Foundlings

[wayfaringwordhack]

This entry about record-keeping with swatches of cloth at a foundling hospital is particularly moving, even though it dates back more than two centuries. It tugs my heartstrings and stirs my imagination. I could tell a story about a Lucy Locket or a Benjamin Twirl.

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Fascinating, touching, and so sad that so many died in infancy.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I know. I'd like to know the infant death rate for the time period to know if the hospital's mortality rate was uncommonly high or not.

[nipernaadiagain.livejournal.com]

This is moving and interesting, thank you for the link.

[luna-e.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing this incredible story. Heartbreaking, yet full of hope and tenderness. I want to go open a Foundling Hospital right now!