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Poverty bites : food, health and poor families / Elizabeth Dowler and Sheila Turner, with Barbara Dobson.
Dowler, Elizabeth, 1951-Date: [2001]
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A discourse of the poor Shewing the Pernicious Tendency Of the laws now in Force For their Maintenance and Settlement: Containing likewise, Some Considerations Relating to national improvement in general. By the late Hon. Roger North, Esq;.
North, Roger, 1653-1734.Date: 1753
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A word for the poor: or, general thoughts, candidly submitted to the good sense, discernment, and particular consideration, of the British public, on the late scanty harvest, and the Dreary Prospect of a Hard Winter. Interspersed, Are a few homely, but wholesome, Hints (if rightly taken) to all deep Speculators, and greedy Monopolists, whether Farmers or Cornfactors, Usurious Contractors, Forestallers, Engrossers, or Regraters, with a Glance at Levellers, and a Parting Word of Admonition to the Poor. By a true lover of his country
True lover of his countryDate: [1799]
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Plan for the better relief and employment of the poor for enforcing and amending the laws respecting houses of correction, and vagrants; and for improving the police of this country. Together with bills intended to be offered to Parliament for those purposes. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq.
Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 20-1798.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
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Hints respecting the distresses of the poor
John Coakley LettsomDate: 1795
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Some account of the Shrewsbury House of Industry , its establishment and regulations; with hints to those who may have similar institutions in view. By I. Wood. To which is added, the second edition of the Bye-Laws, rules, and ordinances, of the said house.
Wood, IsaacDate: 1791
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The complaints of the poor people of England Containing remarks I. On government. II. On the defects in the English government, as to representation. III. On the ignorance of the poor, and the imperfection of the laws. IV. On capital punishments. V. On the royal household, and public expenditure. VI. On the church. VII. On the law-courts. VIII. On the army. IX. On the navy. X. On schools. XI. On poor-rates, and poor-houses. XII. On public hospitals. XIII. On prisons. XIV. On feudal and seignoral rights, labourers, and manufacturers. XV. Address to the friends of reform. XVI. Balance of opinions.
Dyer, George, 1755-1841.Date: 1793]
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A letter to Thomas Gilbert, Esq; M.P. on his plan for the better relief and employment of the poor; ... subjoined, Dr. Stonehouse's receipts for making cheap and wholesome food, beer, and yeast
Date: 1782
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An inquiry into the management of the poor : and our usual polity respecting the common people : with reasons why they have not hitherto been attended with success, and such alterations offered to the consideration of the legislature, as may probably introduce a more general spirit of industry and order, and greatly lessen the publick expence ...
Rawlinson, Christopher.Date: 1767
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Serious considerations on the salutary design of the Act of Parliament for a regular, uniform register of the parish-poor in all the parishes within the Bills of Mortality. Pointing out the Humanity and Utility which will attend the due Execution Thereof:-The Inefficacy of past Attempts relating to such Infants-The Necessity of sending them to nurse at a proper Distance in the Country:-The pecuniary Value of a Life to the Community:-The Duty of repairing as much as possible the Loss created by War:-And the Importance of increasing our Numbers at Home and Abroad, as the truest Means of supporting our Independency as a Nation. To which are added, some thoughts on the usefulness of ventilation; the pernicious Effects of bad Air, narrow Streets, and ruined Houses; the Advantages of Cleanliness and decent Cloathing in Workhouses, and the honorable Esteem in which Parish-Officers ought to be held, when they discharge their Duty. In two letters addressed to a churchwarden.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: [1762]
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Rights of swine : an address to the poor ; re-printed 1794 ...
Friend to the poorDate: [1794]
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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;.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: [1725]
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Essai sur l'etat du commerce D'Angleterre . Tome second.
Cary, John, d. 1720?.Date: M.DCC.LV. [1755]
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A bill (as amended by the Committee) for the better support and maintenance of the poor . Ordered to be printed 31st December 1796.
House of CommonsDate: 1797
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An enquiry into the state of the public mind amongst the lower classes and on the means of turning it to the welfare of the state. In a letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S.
Arthur YoungDate: M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798]
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The providential division of men into rich and poor , and the respective duties thence arising, briefly consider'd in a sermon preach'd in the parish-church of St. Sepulchres, May the 27th, 1708. Being Thursday in Whitson-Week: At the anniversary meeting of the chief promoters of the charity-schools together with the Masters and Mistresses of the said Schools; and the Children there Educated, to the Number of Three Thousand, and upwards. By Robert Moss, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to Her Majesty, and Preacher to the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn. Publish'd at the Request of several Gentlemen concern'd in this Charity.
Moss, Robert, 1666-1729.Date: [1708?]
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A proposal for relief and punishment of vagrants : particularly such as frequent the streets and publick places of resort, within this kingdom.
Date: 1748
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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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Considerations on several proposals, lately made, for the better maintenance of the poor : with an appendix, containing heads of two bills for the better government, maintenance, and employment of the poor, within the city and liberty of Westminster, and in the several counties of England.
Gray, Charles, approximately 1695-1782.Date: 1752
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The manifold causes of the increase of the poor distinctly set forth : together with a set of proposals for removing and preventing some of the principal evils, and for lessening others.
Tucker, Josiah, 1712-1799.Date: [1760]
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Observations upon the orders and resolutions of the House of Commons , With respect to the Poor, Vagrants, and Houses of Correction. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq;.
Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 20-1798.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXV. [1775]
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An essay on trade and commerce : containing observations on taxes, as they are supposed to affect the price of labour in our manufactories : together with some interesting reflections on the importance of our trade to America : to which is added the out-lines, or sketch, of a scheme for the maintenance and employment of the poor, the prevention of vagrancy, and decrease of the poor's rates : humbly addressed to the legislature of the kingdom / by the author of Considerations on taxes, andc.
Cunningham, J.Date: 1770
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Some account of the Shrewsbury House of Industry , its establishment and regulations; with hints to those who may have similar institutions in view. By I. Wood. The second edition. To which is added, the third edition of the bye-laws, rules, and ordinances, of the said house. Also an appendix; containing a correspondence with the Rev. J. Howlett, Vicar of Great Dunmow, Essex, Author of several Essays on Population, and of an Enquiry into the Mortality of Country Houses of Industry, &c.
Wood, IsaacDate: 1791
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Populousness with oeconomy, the wealth and strength of a kingdom : most humbly addressed to both houses of Parliament, in behalf of the poor.
Date: 1759
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A sermon preached at the Cathedral of Glocester at the opening of the infirmary, on Thursday, August 14, 1755 . By the Honourable and Reverend George Talbot, ..
Talbot, George, 1715 or 16-1785.Date: [1755]

