.              Secretary, William S. Pierce
                  Treasurer, Marmaduke Moore.
  Designed to give to women as thorough a medical education
as can be obtained by men; so that they can skilfully and suc-
cessfully administer  to that  large class of diseases peculiar to
her  sex, and be the intelligent as well as the sympathizing
attendant in the chambers of the sick.
 HOWARD HOSPITAL AND  INFIRMARY  OF  IN
                      CURABLES.
                 Incorporated May, 1854.
  Situated between Christian and Carpenter and 15th and 16th St •
President, Jesper Harding.                    <x,__.   _ ,, „
                   TWm- JohnMcClure.    ^' E* McC1^nd.
  Established for the gratuitous relief of the poor. 
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  THE UNION SCHOOL  AND CHILDREN'S  HOME.
                 Incorporated April, 1851.
               Corner of 12th and Fitzwater Streets.
President, Mrs. Joel Jones.                  Secretary, Mrs. J. C. Pechin.
                    Treasurer, Mrs. T. R. Maris.
Trustees.—President, George H. Stuart.          Secretary, John C. Pechin.
  The object of this Institution,  (the first of its  kind in Phila-
delphia,) is to  prevent pauperism and crime,  and to promote
industry and increase laborers,  by removing  children, under
thirteen years of age, from the evil influences of  the city to the
healthful and moral atmosphere  of the  country during their
minority.
THE NORTHERN  HOME  FOR  FRIENDLESS  CHIL-
                          DREN.
              Incorporated January 26, 1854.
                Corner of 23d and Brown Streets.
President, Mrs. E. W. Hutter.               Secretary, Mrs. A. V. Murphey.
                   Treasurer, Mrs. R. Hammett.
Trustees.—President, Thomas Earp.     Secretary, MacGregor J. Mitcheson.
                   Treasurer, John W. Claghorn.
  For the  support and tuition of deserted or friendless children
under 12 years of age, with power to provide them with suitable
homes,  until their majority, and similar in other respects to the
above institution. 
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               THE  HOUSE OF REFUGE.
              Incorporated March 23rd, 1826.
     Situated between Parrish and Poplar and 22d and 24th Streets.
President, Thomas Earp.                    Secretary, Alexander Henry.
                   Treasurer, George W. Fobes.
   This is a school for the education and moral improvement of
Juvenile Delinquents, and will  accommodate  in the White
Department, four hundred and thirty-two, and in the Colored
Department, one hundred  and eighty, in  all six  hundred  and
twelve children.   This Institution is  so  well  known, and its
importance and extensive  usefulness has been so frequently
acknowledged by an expression of public sentiment, that any
additional notice of it seems to be unnecessary.
THE WESTERN  PROVIDENT  SOCIETY AND  CHIL-
         DREN'S  HOME  OF PHILADELPHIA.
                Incorporated April 8, 1858.
At present on Market above Park Street, 24th Ward.   Intend to build at
   S. E. corner of Logan and Venango Street, Twenty fourth Ward.
Managers.—President, Mrs. Franklin Bacon.     Secretary, Miss E. P. Eakin.
                   Treasurer, Mrs. Samuel Field.
Trustees.—President, Nathaniel B. Browne.    Secretary, Constant M. Eakin.
  Similar to the Northern Home for Friendless  Children in
design, character and chartered privileges.
    UNION TEMPORARY HOME FOR CHILDREN.
               Incorporated February, 1857.
     House located at the N. E. corner of 16th and Poplar Streets.
President, Miss Susan J. O'Neill.            Secretary, Mrs. Charles Brown.
Council—President, Richard Vaux.            Secretary, D. C. M'Cammon.
                     Treasurer, E. W. Clark.
  This institution is somewhat similar  to the Northern Home
for  Friendless Children except that in some cases a small week-
ly sum is received from the  parents, and the  children received
are  generally younger. 
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FOSTER HOME ASSOCIATION  OF  PHILADELPHIA.
       Chartered by the Governor January 14, 1839.
Situated between 20th and 21st and Hamilton and Spring Garden Streets.
First Directress, Mrs. G. W. Toland.              Secretary,------:__
                  Treasurer, Mrs. E. S. Simmons.
                Council—E. K. Price, John Welsh.
  This Institution is for the  reception of children of widows
and widowers, who pay according to their ability, not exceed-
ing 75 cents per week.   A limited number of children are sup-
ported entirely by the Association, Avhen long-continued illness
of the parent or other causes throw them upon its charity.
The children are received from three to nine years of age, and
retained  until suitable places are obtained for  them, or then-
surviving parent receives them.
THE TEMPORARY HOME ASSOCIATION  OF PHILA-
                       DELPHIA.
              Incorporated January 29, 1852.
                     No. 37 Zane Street.
President, Sidney Ann Lewis.                    Secretary, S. F. Dawes.
                   Treasurer, Mary W. Brooks.
  This charity is intended to furnish a cheap and comfortable
place of boarding to single women  and children until they can
procure employment. 
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THE NEWS BOYS' AID SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA.
                Incorporated June 7, 1858.
                    No. 221 Spruce Street.
President, John Bohlen.                      Secretary, George S. Fox.
                   Treasurer, William Purves.
  The objects of this Society are to provide lodging and educa-
tion for homeless and indigent boys engaged in the occupation
of vending newspapers and periodicals, in the City of Philadel-
phia, and to encourage in  them, by suitable means, habits of
morality  and economy.
PHILADELPHIA  LYING IN CHARITY FOR  ATTENDING INDIGENT
               WOMEN AT THEIR OWN HOMES,
                Incorporated May 7, 1832.
                           AND
             THE PHILADELPHIA NURSE SOCIETY,
                   NOW UNITED AND KNOWN AS
 THE  PHILADELPHIA  LYING  IN  CHARITY AND
                   NURSE SOCIETY.
                    No. 931 Race  Street.
President, Casper Wistar, M. D.              Secretary, Isaac S. Williams.
                   Treasurer, Edward Parrish.
  The  objects of this charity are to afford medical  aid to indi-
gent married women at their own  homes during their confine-
ment, to provide nourishment adapted to  their condition during
their convalescence, and to furnish to such as require it a com-
petent  nurse.  Incidentally to these objects, attention is given
to the  careful training of suitable women for the  responsible
duties of the lying-in chamber, and a register of qualified nurses
is kept at the Nurses'  Home for public reference. This charity
is entirely dependent on  donations and  annual subscriptions,
of which more is requisite for its support. 
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               THE  PRESTON  RETREAT.
