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A plea for the poor : in which, I. Their inexpressible hardships and sufferings are verified from undeniable facts, II. Their maintenance is evidently shewn to be an intolerable burthen upon the public, III. Methods are proposed for making beggars, vagrants and vagabonds useful to their country and providing for the impotent and disabled, IV. A summary is give of the several schemes of Judge Hale, Sir Josiah Child, Mr. Fielding and others for that purpose : humbly submitted to the consideration of Parliament / by a merchant of the city of London.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection HV245 .N27 1759
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Thomas, active 1768.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--Great Britain.
- Poor.
- Great Britain.
- Public welfare--Great Britain.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 59 pages, 1 unnumbered page (the last page blank) ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Townsend ..., 1759.
- Notes:
- Published anonymously. By Thomas Nash. Cf. Kress Lib.
- Cited in:
- Kress Lib. 5800
- OCLC:
- 16113240
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