Hints respecting the distresses of the poor / By Dr. Lettsom.

  • John Coakley Lettsom
Date:
1796
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Credit: Hints respecting the distresses of the poor / By Dr. Lettsom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    foon diffipated, may induce them to fell their little portion, which when gone, leaves them more diftreffed than they were originally. In lieu therefore, of introducing a tempta¬ tion which few poor men can withftand, an adequate aid fhould be fubftituted of cloth¬ ing, firing, or other ufeful permanent pro- vifion, and this aid might be increafed, with the increafe of children: but no batchelor in health fhould participate of any fund, as long as indigence is rendered more poignant by the addition of children. It might be a defirable objedt in the en- clofure of commons, to allot a certain portion to the clergy inftead of tythes; that no im¬ pediment or difcouragement may exift to the growth of corn ; indeed it muft be fatisfac- tory to the clergy, as well as to the laity holding impropriations, could fome fubfti- tute be found for them, if they muft be con¬ tinued. They afford a fource of litigation, and of difguft to the eftablifhed religion, and oftentimes of ruinous expenfes or imprifon- rnent to individuals. Were1
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