Almshouses and workhouses - Great Britain

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A letter to Thomas Gilbert, Esq; M.P. on his plan for the better relief and employment of the poor; ... subjoined, Dr. Stonehouse's receipts for making cheap and wholesome food, beer, and yeast
Date: 1782
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Proposals made in the year 1720 . To the Parishioners of Stroud, near Rochester in Kent, For Building a work-house there; With an Account of the good Success thereof: And likewise of Several Work-Houses in Essex, &c. Publish'd to encourage all large and populous Parishes to pursue the same Design; it being very advantageous to the Rich, as well as the Poor. By the Minister of Stroud.
Parfect, Caleb, d. 1770.Date: 1725
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Giving alms no charity , And Employing the poor A Grievance to the nation, Being an essay Upon this Great Question, Whether Work-Houses, Corporations, and Houses of Correction for Employing the Poor, as now practis'd in England; or Parish-Stocks, as propos'd in a late Pamphlet, Entituled, A Bill for the better Relief, Imployment and Settlement of the Poor, &c. Are not mischievous to the Nation, tending to the Destruction of our Trade, and to encrease the Number and Misery of the Poor. Addressed to the Parliament of England.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]