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Association for the Care of Colored Orphans admission papers
Description
Admission papers indicating the child(ren) being surrendered to the Association, their age at surrender, the date of surrender, and who surrendered them. Many of the papers include additional information about the child(ren), primarily notes from doctors who examined them and the addresses of those who surrendered them. Page 72 is the freedom paper for three formerly enslaved children who were admitted to the shelter.
Creator
Association for the Care of Coloured Orphans (Cheyney, Pa.)