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Public welfare - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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A sentimental history of chimney sweepers, in London & Westminster. Shewing the necessity of putting them under regulations, to prevent the grossest inhumanity to the climbing boys. With a letter to a London clergyman on Sunday schools. Calculated for the preservation of the children of the poor. By Jonas Hanway, Esq.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.Date: 1785- Books
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Facts and observations relating to the state of the workhouse and the poor of the township of Sheffield, in 1789. tending to shew the necessity of erecting a new workhouse, In a healthy Situation, and at a convenient Distance from the Town.
Date: 1789?]- Books
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Plan to amend and enforce the act of 23 Geo. III. for the better relief and employment of the poor; and for substituting new resources for their support, which may gradually reduce the Poor's Rates, and, in time, render that Burthen easier to the Public.
Gilbert, Thomas, 1719 or 1720-1798.Date: 1783]- Books
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A few words in behalf of the poor, being remarks upon a plan proposed by Mr. Gilbert, for improving the police of this country; Also, remarks upon the three bills which are to be offered to Parliament, respecting, 1. The poor. 2. Houses of correction. 3. Vagrants. By H. Zouch, a justice of the peace.
Zouch, Henry, 1725?-1795.Date: 1782- Books
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A Short and accurate statement of the late disputes between the Board of Control and the East-India Company, on the subject of sending four of His Majesty's regiments to India.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]