i established the first private orphanage in new york city
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title: Orphanage text: Poor Orphan Girls in 1795, had been set up earlier. Private orphanages were founded by private benefactors; these often received royal patronage and government oversight. Ragged schools, founded by John Pounds and the Lord Shaftesbury were also set up to provide pauper children with basic education. Orphanages were also set up in the United States from the early 19th century; for example, in 1806, the first private orphanage in New York (the Orphan Asylum Society, now Graham Windham) was co-founded by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the United States. Under the influence title: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton text: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler ; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854), also called "Eliza" or "Betsey", was co-founder and deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. She was the wife of American founding father Alexander Hamilton. Elizabeth was born in Albany, New York, the second daughter of Continental Army General Philip Schuyler, a Revolutionary War general, and Catherine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. The Van Rensselaers of the Manor of Rensselaerswyck were one of the richest and most politically influential families in the state of New York. She had seven siblings who lived to title: Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton text: Angelica was also laid to rest at Trinity, in the Livingstons' private vault, while Eliza's eldest son Philip had an unmarked grave near the churchyard. Elizabeth and Alexander Hamilton had eight children: The Hamiltons also raised Frances (Fanny) Antill, an orphan who lived with them for ten years beginning in 1787 when she was two years old. Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton Elizabeth Hamilton (née Schuyler ; August 9, 1757 – November 9, 1854), also called "Eliza" or "Betsey", was co-founder and deputy director of the first private orphanage in New York City. She was the wife of American founding father Alexander title: Graham Windham text: Graham Windham Graham Windham is a New York City-based nonprofit that provides services to children and families. It was founded in 1806 by several prominent women, most notably Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (Eliza). The organization has recently received greater awareness because of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit Broadway musical "Hamilton" in which Eliza Hamilton, portrayed by Phillipa Soo in its original run, expresses that she is "proudest of" establishing "the first private orphanage in New York City." Graham Windham, Eliza Hamilton's centuries-old "living legacy," has evolved from an orphanage to a family and youth development organization that assists over 4,500 local children each title: Orphan Train text: developed a program that placed homeless, orphaned, and abandoned city children, who numbered an estimated 30,000 in New York City alone in the 1850's, in foster homes throughout the country. The children were transported to their new homes on trains that were labeled "orphan trains" or "baby trains". This relocation of children ended in the 1920's with the beginning of organized foster care in America. The first orphanage in the United States was reportedly established in 1729 in Natchez, MS. But institutional orphanages were uncommon before the early 19th century. Relatives or neighbors usually raised children who had lost parents.