Allegheny County PA Archives History - Letters .....Children Committed To Reform School January 22, 1862 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/ ************************************************ http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/xmisc/reformschool-1862.txt File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara W. Brown buwbrown@comcast.net June 3, 2008, 12:58 pm John Platt, aged 12; committed by Mayor Drum on complaint of B.H. Luken & Henry Herman for vagrancy and pilfering; fit subject for discipline Martha Harrison, aged 18; committed by J.H. Scott attorney of Allegheny, on complaint of her sister Elizabeth Sigler for (illegible word). This girl is an invalid & on that account not deemed a proper subject for this House. Mary Malone, aged near 19 years, by Mayor Wilson on complaint of her father who resides at Hillside, Westmoreland Co., for disobedience and a fear that she will be ruined by visiting improper places. Make no suggestions in this case. Mrs. Mary Ann Stewart applies for discharge of her two sons. Suggest their discharge provided that Committee on Indentures is satisfied with employment secured for them. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb