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Domestic News December 27, 1830

Lynchburg Virginian

Lynchburg, Virginia

What is this article about?

On Friday evening, a healthy male infant was found abandoned in a basket at a gentleman's house in the city, dressed neatly with fine items. The person who left it fled. The gentleman placed the child in the Alms House, where it is doing well.

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On Friday evening last, at about 10 o'clock, the bell of a gentleman's house in the city rung, and on the servant's opening the door, he found a basket on the steps, containing a fine healthy male infant, dressed in the neatest manner; the basket was new, and contained three fine worked caps, several towels, blankets, &c. The little stranger was comfortably wrapped up, and appeared smiling and lively. The person on leaving the basket and ringing the bell, fled, and no traces of him have yet been discovered. The parents, whoever they may be, appeared to have clothed it in a costly manner. The gentleman with whom it was left has placed it in the Alms House, where it is doing well. [N. Y. Daily Adv.]

What sub-type of article is it?

Crime

What keywords are associated?

Infant Abandonment Foundling Alms House New York

Where did it happen?

The City

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

The City

Event Date

On Friday Evening Last

Outcome

the infant is doing well in the alms house.

Event Details

A basket containing a fine healthy male infant, dressed neatly with fine worked caps, towels, blankets, etc., was left on the steps of a gentleman's house in the city at about 10 o'clock. The person who left it rang the bell and fled, with no traces discovered. The gentleman placed it in the Alms House.

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