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Letters on the condition of the poor addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq., containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies, proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagance, dissipation, etc., instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia not exceeded in London or Paris : with examples of the gross inconsitency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws / by a Citizen of Philadelphia.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 C1892 C799p v. 4 no. 76
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor.
- Poverty.
- Poor laws--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Poor laws.
- Charities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Charities.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 20 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition, improved.
- Other Title:
- Pamphlets of Mathew Carey. v. 4 no. 76 PU
- Fingerprint:
- 6.nd m.or r.0- ofon (3) 1836 (A)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by Haswell & Barrington, 1836.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Culture Class Collection copy has some leaves unopened.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy is v. 4 no. 76 in a collection of Mathew Carey Pamphlets bound together.
- Cited in:
- Checklist Amer. imprints, 36529
- OCLC:
- 15869926
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