Orphan Asylum – Munificent Donation (1866)
In our last number we announced the success of the Tennessee Orphan Asylum Society, in purchasing the noble mansion of Thos. MUNFORD, Esq., near Clarksbille. We have now to record the munificent donation of $2,500 from the Ladies’ Southern Orphan Aid Society, of Boone county, Missouri. This is not the first gift from Mo., and should be looked upon as a noble incentive to emulation nearer home. Tennessee, outside of the immediate neighborhood of Clarksville and Kentucky, have as yet done little compared with the distant State of Missouri. We cannot doubt but what the example will be largely follow especially when the institution does into active operation, which it will do as soon as possession of the buildings is obtained, and this is guaranteed for next month. (Clarksville Chronicle)
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 29 Sept. 1866, Page 2. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.