      Incorporated, by Act of Assembly, June 16, 1836.
Situated between 20th and 21st and Hamilton and Spring Garden Streets.
President, John M. Ogden.                    Secretary, Edward Hopper.
                     Treasurer, Eli K. Price.
  The late Dr.  Preston, by his  will,  bequeathed funds to
establish an institution for a lying in charity, which it is intend-
ed soon to open.
        UNION BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
               Incorporated March 28, 1837.
         Office, South 7th, two doors North of Sansom Street.
President, Charles S. Wurts.                 Secretary, John H. Atwood.
                   Treasurer, Edmund Wilcox.
  This  charitable Institution  is so extensively known and ap-
proved of, that it is unnecessary to state more  than  the  legal
title.  It is obliged to rely upon the subscriptions and donations
of the citizens for its annual expenditures, which from the great
extent of its benevolent operations are necessarily very large. 
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THE  PROVIDENT SOCIETY  FOR EMPLOYING THE
                        POOR.
                   Incorporated, 1842.
                  Prune below Sixth Street.
President, John A. Brown.                 Secretary, William H. Lamed.
                 Treasurer, William L. Edwards.
  This Society wTas first organized as early as 1824, by Bishop
White, Roberts Vaux, Alexander Henry, Thomas Astley, Philip
Garrett and others, having for its object not the distribution of
alms,  but  to provide employment in the winter season, when
work  is with  difficulty obtained, principally  to aged women,
widows and mothers  with young children, not however to the
exclusion of other deserving persons.  In the winter of 1856-7,
678 women were employed, who made 16,200 shirts.
THE  FEMALE  SOCIETY  OF  PHILADELPHIA, FOR
  THE RELIEF  AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE POOR.
             Incorporated January 12, 1815.
                    No. 112 N. 7th Street.
Clerk, Julianna Randolph.                 Treasurer, Mary Ann Bacon.
  This Society  is  the  oldest of this character in  the city,
having been instituted in the autumn of the year 1793, follow-
ing the yellow fever, which left many widows and orphans de-
pendent and  suffering.   Its  object is to furnish employment
during the winter season, at the House of Industry, to aged
women and those with young children, who cannot obtain other
work.  A nursery department, well warmed rooms and a com-
fortable dinner  are provided, and  a small daily compensation
given.  All that are employed are visited and kept under care
and their necessities attended to when  sick.   One hundred and
fifty women and fifty children are now on the list.  Some out-
door relief is  also furnished to aged persons who are unable to
work. 
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WESTERN  ASSOCIATION  OF LADIES,  FOR  THE
    RELIEF AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE  POOR.
             Incorporated September 15, 1856.
           17th between Chestnut and Market Streets.
President, Sarah F. Key.                        Secretary, H. A. Zell.
                    Treasurer, E. M. Morris.
  The object  of this association  is to afford  employment, for
which a small compensation is given, to aged and infirm females
and those who, having little children, are unable to leave them
to go out to work.  They are employed in the house, in a large
and  airy sewing room, while the little children are  placed in
the nursery, under the superintendence of competent nurses;
and  those who attend the public schools are allowed to come
and  partake of a comfortable dinner, which is freely given to
all.  The whole is under the charge of the lady managers, who
are daily in attendance.
THE  NORTHERN ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY AND
  COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA,  FOR THE RELIEF
       AND EMPLOYMENT OF POOR WOMEN.
                Incorporated April,  1849.
President, Lucretia Mott.                  Secretary, Lydia Gillingham.
  Many infirm and destitute women have, by this charity, been
enabled to  obtain a living, who would otherwise have been a
burthen upon society.
   THE  CENTRAL  EMPLOYMENT  ASSOCIATION.
                      Incorporated.
              S. E. corner Ninth and Green Streets.
President, Abigal W. Ellis.                Secretary, Ann A. Townsend.
                Treasurer, Elizabeth W. Lippincott.
  The object of this Association is to give employment in sew-
ing, at a reasonable compensation, to deserving  poor women,
the garments thus made being designed for gratuitous distribu-
tion among the adult sick and infirm, and to children. 
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THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR THE EMPLOY-
      MENT AND INSTRUCTION OF THE POOR.
                    Incorporated 1858.
             Catharine between 7th and 8th Streets.
President, Thomas T. Tasker.            Secretary, Coleman L. Nicholson.
                    Treasurer, Wistar Morris.
  For the efficient promotion of its objects, the society erected
the building known as " The Moyamensing House of Industry,"
on Catharine Street above Seventh.   No age, color or sex is
excluded from the benefits of the institution.  To help the poor
to help themselves, is the purpose kept in view.   There are lod-
gings for about  one  hundred and fifty persons; and twice this
number are not unfrequently  furnished with meals in a single
day.  There are two work  rooms, which in the winter season
are well  filled with women employed in  sewing.  Baths and
conveniences for washing both their persons and clothing are
furnished the poor, free of  charge.   Clothing and nourishment
are given to the sick, and  fuel  is  sold in small quantities  at
about half  the cost.  Efforts  are made to procure employment
for inmates whose characters prove satisfactory.   An industrial
school for girls, an infant school, and a school for colored chil-
dren are maintained with an aggregate average  attendance ex-
ceeding two hundred.   A Dispensary is sustained, tvith a resi-
dent  apothecary. A physician  attends daily to prescribe, and
out door cases are attended by four visiting physicians.   With
the exception  of an income  of less than $100, the  society is
wholly dependent for support upon annual subscriptions.     ,
THE PENNSYLVANIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF
                      AND DUMB.
               Incorporated February, 1821.
                Corner of Broad and Pine Streets.
President, Franklin Bache.                  Secretary, James J. Barclay.
                     Treasurer, John Bacon.
  Indigent deaf mutes are received, between  the ages of ten
and twenty years of age,  from all parts of Pennsylvania, 
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THE  PENNSYLVANIA  INSTITUTION  FOR THE  IN-
              STRUCTION OF THE BLIND.

              Incorporated January 27, 1834.

                 Corner of Race and 20th Streets.

President, Samuel Breck.                     Secretary, Theodore Cuyler.
                    Treasurer, Robert Patterson.
 THE CONTRIBUTORS  TO  THE ASYLUM FOR  THE

    RELIEF OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF THE USE
                    OF THEIR REASON.

                       Xot incorporated.

                    Near Prankford, 23rd Ward.

 Clerk, William Bettle.                        Treasurer, Horatio C. Wood.

   This Asylum is in a pleasant  and healthy situation in one of

 the rural districts of the City of Philadelphia.  It was founded

 in the year 1813, by members of the  Society of Friends, with

 a view of affording to those afflicted with insanity the domestic

 comforts usually found in a private family, combined with skil-

 ful moral and medical treatment.

                      FORMS OF  LEGACY.
             I.  FORM OP A BEQUEST OF PERSONAL ESTATE.
  " I give and bequeath to A. B. and C.  D., and the survivor of them, and the
 executors and administrators of such survivor, the sum of
 in trust for the use of an Institution in Philadelphia, known by the name of
 ' The Contributors to the Asylum for the Relief of Persons deprived of the
 Use of their Reason,' and to be paid by the said Trustees to the Treasurer for
 the time being of the said Institution."

