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A Letter to the landholders of the county of Wilts on the alarming state of the poor
Date: 1793
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An inquiry into the present condition of the lower classes , and the means of improving it, including some remarks on Mr. Pitt's bill For the better Support and Maintenance of the Poor. In the course of which the Policy of the Corn Laws is examined, and various other important branches of Political Economy are illustrated. By Robert Acklom Ingram, B. D. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.
Ingram, Robert Acklom, 1763-1809.Date: 1797
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Reasons, humbly submitted to the honourable members of both houses of Parliament, for introducing a law, to prevent unnecessary and vexatious removals of the poor : thereby to reduce parish expences, by letting the poor live where they can best earn their bread.
Greaves, William, of Fulbourne.Date: 1774
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Not to be ignored : young people, poverty and health / Anne Dennehy, Lee Smith and Paul Harker with George Davey Smith and Yoav Ben-Shlomo.
Dennehy, AnneDate: [1997]
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Objections to Mr. Gilbert's plan of police, for the more effectual and oeconomical support of the poor, stated and answered. With some general observations respecting the expediency and practicability of the whole
Thomas GilbertDate: 1786]
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A plea for the poor or remarks on The Price of Provisions, and the Peasant's Labour: The Bounties allowed on the Exportation of Corn, especially Wheat: with Proposals for their Emendation. -Tantique operis ... ... Ovid. By Robert Applegarth.
Applegarth, RobertDate: M.DCC.XC. [1790]
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Remarks on two bills for the better maintenance of the poor , &c. In a letter to --, Member of Parliament. By Thomas Alcock, M. A. Late of Brase-Nose College, Oxford.
Alcock, Thomas, 1709-1798.Date: 1753
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Remarks upon an intended bill for the relief of the poor , now under consideration of Parliament. By a country magistrate.
Country magistrateDate: MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
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An essay for imploying the poor to profit, humbly dedicated and presented to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, by John Bellers
Bellers, John, 1654-1725.Date: 1723
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A paper that was published in the Gentleman's Magazine, for January 1788, breathes such a spirit of humanity and benevolence towards the lower class of mankind and at the same time fixes their claims on society upon so rational a ground, that the present editor cannot but wish to extend the knowledge of the principle on which it is written. ..
J.. A..Date: 1788]
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Every-Body's business, is no-body's business or, private abuses, publick grievances: exemplified in the pride, insolence, and exorbitant wages of our women-servants, footmen, &c. With a proposal for amendment of the same; as also for clearing the Streets of those Vermin call'd Shoe-Cleaners, and substituting in their stead many Thousands of Industrious Poor, now ready to starve. With divers other Hints, of great Use to the Publick. Humbly submitted to the Consideration of our Legislature, and the careful perusal of all Masters and Mistresses of Families. By Andrew Moreton, Esq;.
Daniel DefoeDate: [1725]
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A plan of police exhibiting the causes of the present increase of the poor, and proposing a mode for their future more œconomical and effectual Relief and support. With objections to the plan, stated and answered; and General Observations respecting the Expediency and Practicability of the Whole.
Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 20-1798.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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Giving alms no charity , And Employing the poor A Grievance to the nation, Being an essay Upon this Great Question, Whether Work-Houses, Corporations, and Houses of Correction for Employing the Poor, as now practis'd in England; or Parish-Stocks, as propos'd in a late Pamphlet, Entituled, A Bill for the better Relief, Imployment and Settlement of the Poor, &c. Are not mischievous to the Nation, tending to the Destruction of our Trade, and to encrease the Number and Misery of the Poor. Addressed to the Parliament of England.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: MDCCIV. [1704]
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Remarks upon the present state of the poor. By the Rev. J. G. Sherer, A. B. Curate of Droxford, Hants
Sherer, Joseph GodfreyDate: MDCCXCVI. [1796]
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The history of the poor their rights, duties, and the laws respecting them: in a series of letters. A new edition corrected, and continued to the present time. By Tho. Ruggles, Esq. F. A. S. One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Essex and Suffolk.
Ruggles, Thomas, 1737?-1813.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]
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Plain reasons for a general reform of our charities in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, ... President of the Agriculture Society; occasioned by the circulation of their late Queries in favour of the distressed poor, with an appendix, relative to a particular benefaction of the first consequence.
Massey, William, 1773 or 4-1838.Date: 1796-98
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The heads of a plan for the raising the money for maintaining paupers by a new method : in which the deficiencies of the old system are pointed out, and the author hopes made good.
Date: 1784
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Thoughts on the present posture of affairs; in a letter to a friend
Date: [1794]
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Observations on the scheme before Parliament for the maintenance of the poor : with occasional remarks on the present system, and a plan proposed upon different principles : in a letter to Thomas Gilbert, Esq. ; member for Litchfield.
Jones, Edward, Esq.Date: 1776
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A letter to the author of Considerations on several proposals for the better maintenance of the poor
Date: 1752
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Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people the propensity of some to petty larceny: and the danger of gaming, concubinage, and an excessive fondness for amusement in high life, &c. Also an account of the humanity and policy of the Marine Society, now solliciting an Incorporation-The State of the London Workhouse, and the Usefulness and Piety of the Magdalen Hospital, &c. With a proposal for new regulating of Bridewell, in order to render it of important Service to the Police of London. Likewise a plan for preventing the extrordinary mortality of the children of the labouring Poor in London and Westminster. In three letters to a governor of Bridewell, Bethlem, Christ-Church, &c. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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Observations on the present state of the parochial and vagrant poor
Scott, John, 1731-1783.Date: 1773
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A looking-Glass for rich people, and people in prosperity; shewing how they may improve their riches to the greatest advantage: or, a plea for the poor
Gairdner, AndrewDate: MDCCXXVII. [1727]
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An authentic copy of the bill for the better support and maintenance of the poor , presented to the House of Commons by the Right Honourable William Pitt, with the amendments made in the Committee. Ordered to be printed Dec. 31, 1796.
House of CommonsDate: 1797
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The open heart and purse or, British Liberality Display'd; being memoirs of the illustrious bounties, collections, donations, and charitable contributions, in Great Britain, and Ireland, for the relief of indigent housekeepers, families, and others, distressed by the severity of the frost, which commenc'd about London, in the night of December 25, 1739; and began to abate on February 15, 1739/40. Collected From the most Authentic Papers, Journals, &c. published in London and the Country; as well as from private Intelligences. With an alphabetical list of the known benefactors.
Date: M.DCC.XL. [1740]

