This charter established his campaign to set up The Foundling Hospital, London's first home for abandoned children. Up to a thousand babies a year were abandoned in early 18th-century London.

Hospital staff christened the two Baby Catherine and Baby Joan, but the generic term for abandoned children is that fairytale word ‘foundling’. In the past there were group homes and asylums for ...

ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 11. -- A foundling won first prize in the Baby Show of the Tompkins County Fair, which closed here yesterday. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...