                II. FORM OF A  DEVISE OF REAL ESTATE.
  " I give and devise to A. B. and C. D.,  and their heirs, all that (here describe
the property)      together with the appurtenances, to hold to them, the said
A. B. and C. D., and the survivor of them, and the heirs of such survivor for-
ever; in trust nevertheless, for the sole use and  benefit of an Institution in
Philadelphia, known by the name of 'The Contributors to the Asylum for the
Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of their Reason,' and upon this further
trust, absolutely to dispose of, and convey the  same, either in fee, or for such
other estate, and in such way and manner, as the Contributors to  the said
Asylum shall,  at any meeting or meetings, order, direct and appoint." 
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THE   PENNSYLVANIA  TRAINING   SCHOOL   FOR
            FEEBLE-MINDED CHILDREN.
Incorporated April 7, 1853.—Amended by Court of Common
               Pleas, February 20th, 1858.
President, Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter.            Secretary, Franklin Taylor.
                  Treasurer, Alexander Fullerton.
  This Institution is doing a good work to a most needy class
of children, and  could do much more with increased  means.
Its claims upon the benevolent, for support and endowment, are
in proportion to the helplessness and need of those for whose
benefit it is designed, and it is most  earnestly recommended to
their favorable consideration.  It is at present located  at Ger-
mantown, but soon will be removed  to Media, Delaware Co.,
Pa., where new buildings are being erected, which will accom-
modate one hundred and thirty children.
   THE ORPHANS' SOCIETY  OF PHILADELPHIA.
             Incorporated January 29. 1816.
               Corner of Cherry and 18th Streets.
Directress, Sarah W. Fisher.                  Secretary, Rebecca Gratz
                Treasurer, Mrs. Henry J. Williams.
PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF
              OF DISABLED FIREMEN.
              Incorporated March 25, 1835.'
President, George W. Tryon.               Secretary, William T. Butler.
                    Treasurer, Jacob Esher.
  The object of this Association is the Relief of Disabled Fire-
men, their widows and orphans, and the relief of persons, not
firemen, who may sustain personal injury by fire apparatus. 
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INDIGENT  WIDOWS' AND  SINGLE WOMEN'S  SO-
             CIETY OF PHILADELPHIA.
                  Incorporated 1819.
                  Cherry Street near 18th.
Directress, Mrs. H. L. Hodge.                 Secretary, Mrs. J. K. Kane.
                 Treasurer, Mrs. I. C. Jones, Jr.
  Is intended to furnish a comfortable home for indigent and
aged women who have known better  days.
PENN ASYLUM FOR INDIGENT WIDOWS AND SIN-
  GLE WOMEN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.
              Incorporated December 6, 1852.
          Corner of West and Wood Streets, Kensington.
President, Emeline Claridge.                   Secretary, Mary Wattles.
                   Treasurer, Elizabeth Carr.
             Object same as preceding charity.
            THE GRANDOM INSTITUTION.
      Incorporated, by Act of Assembly, April 23, 1841.
                 Office, No. 811 Arch Street.
President, John M. Ogden.      Secretary and Treasurer, Henry C. Townsend.
  The object of the Grandom*Institution is two fold; the in-
come  of part of the  fund is loaned to  young men on satis-
factory security, to commence the various pursuits  which they
have learned, the income of the other fund is employed in fur-
nishing coal to the deserving poor, but not the  intemperate, at
a reduced price, about one half of the cost. 
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   THE  APPRENTICES'  LIBRARY COMPANY OF
                   PHILADELPHIA.
                 Incorporated, A. D. 1820.
                 Corner of 5th and Arch Streets.
President, James J. Barclay.                 Secretary, Thomas Ridgway.
                   "Treasurer, Samuel Mason.
  A library for the free use  of minors of both sexes, and con-
tained in 1858,  about 15,000 volumes.
           THE YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE.
               Incorporated May 21st, 1851.
             Has no building appropriated to its use.
President, William Welsh.                   Secretary, William L. Rehn.
                   Treasurer, S. Morris Wain.
  The objects of this institution are " to encourage and foster
among the young  men of our laboring population in the city
and county of Philadelphia, the spirit of self-improvement, by
the establishment  of  libraries,  reading-rooms,  lectures,  &c."
To carry out these objects, the Board of Trustees, from a fund
of about $31,000  entrusted to them, loaned to  the "five follow-
ing co-operating institutions each $5,000 without interest, reser-
ving about  $6,000 for a fund, the income from which is ex-
pended to  promote the objects  of the institution.  The five
institutions referred to are as follows: 
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          THE SPRING GARDEN INSTITUTE.

Incorporated by Act of Assembly 1851—Charter amended by
         Court of Common Pleas, December 1, 1856.

         N. E.  corner of Broad and Spring Garden Streets.
President, John M.  Ogden.                    Secretary, John W. Dixon.
                   Treasurer, Charles B. Trego.

  This Institution has  a library and reading  room, and ample

accommodations for the delivery of lectures, and also  class-
rooms.
  THE MECHANIC'S INSTITUTE OF SOUTHWARK.

                Incorporated June 14, 1852.

President, H. A. Gildea.                     Secretary, E. C. Bonsall, Jr.
                  Treasurer, William Steadman.

             Fifth Street below Washington Avenue.

  Same as above.
    THE MOYAMENSING LITERARY INSTITUTE.

                     Not incorporated.

            S. E. corner of 11th and Catharine Streets.

President, John U. Giller.                 Secretary, William J. Ramage.
                    Treasurer, William J. Reed.

  Same as above. 
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       THE PHILADELPHIA  CITY INSTITUTE.

                  Incorporated June 8, 1852.

President, William H. French.                     Secretary, P. C. Houton.
                     Treasurer, William Rhoads.

               Corner of 18th and Chestnut Streets.

   Same object as preceding.
       THE WEST PHILADELPHIA INSTITUTE.

