Abandoned children - Early works to 1800

A candid historical account of the Hospital for the reception of exposed and deserted young children representing the present plan of it as productive of many evils, and not adapted to the Genius and Happiness of this Nation. Shewing, on the other hand, the great importance of the establishment, if put under proper regulations, as the most effectual Means of preserving the Lives of a great Number of such Infants as have perished within the Bills of Mortality. With a proposal for carrying a new design into execution. To which is added, a letter from a country gentleman to a Governor of the Hospital: Containing Many Observations relating to Foundlings born, educated, or employed, in the Country; collected from real Facts: With his Opinion concerning the Amendments necessary.