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.

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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.