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From: "Edward Lowitz" <>
Subject: RE: [PACHESTE] Re: Chester Co. Hospital for the Insane
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 11:43:45 -0800
In-Reply-To: <BC53EB23.22E0%kvliese@comcast.net>


If you are talking about Embreevile, you have to remember that it was also a
TB asylum. The records for the place are in the hands of the CCHS. One of
my ancestors died there. She had TB and also suffered from acute depression
(I prefer to think that the depression was due to the TB.) Anyway, I got
the limited number of records relating to her being there via the CCHS.
Prior e-mails dealing with the hospital are in the list archives (try at
least 2 years ago).
Ed.

-----Original Message-----
From: K. Varden Leasa [mailto:]
Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2004 12:12 PM
To:
Subject: [PACHESTE] Re: Chester Co. Hospital for the Insane

I believe this "Chester County Hospital for the Insane" was located
northwest of West Chester at Embreeville and was later called the
Embreeville State Hospital (now closed as a state mental institution but all
buildings still stand). This was also the site of the early nineteenth
century county poorhouse. The location is West Bradford Township.


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