New York Times, “Starvation in New York,” January 1, 1859

Source citation
“Starvation in New-York,” New York Times, January 1, 1859, p. 4: 6.
Newspaper: Publication
New York Times
Newspaper: Headline
Starvation in New-York
Newspaper: Page(s)
1
Newspaper: Column
6
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
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The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.

Starvation in New-York.

NEW-YORK, Friday, Dec, 31.

To the Editor of the New-York Times:

Your journal of this morning tells us of a woman found dead from starvation, her child with her – the [illegible] starving. On perusing it this question occurred to my mind. Do our charitable societies call or wait to be called? Certainly no deserving, really poor being should STARVE. Starved to death!! Nay. Can it be, in this, aye, in this country – in this City!

CHARITY.

We fear that under any circumstances the fearful extremity which so justly arouses our correspondent’s sorrowful indignation, must sometimes occur. There will be cases in which poverty will hide itself and die in dumb despair. But not only our benevolent societies, but our Police, should search the nooks and corners of the City and see that no such fearful spectacle as that of starvation in our midst occurs. The duties of the Police are not so arduous and engrossing as to render this addition to them a serious burden.

New York, NY
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