Notes on residents of Montevue Asylum in Frederick, June 21, 1897

Novices of the St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Frederick ministered to the residents of the Montevue Asylum which was established by the Maryland Lunacy Commission in 1870. The notes indicate that two women characterized as crazy – Belle Reade and “a negress named Rosie” – were incapable of taking care of their children. The note-taker also stated that a constable could transfer the children to an orphan asylum in Baltimore, as the consent of these mothers was not necessary for that transfer.

Diary of the Montevue Almshouse, Frederick, Md., 1893-1897
Archives of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus