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The state of indigence and the situation of the casual poor in the metropolis explained : with reasons assigned why the prevailing system with respect to this unfortunate class of the community contributes, in a considerable degree, to the increase and multiplication of crimes : with suggestions shewing the necessity and utility of an establishment of pauper police immediately applicable to the casual poor, under the management of responsible commissioners, with their functions explained / by P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor--England--London.
- Poor.
- Police.
- England--London.
- Police--England--Early works to 1800.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- iv pages, 1 unnumbered page, 6-32 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by H. Baldwin and son ..., 1799.
- Notes:
- "The subject of this tract is discussed more at large in the 'Treatise on the police of the metropolis,' now in the press." -- Advertisement, p. [2]
- Cited in:
- Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. 17747
- OCLC:
- 82614091
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