Almshouse of the City of New York (Corporate Name)

Proceedings of the governors of the Almshouse of the City of New York, 1859

NUC (Almshouse Hospital of Blackwell's Island)

Klips, S.A. Institutionalizing the poor, 1980: t.p. (New York City Almshouse, 1825-1860) p. v, etc. (prior to 1830, services performed by volunteers; operated under New York City Almshouse Dept., 1830-1860; Alms House; Almshouse of the City of New York; Alms-House)

New York (N.Y.). Common Council. City of New-York ... the following representation of the commissioners of the Alms-House, 1798.

New York (N.Y.). Rules for the government of the Alms-House in the city of New-York, 1801.

Ely, E.S.. The journal of the stated preacher to the hospital and almshouse, in the city of New-York, 1812.

Encyclopedia of New York City, 1995: p. 560, etc. (Almshouse Infirmary; opened 1736 at 1st Ave. and 27th St., Manhattan; to care for the medical needs of the dependent and poor, out of which Bellevue Hospital eventually grew)

Google Books, via WWW, Feb. 11, 2010: New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Health. Monthly bulleting, Jan. 1921, p. 8 (Public Workhouse and House of Correction of the City of New York; the Almshouse; first public hospital in New York, opened 1736 as a 6-bed infirmary; building became too small and was abandoned about 1816 for a new building on land purchased by the city at Belle Vue; at this point Almshouse was united with Pesthouse (est. 1794 for patients with contagious diseases) [no publs. in LC database] and eventually became known as Bellevue Hospital; Almshouse (and Pesthouse) later removed to Blackwell's Island, and Bellevue Hospital was then exclusively a general hospital treating all cases except contagious diseases)

King, M. King's handbook of New York City, 1893: p. 500 (Alms-House; first building built 1734, on the Commons, now City-Hall Park, alongside the Bridewell; new building opened on the same site, 1795; building erected in 1816 on the Bellevue grounds for the hospital and alms-house, which they occupied together until 1826 when their functions were officially separated by the Common Council; Alms-House moved to a new building on Blackwell's Island, 1848)

MWA/NAIP files, Feb. 17, 2010 (hdg.: Almshouse of the City of New York; usage: Almshouse of the City of New York; Alms-House; Almshouse; Alms-House in the City of New-York; Hospital and Almshouse, in the City of New-York; variants: Almshouse Infirmary; Public Workhouse and House of Correction of the City of New York; Publick Workhouse and House of Correction of the City of New York; note: located on the Commons, now City-Hall Park, 1736-1816; at Bellevue Hospital, 1816-1826; on Bellevue grounds but separate from hospital, 1826-1848; at Blackwell's Island, upon completion of new building, from 1848)