An earnest appeal for mercy to the children of the poor, particularly those belonging to the parishes within the bills of mortality, appointed by an Act of Parliament to be registered. being a general reference to the deserving conduct of some parish officers, and the pernicious effects of the ignorance and ill judged parsimony of others. With some comparative views of those parishes and the Foundling Hospital; And Reasons for the necessity of such an hospital in these cities, to be maintained for certain purposes only, and under certain restrictions. Also a proposal for the more effectual preserving the parish children here, and in other great cities and manufacturing towns, and rendering the children of the poor in general pious, useful, and good subjects. By Jonas Hanway, Esq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor laws--Great Britain.

Poor laws.

Poor children--Employment--Great Britain.

Poor children.

Parishes (Local government)--England--London.

Parishes (Local government).

Poor children--Services for--England--London.

Foundling Hospital (London, England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,142p. )

Place of Publication:

London : sold by J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall; J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; H. Woodfall, at Charing-Cross, and N. Young, under the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Notes:

A variant has leaf T1 reset, with text ending on p.141.

Price from imprint: price Two Shillings.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T93954.

OCLC:

642753121