“To the glory of God and in memory of Thomas Ripley and Julia Ripley, through whose benevolence this hospital for the maintenance and education of 300 fatherless children of Lancaster and Liverpool, was founded and endowed. Having a desire to benefit both his native town and the city in which he had amassed his fortune, he purposed to build and endow a school of a similar character to the great foundation of Christ’s Hospital in London.”

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