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Poverty bites : food, health and poor families / Elizabeth Dowler and Sheila Turner, with Barbara Dobson.

A discourse of the poor Shewing the Pernicious Tendency Of the laws now in Force For their Maintenance and Settlement: Containing likewise, Some Considerations Relating to national improvement in general. By the late Hon. Roger North, Esq;.

Plan for the better relief and employment of the poor for enforcing and amending the laws respecting houses of correction, and vagrants; and for improving the police of this country. Together with bills intended to be offered to Parliament for those purposes. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq.

Hints respecting the distresses of the poor

Some account of the Shrewsbury House of Industry , its establishment and regulations; with hints to those who may have similar institutions in view. By I. Wood. To which is added, the second edition of the Bye-Laws, rules, and ordinances, of the said house.

A letter to Thomas Gilbert, Esq; M.P. on his plan for the better relief and employment of the poor; ... subjoined, Dr. Stonehouse's receipts for making cheap and wholesome food, beer, and yeast

Rights of swine : an address to the poor ; re-printed 1794 ...

Essai sur l'etat du commerce D'Angleterre . Tome second.

A bill (as amended by the Committee) for the better support and maintenance of the poor . Ordered to be printed 31st December 1796.

An enquiry into the state of the public mind amongst the lower classes and on the means of turning it to the welfare of the state. In a letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S.

A proposal for relief and punishment of vagrants : particularly such as frequent the streets and publick places of resort, within this kingdom.

Considerations on several proposals, lately made, for the better maintenance of the poor : with an appendix, containing heads of two bills for the better government, maintenance, and employment of the poor, within the city and liberty of Westminster, and in the several counties of England.

The manifold causes of the increase of the poor distinctly set forth : together with a set of proposals for removing and preventing some of the principal evils, and for lessening others.

Observations upon the orders and resolutions of the House of Commons , With respect to the Poor, Vagrants, and Houses of Correction. By Thomas Gilbert, Esq;.

Populousness with oeconomy, the wealth and strength of a kingdom : most humbly addressed to both houses of Parliament, in behalf of the poor.

A sermon preached at the Cathedral of Glocester at the opening of the infirmary, on Thursday, August 14, 1755 . By the Honourable and Reverend George Talbot, ..