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to destitute orphans, including children whose fathers had died and whose mothers were unable to provide for them. Initially the Asylum used two houses;

Troy Orphan Asylum (formerly Vanderheyden Hall) is a not-for-profit organization based in Wynantskill, New York, that works with youth and families in

placement of children "in" orphanages or asylums) to refer to orphan train passengers. Widespread use of the term "orphan train" may date to 1978, when CBS aired

and the Hartford Orphan Asylum was established in 1833. These organizations merged in 1865, retaining the name "Hartford Orphan Asylum". It built a dormitory-style

early American philanthropist for her work with the Orphan Asylum Society. Schuyler was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Philip Schuyler

Hospital began to sell parts of the Asylum's land to various institutions, including the Leake and Watts Orphan Asylum on the campus of what is now the Cathedral

From its formal chartering on 22 July 1686 until 1779, the mayors of Albany, New York, were appointed by the royal governor of New York, per the provisions

North Ferry Street in North Albany for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, which they used as the St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. Upon his death his widow

Daughters of Charity. It shared the premises with Saint Mary's Female Orphan Asylum. By the mid-1860s, the proximity of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad

the Royal Military Asylum (now known as the Duke of York's Headquarters) for orphaned children. In 1892 the Royal Military Asylum was renamed the Duke