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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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Type of record: Book

Title: 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

Level: Item

Classmark: Sociology Q-3/COL

Additional creator(s): Gilbert, Thomas (1798) (Other); Defoe, Daniel (1661?-1731) (Other); Firmin, Thomas (1632-1697) (Other); Dunning, Richard (Other)

Related people: Gilbert, Thomas; Defoe, Daniel; Firmin, Thomas; Dunning, Richard

Publisher: Printed for C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co., and Charles Elliot

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1787

Language: English

Size and medium: 4, 160 p

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/208598

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991010563519705181

Description

Compiled by T. Gilbert--Cf. NUC pre-1956.


Includes bibliographical references.


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.

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