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An Examination of the alterations in the poor's laws, proposed by Dr. Burn : and a refutation of his objections to workhouses so far as they relate to hundred houses : together with observations upon the bill lately offered to Parliament for 'the better relief and employment of the poor' and some objections to a proposal founded upon that bill for an application to Parliament 'for the relief and more comfortable maintenance of the poor in the County of Norfolk' : the whole humbly submitted to the consideration of the legislature.
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burn, Richard, 1709-1785. History of the poor laws.
- Burn, Richard.
- Poor laws--Great Britain.
- Poor laws.
- Workhouses.
- Great Britain.
- Workhouses--Great Britain.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation--Great Britain.
- Public welfare.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation.
- Norfolk--Social conditions.
- Norfolk.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (the last leaf blank) ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt ..., 1766.
- Notes:
- Richard Burn's proposals were in his 'History of the poor laws, with observations', published in 1764.
- Cited in:
- Higgs, H. Bib. of economics 3875
- OCLC:
- 16112642
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