Visible charity: The archaeology, material culture, and landscape design of New York City's municipal almshouse complex, 1736-1797

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Baugher S. [1 ]
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[1] Department of Landscape Architecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Almshouse; Landscape design; Material culture; New York City;
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10.1023/A:1011399426797
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How did New York City's eighteenth century almshouse (1736-1797) handle homelessness and poverty? Historians have been debating whether the conditions were familial and supportive, or mean-spirited and intolerable. An analysis of the archaeology, artifacts, architecture, landscape design, primary sources, and secondary sources associated with the New York City almshouse complex suggest some answers.
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