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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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- Book
- Series:
- Making of the modern world
- Making of the Modern World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burn, Richard, 1709-1785. History of the poor laws.
- Burn, Richard.
- Poor laws--Great Britain.
- Poor laws.
- Poor.
- Workhouses.
- Great Britain.
- Workhouses--Great Britain.
- Public welfare--Great Britain.
- Public welfare.
- Poor--England--Norfolk.
- Norfolk (England)--Social conditions.
- Norfolk (England).
- England--Norfolk.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, 1766.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Richard Burn's proposals were in his History of the poor laws, with observations.
- Reproduction of original from Columbia University.
- Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 10249.1-1.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
- OCLC:
- 65350805
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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