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New York Asylum For Idiots, Twenty-Fourth Annual Report Of The Trustees

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Date:		January 14, 1875
Source:		Steve Taylor Collection

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Of the first pupils, 25 in number, with which the asylum opened, it was then recorded "that 12 could not speak a single word. Of these 12 who were speechless, 6 had no idea of language ; could not comprehend a single word or command addressed to them. Of those who were not dumb, 3 said but a few words and those indistinctly ; and still two others who did not speak till nine years of age and now but indistinctly and with a very limited number of words."

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Of the 207 on our present list of pupils, 85 had never spoken a word before coming to the asylum.

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In concluding this report I will add, that there are two virtues which I may venture to call institution virtues. The one consists in performing all the duties of the office or post in which one may be employed with fidelity, thoroughness and alacrity. The other is a kind of loyalty to the institution, which will not only lead the employees to speak well of it, but to devote themselves earnestly and cheerfully to the practice of those little economies that in the aggregate are a credit to any institution. The full possession of these virtues I am happy to ascribe to my chief assistants; and to the others, a commendable degree.

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H. B. WILBUR,
Superintendent.
SYRACUSE, January, 8, 1875.

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TREASURER'S REPORT.

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ALLEN MUNROE, treasurer of the New York Asylum for Idiots, in account current with the state of New York, for cash received and expended for the general supplies and the salaries and wages of officers, teachers, attendants and servants of said asylum, during the year ending September 30, 1874:

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Dr.

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1873.
Oct. 1.	To cash from state treasurer	$8,000.00
Dec. 31.	To cash from state treasurer	8,000.00
1874
Mar. 31	To cash from state treasurer	8,000.00
June 30	To cash from state treasurer	8,000.00
	To cash from county treasurers for clothing state pupils	2,626.40
	To cash from pay pupils for board, tuition and clothing	6,559.95
	To cash from state treasurer, special appropriation	1,500.00
		$42,686.35

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Cr.

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1873.
Oct. 1	By overdraft	$1,017.11
	By cash paid on warrants of executive committee for quarter ending Dec. 31,	8,967.79
1874.
	By cash paid on warrants of executive committee for quarter ending March 31, 1874.	8,088 01
	By cash paid on warrants of executive committee for quarter ending June 30, 1874.	10,658.11
	By cash paid on warrants of executive committee for quarter ending Sept, 30, 1874.	5,743.54
	By sundry bills paid by steward and contingent expenses	6,487.39
	By cash paid for purchase of land	$1,500.00
	Balance in hands of treasurer	151.81
	By cash in hands of superintendent	72.56
		$42,686.35

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(Signed) ALLEN MUNROE,
Treasurer, etc.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF A MEETING OF

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THE BOARD HELD OCTOBER 14, 1864.

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On motion of Mr. Titus, the following resolutions were offered and passed unanimously:

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WHEREAS, Since the last annual meeting of this Board, the Rev. Henry N. Pohlman, D. D., one of the oldest and most esteemed members, has departed this life, leaving vacant the office of chairman of the Board, which he had occupied for more than twenty years, with great efficiency and a uniform courtesy toward his associates; now, therefore, we his survivors, in deep sorrow at his loss and a sincere respect for his memory, do

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Resolve, That in the death of the Rev. Dr. Henry N. Pohlman, the institution has been deprived of one of its most faithful officers and its devoted friend; the Board a member always on duty to render aid and wise counsel in its deliberations; the church, in which for nearly a half century he was a prominent member, a faithful pastor, loving and devoted in the performance of all his duties and at the same time, in opinion and deportment, charitable toward all other religious denominations; the state, a citizen discreet and active in the fulfillment of his civil duties, a friend of sound learning and the ready advocate of every work of charity and mercy.

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Resolved, That the secretary of this Board do forward a copy of this their action to the members of the family of the late Dr. Pohlman.