Author: FOUNDLING HOSPITAL
Title: [List of Governors and Guardians]
Description: Foundling Hospital, 1880. 3 pages, 235 x 190 mm. old central horizontal crease. The Foundling Hospital was founded in 1739 for the "education and maintenance of exposed and deserted young children," the term hospital referring to the institution's hospitality towards its charges rather than any medical purpose. This is a list of patrons, governors and guardians for the institution including the honorary physicians and surgeon.

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