Female Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor Minute Book, 1828-1844

Minutes of the weekly meetings of the Association, usually including brief statements from the treasurer, assignments to committees, details on the number of garments made, etc. Includes the resolutions passed at the founding of the organization in 1828. The minutes span pages 1-111; the book also includes a list of members through 1855 (pages 125-129), a list of subscribers (pages 133-136), yearly indices of the families assisted (pages 145-254), and a list of women who applied for membership in the Association (page 255). Leaves 19/20, 31/32, 37/38, 39/40, 49/50, 51/52, 53/54 are missing; pages 112-119, 123-124, 130-132, 137-144, 156, 165 are blank and were not scanned. The text on page 155 is upside down in comparison to the rest of the book.