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A collection of pamphlets concerning the poor : with abstracts of the poor's rates; expences of different houses of industry, &c. and observations by the editor.

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Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 1720-1798.
Series:
Making of the modern world
Making of the Modern World
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Poor--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Poor.
Social conditions.
Economic conditions.
Great Britain--Economic conditions--18th century--Sources.
Great Britain.
Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century--Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co., and Charles Elliot, 1787.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Some proposals for the employing of the poor / T. Firmin
Bread for the poor, or, A method showing how the poor may be maintained / R.D.
Giving alms no charity / D. Defoe
A letter to the citizens of Glasgow / Citizen of Glasgow
Some reflections on the poor rates.
Notes:
Compiled by T. Gilbert--Cf. NUC pre-1956.
Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 13487.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
Contains:
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Giving alms no charity.
Firmin, Thomas, 1632-1697. Some proposals for the imploying of the poor.
R. D. (Richard Dunning). Bread for the poor, or, A method shewing how the poor may be maintained.
OCLC:
65336189
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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