Poor - England - Early works to 1800
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Proposals to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Worshipful the Justices, Aldermen and Common-Council of Boston in Lincolnshire, for maintaining the poor . To which is added, a preface to the history of the ale-sellers in the said corporation, which will shortly be printed and publish'd, By J.H. of Boston.
J. H., of Boston.Date: Printed in the year, 1721- E-books
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An account of a society, for encouraging the industrious poor . With a table for their use. To which are prefixed, some considerations on the state of the poor in general.
Joseph PriestleyDate: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- E-books
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Society for bettering the condition of the poor . The following Rules to prevent Infectious Fevers, have been extracted from a manuscript of Dr. Haygarth's, with his permission. They are intended to enable medical and clerical visitors of the sick to perform their important duties with safety to themselves, and are printed by the Society with a view to their being distributed, so that a printed copy may be put up in every house where there is an infectious fever.
Society for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poorDate: [1800]- E-books
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The abridgement of a plan for an Honourable, effectual, and permanent relief for all the poor of England. By a Lady
Belvidera.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- E-books
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An act for erecting of hospitals and work-houses within the city of Bristoll, for the better employing and maintaining the poor thereof
England and WalesDate: 1714