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Orphanages - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    The charter, act of Parliament, by-laws, and regulations of the hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children

    Foundling Hospital (London, England) | Date: Printed in the year M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]
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    Letters addressed to Mrs. Peter la Touche, by Melantius . Containing a state of the orphan-houses of England, Ireland, Zeland and Holland.

    Tighe, Edward, d. 1798?. | Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]

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