               Incorporated February 2, 1853.

                 William, North of Market Street.
President, James Miller.                  Secretary, J.  W. Van Houton, Jr.
                       Treasurer, James Allen.

   Same  object as preceding.
THE  TRUSTEES OF  WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF

                          SCIENCE.

Second Story of " Spring  Garden  Hall," Corner of Thirteenth and
                      Spring Garden Streets.

                 Incorporated March 9, 1855.

President, William Wagner.                Secretary, George Inman Riche.

   This Institute is  free to persons of both sexes, and the room
can seat four hundred to five hundred persons.

SCHEDULE  OF PROPERTY  DONATED TO THE WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE,
                       BY  PROF. WM. WAGNER.

  250,000 specimens of Minerals, collected from all  parts of the inhabitable
earth.   This collection covers the whole field of Mineralogy; and is, perhaps,
with one exception, the  most valuable in the United States.
  250,000 specimens of Geologic and Organic. Remains, of rare value to the
student, illustrating, as  they do, the various races which are known to have
flourished in the earlier geological periods.
  200,000 specimens of recent Shells, for the purpose of comparison with their
extinct genera, found in the various strata of the earth's crust.
  25,000 specimens of  Dried Plants, constituting an  extensive and  valuable
Herbarium for botanical illustration,
  A large and well arranged series of Diagrams, illustrative of various topics
in Natural History, and  of geological phenomena.
  Professor Wagner's Library, Philosophical Apparatus, Maps, and Cabinet
Cases. 
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PENNSYLVANIA  INSTITUTE  FOR  THE  ENCOUR-
  AGEMENT OF APPRENTICES AND AMATEURS IN
  THE WORKS  OF INGENUITY AND DESIGN.
                    Incorporated 1856.
            Fallon's Building, No. 520 Walnut Street.
President, W. H. Allen, LL. D.               Secretary, Charles P. Perot.
                  Treasurer, Tobias M. Huber.
  The object  of  this institute  is to  encourage, cultivate and
promote the talents  of those only at, and under, the age of
twenty-five years, by means of a library of scientific and other
works, explanatory lectures, cabinet of specimens, appertaining
to scientific subjects, skill  and  talent, and such awards to the
meritorious and ingenious as they may deserve.
PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL OF DESIGN FOR WOMEN.
                    Not Incorporated.
                  No. 1334 Chestnut Street,
President, Joseph Harrison.           Secretary and Treasurer, P. P. Morris.
INDUSTRIAL  HOME  FOR  THE  INSTRUCTION  OF
      GIRLS  IN THE ARTS OF HOUSEWIFERY
                    AND SEWING.
                    Not Incorporated.
                No. 321 South Thirteenth Street.
President, Mrs. J. C. Pechin.                Secretary, Mrs. M. E. Finley.
                  Treasurer, Miss E. W. Lewis.
  Girls over twelve years of  age are received and trained for
service in private families. 
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THE  PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY  FOR  THE ESTAB-
    LISHMENT AND  SUPPORT  OF CHARITY
                      SCHOOLS.
               Incorporated April 6,  1791.
                  Walnut near 6th Street.
President, James J. Barclay.                 Secretary, J. C. Turnpenny.
                   Treasurer, J. B. Ellison.
  INFANT SCHOOL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA.
                     Incorporated.
President, Mrs. Samuel Moore, M. D.        Secretary, Miss C. A. Wiegand.
                   Treasurer, Miss E. Ewing.
     MAGDALEN SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA.
                  Incorporated in 1802.
               Corner of 21st and Race Streets.
President, Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter.         Secretary, Joshua W. Ash, M. D.
                  Treasurer, William Biddle.
  The object is the reformation, employment and instruction of
females who  have led immoral lives,  and there  is reason  to
believe several  hundred females have, through the instrumen-
tality of this Society, been restored to the paths of virtue and
happiness. 
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  THE ROSINE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA.
               Incorporated April 10, 1848.
                    8th above Wood Street.
President, Mary B. Thain.                   Secretary, Harriet Probasco.
             Treasurer, Mira Townsend, 622 Race Street.
  The Rosine Association  of Philadelphia was incorporated
April 11th, 1848, "to secure from vice and  degradation a class
of women who have forfeited their claims to the respect of the
virtuous—to prepare and maintain for them an Asylum, which.
by its system of  religious instruction, shall  elevate their moral
nature—teach them how to gain an honest living by the 'work
of their  own  hands,' and  eventually to render them useful
members of the community."
  The members of this Society are females,  but every person is
invited to become a contributor.
  The Institution is at present located at  320 North Eighth
Street, in a private dwelling, where it will remain until funds
can be obtained to erect a more suitable building.
  The limited funds  of the Association  have  prevented  the
managers from obtaining a  building sufficiently large to admit
the numerous applicants, many of whom cannot be received for
want of room and suitable accommodations.
  FUEL  SAVINGS  SOCIETY  OF THE CITY AND
          LIBERTIES  OF  PHILADELPHIA.
       Established, 1821.          Incorporated, 1837.
President, Townsend Sharpless.           Treasurer, Samuel J. Sharpless.
                  Secretary, Edward Speakman.
  Its object is to encourage the poor to deposit small portions
of their earnings during the summer, to be returned to them in
coal during the winter at reduced prices. 
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            PHILADELPHIA DISPENSARY.
