Episode 86: The Forgotten Akin Family of Charleston - Charleston Time Machine
Charleston Time Machine - En podcast af Nic Butler, Ph.D. - Fredage
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From modest beginnings in the 1690s to great wealth in the 1750s and extinction in the 1840s, the lesser-known Akin family of South Carolina left an important legacy on Meeting Street that most of Charleston has long forgotten. Before we can appreciate the history of the Akin Foundling Hospital, we need to learn a bit about the family fortunes that inspired our community’s first and only home for motherless infants.
