EXTRACT from the ACCOUNT of the CHARITY, in 1818.
Reading edition
"In order to acquaint the public with the unfortunate condition of these mute supplicants of benevolence, a few of the cases now in the Asylum are subjoined.
"Catherine Griffith, father an ironmonger, with nine children.
"William Jones, father a labourer, with four children; two deaf and dumb.
"John Clucas, mother a widow, with seven children.
"Ann Byford, mother a widow and washerwoman, with three children; one a cripple.
"Thomas Ryley, father a collier, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Thomas Pricket, father a small farmer, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Elizabeth Redhead, one of seven orphan children.
"Eliza Hemsley, father a watch-maker, with six children.
"Ambrose Davis, father a journeyman cotton-spinner, with eight children.
"Ann Elizabeth Caulfield, father a music engraver, with eight children; two deaf and dumb.
"Jane Minter, father a baker, with six children; two deaf and dumb.
"Martha Pearce, mother a poor spinner, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"Elizabeth Bright, father a lime-burner, with nine children.
"William Arnold, mother a widow in great poverty, with four children.
"Robert Smith, parents poor, with three children; two deaf and dumb.
"Ann Jones, father a poor carpenter, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"Wharton Rye, father a mariner, with two children; both deaf and dumb.
"W. E. Cherry, mother a widow, with five children; two deaf and dumb."
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