                Instituted April, 12, 1786.
 Fifth St., between Library and Walnut, opposite Independence Square.
President, William F. Griffitts.                  Secretary, Casper Wistar.
                   Treasurer, John M. Whitall.
  Its object is gratuitous medical advice, surgical aid and med-
icines to the poor and necessitous.
THE NORTHERN DISPENSARY OF  PHILADELPHIA.
   Incorporated March 26, 1817.—Amended June 4, 1855.
                   603 Spring Garden  Street.
President, George W. Tryon.                 Secretary, John Kessler, Jr.
                   Treasurer, Joseph Warner.
  As a proof of the usefulness of this Institution, the Managers
would  only refer  to the  Report for  the year last  past (1858),
wherein it will be found that, (with their limited means,) they
have  extended relief to 9139 patients, being an  increase of
2166 over any previous year.
THE HOM(EOPATHIC MEDICAL COLLEGE OF PENN-
                       SYLVANIA.
                Incorporated April 8, 1848.
                   Filbert Street above 11th.
President, A. V. Parsons.               Secretary, William A. Reed, M. D.
                    Treasurer, Henry Horner.
  Number of graduates three hundred and thirty-four.  To this
institution there is attached  a Dispensary, open every  day,
(Sunday excepted,) from 12 to 1 o'clock. 
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PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR ALLEVIATING THE
           MISERIES OF PUBLIC PRISONS.
            Instituted 1797.—Incorporated 1833.
             Office, corner of 7th and George Streets.
President, James J. Barclay.         Secretaries, W. P. Foulke, E. Townsend.
                     Treasurer, H. C. Wood.
   The objects of the Society are to visit prisoners while in jail,
assist them with pecuniary aid, when deserving,  on  their dis-
charge ; to improve prison discipline and prison  architecture,
&c.   A committee is  appointed to visit the prisoners weekly,
to give counsel and advice to the prisoners, and to procure situ-
ations for the deserving when discharged.
          PENNSYLVANIA BIBLE  SOCIETY.
 Incorporated January 30, 1810.—Amended March 7, 1840.
                Corner 7th and Walnut Streets.
President, Rev. Albert Barnes.            Secretary, Rev. Richard Newton.
                  Treasurer, John W. Claghorn.
  This was  the  first  Bible Society organized  in  the United
States.   It has been entrusted  with  legacies,  which  have
been faithfully disbursed, by the distribution of the Holy Bible,
without note or comment, among the  destitute poor of Penn-
sylvania, and in foreign lands.
     PENNSYLVANIA  COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
                    Incorporated 1830.
                    No. 609 Walnut Street.
President, Rt. Rev. Alonzo Potter, D. D.       Secretary, Robert B. Davidson.
                  Treasurer, William Coppinger.
  The object  of this society is to encourage free colored per-
sons to migrate and become citizens of the Republic of Liberia
in Africa. 
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THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY  FOR  PROMOTING
  THE ABOLITION  OF SLAVERY,  AND  FOR  THE
  RELIEF OF FREE NEGROES  UNLAWFULLY HELD
  IN BONDAGE, AND  FOR IMPROVING THE CON-
  DITION OF THE AFRICAN RACE.
   Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1787.
President, Dillwyn Parrish.                   Treasurer, Caleb Clothier.
            Secretaries, Edward Lewis, T. E. Chapman.
  Committees, who act in  the recess of the Society, are ap-
pointed to carry out the several objects embraced in its title.
  A  fund is annually appropriated for the  education and ele-
vation of the free people of color in this city, and an evening
school is kept up through the winter for persons of both sexes.
THE HOME MISSIONARY  SOCIETY OF  THE CITY
                 OF PHILADELPHIA.
     Organized in 1835.      Incorporated June 7, 1845.
                 Office, North Street near 6th.
President, George H. Stuart.                   Secretary, R. K. Hoeflich.
                 Treasurer, Thomas T. Mason.
  Its object is twofold, " The spread of  the Gospel  and  the
relief of the poor."  The first is sought by the distribution of
Bibles and tracts and religious conversations amongst the poor.
The second, by affording temporary relief, procuring  employ-
ment for those able to work, and  obtaining homes for destitute
children, in town  or country; preferring the latter,  as they
would thus be removed from bad influences, by which they may
happen to be surrounded in the city. 
29
   YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF
                   PHILADELPHIA.
    Instituted, June, 1854.     Incorporated, May, 1857.
President, George H. Stuart.      Corresponding Secretary, John Wanamaker.
                   Treasurer, Wm. G. Crowell.
  This Association is  composed of members  of various Chris-
tian  denominations, Episcopalians, Baptists,  Presbyterians,
Methodists, Lutherans, &c, &c, who are associated for the im-
provement of the spiritual, mental and social condition of young
men.
  The  means employed  for the attainment of  this  object are
devotional meetings, lectures, lyceum, a library for reference
and circulation,  reading-rooms, and  committees  to  seek out
young men taking up their residences in Philadelphia, and pro-
cure for them suitable boarding-houses and  employment, and
surround them with Christian influences.
THE ASSOCIATION  FOR  THE  CARE OF COLORED
                       ORPHANS.
                    Incorporated 1829.
                 13th above Callowhill Street.
Secretary, Deborah M. Williamson.            Treasurer, Elizabeth North.
  The object of this asylum is to receive children between the
age of eighteen  months and  eight  years  into the Shelter of
Colored Orphans, and at a suitable age to indenture  them to
persons in the country.
THE HOME FOR DESTITUTE COLORED CHILDREN.
               Incorporated April 11, 1856.
             Girard Avenue near the Girard College.
President, Anna D. Morrison.                     Secretary, Eliza Fell.
                  Treasurer, Susan M. Parrish.

