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Public Interest in Insane Asylums

Asylum for the Insane in Nashville

Asylum for the Insane in Nashville

The construction of an insane asylum was usually a welcome event for most towns or cities, since the work meant jobs and a continued money flow into the local economy. Newspapers had little but praise for these projects, as the Knoxville Daily Journal  demonstrates: Continue reading