Call Number:

SC.218

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder ; 7 items.))

Preferred Citation:

Cite as: Collection of Records of the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, SC/218, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Date:

1812-1831 (inclusive)

Creator:

Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason

Abstract:

This collection contains information sent to Tyler Williams, agent for Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting, N.J., concerning the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason. It includes the proposal for the Asylum, announcement of its opening, an admission certificate, and other circulars that were sent to meetings under the care of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

The Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, the first private psychiatric hospital in the U.S., was founded in 1813. The Association purchased a 52-acre farm in Oxford Township, Pa., near Frankford (now part of Philadelphia) and opened its doors to patients on May 15, 1817. It was subsequently known as Friends Asylum and, currently as Friends Hospital.