Object similar  to the Northern Home for Friendless Children.
 
30
  HOME FOR THE MORAL REFORM OF DESTITUTE
                COLORED CHILDREN.
                    Not Incorporated.
                  No. 708 Lombard Street.
Secretary, Deborah M. Williamson.             Treasurer, Sarah W. Cope.

  In this institution the most destitute colored children are re-
ceived and trained for usefulness.  In addition to the home for
these, there is a school for other poor children, under the care
of the association, in the same building.
THE PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION OF  FRIENDS
   FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF POOR CHILDREN.
             Incorporated December 15, 1808.
Situated in Winslow, (late Wager,) Street, between Race and Vine and
               Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets.
Treasurer, Richard Richardson.                  Clerk, Edward Richie.
  This charitable  Institution  has  two  schools of  about  one
hundred and  fifty colored children each, and [is  supported by
voluntary contributions.
        INSTITUTE FOR COLORED YOUTH.
               Incorporated June 23, 1842.
Secretary, M. C. Cope.                    Treasurer, Edward Sharpless.
  In this  institution are  taught  the  higher branches of an
English  education and the  Latin language, with the view  of
qualifying  colored youth of both sexes  for teachers.  There
are also preparatory schools  for boys and girls. 
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 PHILADELPHIA  SOCIETY FOR SUPPLYING THE
                 POOR WITH  SOUP.
                    Incorporated 1841.
         Green's Court, between Spruce and Pine Streets.
President, J. T. Bunting.                    Secretary, J. J. Thompson.
                  Treasurer, Jeremiah Hacker.
  This and the following six Soup Societies  distribute bread
and soup to the poor gratuitously during the winter months.
      THE WESTERN SOUP-HOUSE SOCIETY.
                    Not Incorporated.
               Corner of 17th and George Street.
Secretary, Samuel L. Baily.                    Treasunr, George Vaux.
  This Society was formed in November, 1837, with the late
Charles Pierce as its President.  Its object  being  to supply
the poor of the southwestern part of the city with soup during
the winter months.  The annual expenses are between $2000
and $3000, to  defray which it is dependent 'principally upon
annual subscriptions.
       THE SPRING GARDEN  SOUP  SOCIETY.
               Incorporated April 21, 1852.
     North side of Buttonwood Street, between 13th and Broad.
President, James Peters.                      Secretary, F. Shoemaker.
                    Treasurer, J. H. Dohnert.
  Gratuitous distribution  of bread  and soup.  Open daily,
except Sundays, from 11 a. m. to 1  P. m. 
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NORTHERN  SOUP  SOCIETY  OF PHILADELPHIA,
    FOR  THE GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION OF
                SOUP TO THE  POOR.

    Established, 1817.  Licorporated January 17, 1839.

        N. E. corner of 4th and Peters Street, above Brown.

President, Charles J. Sutter.                Secretary, Samuel T. Childs.
                  Treasurer, T. Morris Perot.
          MOYAMENSING SOUP SOCIETY.

                   Incorporated 1835.

            N. W. corner of 8th and Marriott Streets.

President, Charles Rhoads.                  Secretary, James M. Gibson.
                  Treasurer, Robert Graffen.
            SOUTHWARK SOUP SOCIETY.

              Incorporated February 24, 1859.

                Sutherland below Queen Street.

President, Robert Clark.    ■                Secretary, Edward S. Hall-
                  Treasurer, Benjamin Morton.
           KENSINGTON SOUP SOCIETY.

               Incorporated April 18, 1853.

                 No    Shackamaxon Street.

President, Abraham P. Eyre.                  Secretary, J. K. Vaughan.
                   Treasurer, G. J. Hamilton. 
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    Itoiral  Institutions.

