Annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum. : Utica, January 16, 1844.
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
- Date:
- 1844
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual report of the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum. : Utica, January 16, 1844. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![labor, without coming in contact with those not belonging to our fa* mily. On the farm is an orchard and a beautiful grove of fifteen acres in which we expect to make paths and roads, thus affording to our patients delightful walks and places of resort during the summer season. CONCLUSION. In conclusion, we feel devoutly thankful to the Almighty Protector of mankind for his kind care of us the past year. We have been re» markably preserved. No suicide or other serious accident has occurred in the establishment, an exemption hardly to have been anticipated during the past yearf and not to be generally expected in years to come. To the managers of the Asylum we are under great obligations. They have not only visited the Asylum when required by law, but fre- quently at other times, and often at much inconvenience to themselves, to counsel and aid us in difficulties, and thus have essentially lessened the burdens of the resident officers. To those more immediately associated with myself in the care of the household, I feel grateful. The steward and Matron, Mr. and Mrs. Chatfield, have devoted all their time to the Institution. Their duties have been peculiarly arduous the past year, as on them has principally devolved the furnishing of the establishment and other labor that will not be required hereafter ; but they have discharged all their duties with a cheerful zeal deserving of the highest commendation. Dr. Buttolph has performed the duties of assistnat physician with ability and entire devotedness to the interests of the institution, sharing with me the hardships and anxieties attendant upon its organization. Hoping for the continued smiles of Divine Providence upon our efforts in the vast field of benevolent labor where we are placed, we shall enter upon the duties of another year with renewed ardor, believing we shall be aided by the Managers and the Legislature in every reasonable ef¬ fort to extend the benefits of this noble charity to the suffering class for whom it was provided. A. BRIGHAM, New-York State Lunatic Asylum, £ November 30, 1843. [Assembly, No 21.] 9](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30318658_0065.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
