Delaware Societies (13 societies)
Female
Distributing Society for the relief of the poor
Formed by Quaker women in 1813
Female
Hospital Society
Formed in 1819 to aid the aged, sick and poor.
Male
Society for the Relief of the Poor
Formed by Quakers in 1813
Newcastle
Newcastle Female Benevolent Society
Founded in 1817 to provide free education.
Smyrna
Female Union Society of Smyrna
Founded in 1817 to provide free education
Wilmington
Benevolent Society
Founded in Wilmington in 1822
Dorcas
Society
Provided clothing for the poor of Wilmington from 1818
See: 'The Dorcas Society' The Circular 1 (1824-5) 163
Female
Benevolent Society, Wilmington
Formed in 1800 to provide widespread relief
See: A Historical Sketch of the Female Benevolent Society
(Wilmington, 1972)
Female
Charitable Society
Founded in Wilmington before 1824
Female Harmony Society of Wilmington, aka Union Female Harmony
School
Founded in 1814 to provide free education
Humane Society of Wilmington
Founded in 1812
La Fayette Asylum for Poor Widows and Orphan Children
Founded in Wilmington in 1824
Society for the Relief of the Poor
Founded in Wilmington in 1813-14.