A short account of the work-house belonging to the President and Governours for the Poor in Bishopsgate-street, London

An account of the Corporation for the Poor of London : shewing the nature, usefulness, and management of the work-house in Bishopsgate-Street : and that the relieving, educating, and setting poor children to work therein, is one principal design of its institution ...

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A short account of the work-house belonging to the President and Governours for the Poor in Bishopsgate-street, London

An account of the Corporation for the Poor of London : shewing the nature, usefulness, and management of the work-house in Bishopsgate-Street : and that the relieving, educating, and setting poor children to work therein, is one principal design of its institution ...