Addresses of Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D., and Professor Roswell D. Hitchcock : delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle, Nov. 7, 1855, in behalf of the United States Inebriate Asylum : Dr. Turner's address to the Board of Directors.

Henry Whitney Bellows

Date:: 1855

Credit: Addresses of Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D.D., and Professor Roswell D. Hitchcock : delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle, Nov. 7, 1855, in behalf of the United States Inebriate Asylum : Dr. Turner's address to the Board of Directors. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

48/48 page 48

$world that there is no one who has given way to the disease of intem- perance, but can be reclaimed to their families, their country and their God. Knowing the deep and lively interest yon take in all the great bene- volent institutions of our country, and the vital importance you attach to the cultivation of sound morals for the people of our land, as the only substantial basis on which our institutions can exist and flourish, convinces us that we shall have your entire support in founding this' Asylum in our city, which will be the only one of the kind in this country or in Europe. We would be pleased to have your views upon the moral importance of having in our city an Asylum for the unfor- tunate inebriate, as a substitute for sending him to our city prisons, where he will mingle with the criminal and become schooled in vice.' With much respect, I remain your humble and obedient servant, J. EDWARD TURNER, M. D., 303 East Broadway, New York. MAYOR WOOD'S REPLY. Mayor's Office, New York, May 12,1855. Dear Sir :—Your favor of the 10th inst., is received. I approve of the proposed Asylum for the Poor and Destitute Inebriate. Its objects are purely philanthropic, and should commend themselves to the good and humane of all classes. Such an institution has long been wanted in this city. The reasons why it is impolitic, as well as cruel, to incarcerate the inebriate within the same prison walls as the convict, are so obvious, that no argument or statement is necessary to enforce them. My many other engagements do not leave me time to go more at length into this subject now, but you may rest assured that I fully appreciate the objects of this enterprise, and it has my best wishes for success. Very respectfully yours, FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor. To J. Edward Turner, M. D., 303 East Broadway, New York. \$