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Almshouses - England - Early works to 1800

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    A representation of some mismanagements by parish-officers in the method at present followed for maintaining the poor: with a proposal humbly offered for rectifying the same. In a letter to a friend

    Marriot, John, fl. 1726. | Date: Printed in the Year, 1726
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    An Account of several work-houses for employing and maintaining the poor : setting forth the rules by which they are governed, their great usefulness to the publick, and in particular to the parishes where they are erected : as also of several charity-schools for promoting work, and labour.

    | Date: 1725

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