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A Letter to the landholders of the county of Wilts on the alarming state of the poor

Reasons, humbly submitted to the honourable members of both houses of Parliament, for introducing a law, to prevent unnecessary and vexatious removals of the poor : thereby to reduce parish expences, by letting the poor live where they can best earn their bread.

Not to be ignored : young people, poverty and health / Anne Dennehy, Lee Smith and Paul Harker with George Davey Smith and Yoav Ben-Shlomo.

Objections to Mr. Gilbert's plan of police, for the more effectual and oeconomical support of the poor, stated and answered. With some general observations respecting the expediency and practicability of the whole

A plea for the poor or remarks on The Price of Provisions, and the Peasant's Labour: The Bounties allowed on the Exportation of Corn, especially Wheat: with Proposals for their Emendation. -Tantique operis ... ... Ovid. By Robert Applegarth.

Remarks on two bills for the better maintenance of the poor , &c. In a letter to --, Member of Parliament. By Thomas Alcock, M. A. Late of Brase-Nose College, Oxford.

Remarks upon an intended bill for the relief of the poor , now under consideration of Parliament. By a country magistrate.

An essay for imploying the poor to profit, humbly dedicated and presented to the Lords and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, by John Bellers

A plan of police exhibiting the causes of the present increase of the poor, and proposing a mode for their future more œconomical and effectual Relief and support. With objections to the plan, stated and answered; and General Observations respecting the Expediency and Practicability of the Whole.

Remarks upon the present state of the poor. By the Rev. J. G. Sherer, A. B. Curate of Droxford, Hants

The history of the poor their rights, duties, and the laws respecting them: in a series of letters. A new edition corrected, and continued to the present time. By Tho. Ruggles, Esq. F. A. S. One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Essex and Suffolk.

Plain reasons for a general reform of our charities in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, ... President of the Agriculture Society; occasioned by the circulation of their late Queries in favour of the distressed poor, with an appendix, relative to a particular benefaction of the first consequence.

The heads of a plan for the raising the money for maintaining paupers by a new method : in which the deficiencies of the old system are pointed out, and the author hopes made good.

Thoughts on the present posture of affairs; in a letter to a friend

Observations on the scheme before Parliament for the maintenance of the poor : with occasional remarks on the present system, and a plan proposed upon different principles : in a letter to Thomas Gilbert, Esq. ; member for Litchfield.

A letter to the author of Considerations on several proposals for the better maintenance of the poor

Observations on the present state of the parochial and vagrant poor

A looking-Glass for rich people, and people in prosperity; shewing how they may improve their riches to the greatest advantage: or, a plea for the poor

An authentic copy of the bill for the better support and maintenance of the poor , presented to the House of Commons by the Right Honourable William Pitt, with the amendments made in the Committee. Ordered to be printed Dec. 31, 1796.