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Three centuries of poor law administration; a study of legislation in Rhode Island / by Margaret Creech ... Introductory note by Edith Abbott.
LIBRA HV75.R43 C7
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Creech, Margaret, 1891-1981.
- Series:
- Social service monographs ; No. 24.
- Social service monographs. ; No. 24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor laws--Rhode Island.
- Poor laws.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation--Rhode Island.
- Public welfare.
- Public welfare--Law and legislation.
- Rhode Island.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 331 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Poor law administration...in Rhode Island.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : The University of Chicago press, [1936]
- Notes:
- Issued also as thesis (PH. D.) University of Chicago.
- Appendices: I. List of laws of Rhone Island relating to the poor.--II. List of judicial decisions under the poor law. -III. Select documents relating to the history of poor relief in the colonial period and the late eighteenth century. -IV. Thirteen case histories, 1644-1724. -V. Select documents relating to the history of poor relief in the modern period.
- OCLC:
- 2070316
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