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History of the Philadelphia almshouses and hospitals from the beginning of the eighteenth to the ending of the nineteenth centuries : covering a period of nearly two hundred years : showing the mode of distributing public relief through the management of the boards of overseers of the poor, guardians of the poor and the directors of the Department of Charities and Correction compiled and published by Charles Lawrence, superintendent from 1891 to 1900
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph HV 99 .P5 L39 1905
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Charles, 1837-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Board of Guardians of the Poor.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Philadelphia (Pa.). Dept. of Charities and Correction.
- Almshouses--Pennsylvania.
- Almshouses.
- Hospitals--Pennsylvania.
- Hospitals.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Almshouses--History.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Hospitals--History.
- Physical Description:
- 398 p., [21] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia?] : C. Lawrence, 1905.
- Notes:
- "Illustrated from photographs."
- "With an appendix containing a list of former visiting and resident physicians."
- "Chronological list of members of the medical boards of the Philadelphia Hospital from 1768-1900.": p. [393]-398.
- OCLC:
- 20436517
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