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"Raving Maniac" Of Buckland Spent 57 Years In A Cage
[H]e sorrowfully ordered the local blacksmith to build a strong wooden cage in Josiah’s bedroom. Here the minister’s son was placed and here he was to spend the next 57 years of his life....
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Title: "Raving Maniac" Of Buckland Spent 57 Years In A Cage
Creator: Neil L. Perry (author)
Date: December 8, 1966
Format: Article
Publication: The Springfield Union
Source: Available at selected libraries
Location: p.18
Keywords: Almshouses; Children; Civil Liberties & Rights; Clergy; Economics; Education; Educational Institutions; Employment; Family; Government; Insanity; Institutions; Massachusetts; Parenting; Psychiatric Disability; Public Welfare; Religion; Rural Life; Schools; Social Welfare & Communities; Social Welfare & Employment; Williams College
Topics: Institutions, Organizations & Corporations