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY.
        Incorporated 1816.
   Located at the City of New York.
            AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY.
     Incorporated by the State of Nciv York, May, 1841.
President, Thomas S. Williams.             Secretary, William A. Hallock.
                     Treasurer, Moses Allen.
                   At the City of New York.
     Pennsylvania Branch, at 929 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
        AMERICAN  SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION.
                       Incorporated.
              No. 1122 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
President, Hon. John McLean.             Secretary, Frederick A. Packard.
                    Treasurer, W. J. Cheyney.
   Objects.—As members of various Christian denominations,
Baptist,   Presbyterian,  Methodist, Episcopalian,   Reformed
Dutch, Congregationalist, Lutheran, &c, we are associated for
the purpose of establishing Sunday-schools in destitute parts of
the country, supplying them with needful books, and  aiding in
the improvement of Sunday-schools generally.
   Our organization contemplates one grand  specific  object,—
viz., the gathering of untaught children into schools of religious
instruction  on the Lord's day.  This is done by the labors of
stated missionaries, whose office it is to explore new and recent-
ly-settled  districts  and neglected neighborhoods, and occasiona-
missionaries, (chiefly college and seminary students,) organizing
or encouraging schools, and supplying the needy with books.
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INDEX.
                                                             PAGE.
Forms of Devise and Bequest.....................................................  3
Introduction...........................................................................  4
The Howard Institution.............................................................  5
The Pennsylvania Hospital........................................................  6
The Protestant Episcopal Hospital..............................................  6
Charity Hospital.....................................................................  6
Wills' Hospital.......................................................................  7
St. Joseph's Hospital................................................................  7
Children's Hospital..................................................................  8
Female  Medical College............................................................  8
Howard Hospital and Infirmary of Incurables...............................  8
Northern Home for Friendless Children.......................................  9
Union School and  Children's Home.............................................  9
The House of Refuge................................................................ 10
The Western Provident Society and Children's Home..................... 10
Union Temporary Home for Children.......................................... 10
Foster Home Association........................................................... 11
Temporary Home  Association..................................................... 11
Newsboys' Aid  Society.............................................................. 12
Lying-in Charity and Nurses' Society.......................................... 12
The Preston Retreat................................................................. 13
Union Benevolent Association.................................................... 13
The Provident Society for Employing the Poor.............................. 14
Female Society  for the Relief and Employment of the Poor.............. 14
Western Association for the Relief and Employment of the Poor....... 15
Northern Association for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women 15 
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                                                               PAGE.
The Central Employment Association..........................................  15
Philadelphia Society for the Employment and Instruction of the Poor  IG
Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb...........................  10
Asylum for the Relief of Persons deprived of the use of their Reason.  17
Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind.................  17
Pennsylvania Training School for Feeble-minded Children...............  IS
The Orphans' Society of Philadelphia..........................................  18
Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen............  18
Indigent Widows and Single Women's Asylum.............................  19
Penn Asylum for Indigent Widows and  Single Women...................  19
The Grandom Institution...........................................................  I'1
The Apprentices'Library Company.............................................  20
The Young Men's Institute........................................................  20
The Spring Garden Institute......................................................  21
The Mechanic's Institute of Southwark........................................  21
The Moyamensing Literary Institute............................................  21
The Philadelphia City Institute...................................................  22
The West Philadelphia Institute.................................................  22
The Wagner Free  Institute........................................................  22
Pennsylvania Institute of Design................................................  23
Philadelphia School of Design for Women....................................  2'.)
Industrial Home for Girls..........................................................  23
Philadelphia Society for the Support  of Charity Schools...................  24
Infant School Society of Philadelphia..........................................  24
Magdalen Society.....................................................................  24
Rosine Association...................................................................  25
Fuel Savings Society of Philadelphia...........................................  25
Philadelphia Dispensary............................................................  26
Northern Dispensary of Philadelphia...........................................  2G
The Homoeopathic Medical College..............................................  26
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the  Miseries of Public Prisons....  27
Pennsylvania Bible Society........................................................  27
Pennsylvania Colonization Society...............................................  -'
Pennsylvania Society for promoting the  abolition of Slavery............  28
TheJHome Missionary Society....................................................  -8
Young Men's Christian Association.............................................  29 
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Association for the care of Colored Orphans.................................. 29
Home for Destitute Colored Children...............»........................... 29
Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children............... 30
Institute for Colored Youth....................................................... 30
Associatitn of Friends for the Instruction of Poor Children............. 30
Philadelphia Society for Supplying the Poor with Soup................... 31
Western Soup Society............................................................... 31
Spring Garden Soup Society....................................................... 31
Northern Soup  Society.............................................................. 32
Moyamensing Soup  Society........................................................ 32
Southwark Soup Society............................................................ 32
Kensington Soup Society.......................................................... 32
American Bible Society............................................................ 33
American Tract Society............................................................ 33
American Sunday-school Union................................................. 33 
 
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