Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth-Century New York City

Abbreviations

Abbreviations AH Almshouse or Almshouse Department, as it was called 1832–59. AFV Almshouse Foundling Volume, 1838–41, New-York Historical Society. This volume is cataloged as Foundling Hospital Indentures, 1838–40. It is in two parts. The first contains data on women who registered with the almshouse to work as wet nurses; the rest is a chronological record of foundlings received. AICP Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor NCH Nursery and Child’s Hospital* NYFA New York Foundling Asylum NYFH New York Foundling Hospital NYHS New-York Historical Society NYIA New York Infant Asylum* NYNCH New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital* PC Department of Public Charities (the result of a split of the Department of Public Charities and Correction, 1895) PCC Department of Public Charities and Correction (succeeded the Almshouse Department in 1860) SCAA State Charities Aid Association * Unless otherwise specified, records of the Nursery and Child’s Hospital, New York Infant Asylum, and New York Nursery and Child’s Hospital are at the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Archives. xiii ...