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Author Jocelyn, Marthe, author

Title A home for foundlings / Marthe Jocelyn.

Publication Info. Toronto, Ont. ; Plattsburgh, N.Y. : Tundra Books, [2005]
copyright 2005
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 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J 362.73 JOC    Check Shelf
Edition Museum ed.
Description 120 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series A Lord museum book
Note "Published ... in collaboration with LORD Cultural Resources Planning & Management"--P. [4].
"Based on the Foundling Museum in London, England"--P. 120.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 113) and index.
Contents Castaway children -- Babies and bookkeeping -- Growing up at the Foundling -- Learning lessons -- Illness and other woes -- Apprenticeship and domestic service -- The later years.
Summary Inspired by a desire to learn about her grandfather's childhood in an English orphanage, the author tells the story of London's Foundling Hospital. Founded in 1739 by retired shipbuilder Thomas Coram, the "home for foundlings" took in babies whose desperate mothers might otherwise have abandoned them. Includes a glossary and timeline.
Subject Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Foundlings -- Institutional care -- England -- London -- History.
Foundlings -- Services for -- England -- London -- History.
Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Foundlings.
Added Author Lord Cultural Resources Planning and Management Inc.
Foundling Museum.
ISBN 0887767095
9780887767098
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