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1767-Feb.-14

1767-Feb.-14: The Superior of the Hôpital de la Charité in Cap-Français sought a contractor to supply three to four hundred mattresses filled with corn husks.

HT-AFAM-1767-000047

1767-Feb.-14: The Superior of the Hôpital de la Charité in Cap-Français sought a contractor to supply three to four hundred mattresses filled with corn husks. Local inhabitants were also encouraged to donate or sell the corn husks from their own harvests directly to the hospital. This request underscores the hospital’s reliance on local agricultural byproducts to maintain the bedding for its patients. Ensuring proper provisions and comfort for the sick was a constant concern for the religious and administrative charitable institutions in the colony.

Source  ·  HT-AFAM-1767-000047 Affiches Américaines, 14 Feb. 1767 / Bates: HT-AFAM-1767-000047