Charters

Scope and Contents Charter, 1911 Nov. 17, of Philadelphia Pediatric Society, describing society objectives; includes names, addresses, and signatures of twenty-eight charter members and list of twelve directors.

Scope and Contents Charter listing purpose and objects of Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses of Philadelphia and names and function of corporators and directors. Seals detached.

Manuscript copy available at City of Philadelphia Department of Records.

Scope and Contents Collection, preserved by committee chairman Anthony E. Stocker, includes resolutions of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 7 Sept. 1854, to amend its charter and hold annual elections in January and form of amendment drafted by attorney James W. Paul, 25 Jan. 1855, applying to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for amendment of the charter.

Overview The Hospital and Dispensary for the Relief of Diseases of the Rectum and Genito-Urinary Organs was incorporated December 6, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to “furnish gratuitous medical and surgical advice and treatment to all poor people (without regard to creed, sex, or race) who suffer from any form of disease of the rectum or genito-urinary organs.” E. C. Hine, L. S. Clark were the surgeons, and H. Lenox Hodge was the consulting surgeon, for the Hospital. Opened as...