From the Richmond Whig, 8/1/1861
PRIVATE HOSPITALS. - We mentioned the fact a few days
since, that several patriotic ladies had fitted up a school-house, at the corner
of Clay and 8th streets, for the reception of sick or wounded soldiers. The
scheme was proposed, we learn, by the husband of one of the ladies, who placed
at her disposal, for the purchase of the requisite furniture, etc., the liberal
sum of $1000. - The hospital thus established is now occupied by ten or fifteen
patients - mostly from Louisiana - who are receiving every attention which
humility and kindness can suggest. Another similar home for the sick has been
opened, in the school-house near the corner of Clay and 6th streets,
under the auspices of other ladies; and it has been suggested that the emulation
of this example in other parts of the city would ensure the recovery of many a
gallant soldier who is now suffering from wounds or sickness.
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