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1863 draft rioters
torched Colored Orphan Asylum. 233 children were saved, sheltered at
DPC&C facilities on Blackwell’s Island. It was begun in 1836 by 3 Quaker
ladies who hired 1st U.S. black Doctor James McCune Smith, medically trained
in Scotland, as the orphan’s physician. Harlem Dowling West Side Center for
Children & Family Services had its roots in the Orphan Asylum.
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The torched orphanage
image is based on an 1863 Illustrated London News sketch
appearing on a number of web sites, including CUNY Graduate Center's Virtual
New York presentation of Seymour B. Durst's Old York Library collection of NY
historical materials. See
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http://www.vny.cuny.edu/Search/search_res_image.php?id=285
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The Harlem Dowling West
Side Cente logo and h&s image of Dr. Smith can be found on its web site, including its 175th
Anniversary Journal web page at
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http://harlemdowlinggala2007.eventjournal.com/view_about.php?action=page&journal_id=83&page_id=4338
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