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Trades' Maiden Hospital |
Engraving from Modern Athens - published 1829
Trades' Maiden Hospital - Argyle Square
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Drawn by Thomas H Shepherd |
Engraved by A Cruse |
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Trades' Maiden Hospital |
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The Trades Maiden Hospital was situated on the eastern side of Argyle Square. It had a frontage of 150 feet, and was founded in 1704. The book Old & New Edinburgh comments that the hospital was intended for the daughters of decayed tradesmen, and was a noble institution founded in 1704 by the charitable Mrs Mary Erskine, the liberal contributor to the Merchant Maiden Hospital ane was a joint foundress of both. |
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Engravings from Modern Athens - Published 1829 |
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