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The Isle of Thanet: Michael Yoakley's Hospital, Margate, 1873. Creator: Unknown.

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The Isle of Thanet [in Kent]: Michael Yoakley's Hospital, Margate, 1873. '...the Drapers' Hospital, or Almshouse, [was] founded by Michael Yoakley [a Quaker businessman] in 1709, with a small adjacent meeting-house of the Society of Friends. Good Michael Yoakley, it is said, was once a poor boy, tending swine on this very spot, but, having prospered in trade, and dying childless, he left a portion of his store, as we read in the inscription on a white marble tablet, "to relieve such industrious poor as truly fear the Lord, and are of meek, humble, and quiet spirit, according to his word." The present inmates are all women, and the place is commonly known as "Drapers".' From "Illustrated London News", 1873.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM25A13_161

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Droits gérés

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8,7Mo (781,0Ko) / 15,8cm x 13,8cm / 1867 x 1632 (300dpi)

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