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At a respectable meeting of the association for the relief of the Poor of the City of London and Parts Adjacent, held at St. Paul's Coffee-house, St. Paul's Church-yard, October 29, 1800, the Revd William Goode, in the chair; ...
Institution for the Relief of the Poor in the City of London and Parts Adjacent.
Date
[1800]
Books
Online
A postscript to Asgill's Essay upon charity.
Asgill, John, 1659-1738.
Date
1731]
Books
Online
Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.
Society for Maintaining and Educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen.
Date
1768]
Books
Online
In pursuance of a resolution of a late General Quarterly Court of the president, vice-presidents, treasurer, and governors, of the Scottish Hospital and Corporation, at which was taken into consideration the great loss annually sustained by the institution, from the various avocations, and other unavoidable causes which occurred, to prevent the noblemen and gentlemen connected by birth, property, or other ties with North-Britain (of whose humane and liberal sentiments in its behalf, no doubt, could be entertained), from associating with their fellow countrymen, at the spring meetings of the society; and referred it to a Committee of Governors then appointed to deliberate and determine on the best method of making this misfortune to the charity known to such noblemen and gentlemen, and to devise a remedy for the same. The committee so appointed having thought seriously of the matter, feel it a most pressing duty on them to communicate their sentiments thereon to their countrymen, as follows, viz.
Scots Hospital of King Charles II.
Date
1797]
Books
Online
Definitions and axioms relative to charity, charitable institutions, and the Poor's Laws. In a series of letters to William Fellowes, Esq. Occasioned by a pamphlet entitled, "considerations on the fatal effects of the present excess of public charity to a trading nation." By Samuel Cooper, M. A. Late Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge.
Cooper, Samuel, 1739 or 1740-1800.
Date
1764
Books
Online
Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.
Society for Maintaining and Educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen.
Date
1781]
Books
Online
A plan of a public charity, with some former plans for the same purpose, in three appendixes, Which are submitted to the consideration of the benevolent, that they may select and adopt from the whole such parts as can be most suitably connected together, in order to form an effectual general chairty; but more especially for affording immediate relief, protection, and free-labour, to all persons who want employment.
Peacock, James, 1738?-1814.
Date
Printed in the year M.DCC.XC. [1790]
Books
Online
The second report of the Society, for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poor.
Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor (Great Britain).
Date
1797
Books
Online
An address to the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood of Cork, on a subject of importance. By the Rev. T.D. Hincks.
Hincks, Thomas Dix, 1767-1857.
Date
1799
Books
Online
Constitutions by charter and rules, For the better government of the corporation, for the relief of the poor widows and orphans of such Clergymen as at the time of their deaths were, or shall be possessed of some ecclesiastical benefices or curacies, within the archdeaconries of Suffolk or Sudbury, or elsewhere in the county of Suffolk.
Charity for the Relief of the Poor Widows and Orphans of Deceased Clergymen in Suffolk.
Date
MDCCLXXXV. [1785]
Books
Online
An Address to the governors, &c. of charitable institutions, on the subject of funding the money, contributed for their support.
Date
MDCCXCII. [1792]
Books
Online
The outlines of a scheme, for the general relief, instruction, emplyoment [sic] and maintenance of the poor, &c. Humbly submitted to the consideration of Parliament.
Peacock, James, 1738?-1814.
Date
MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Books
Online
Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of clergymen till of age to be put apprentice.
Society for Maintaining and Educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen.
Date
1791]
Books
Online
Constitutions by chart[er] and rules For the better government of the corporation of the governors of the charity for the relief of poor clergymen beneficed, or having curacies, and their widows and children in the county of Essex, Deanry of Braughing, and Archdeaconry of St. Albans, in the county of Hertford, with in the diocese of London. To which are added, some proposals for the advancement of the charity, &c. and a clause for a will; also seven forms of petitions. Together with a list of parishes, or benefices, in the corporation, and some useful adverstisements intermixed with the whol[e].
Charity for the relief of poor clergymen, and their widows and children, in Essex.
Date
Printed in the year 1752
Books
Online
Observations on the Bedford Charity; In a series of letters that were signed Justus. Now first published entire, and recommended to the serious consideration of the mayor, corporation, resident-freemen, and inhabitants of Bedford, and of all who are disposed to espouse a truly public-spirited cause.
Justus, active 1724.
Date
Printed in the year MDCCLXI. [1761]
Books
Online
A further appeal to the governors of the Foundling Hospital; and a justification of their conduct, in not having covered the hospital lands with buildings, since the institution of the charity. By John Holliday, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.
Holliday, John, 1730?-1801.
Date
MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]
Books
Online
An account of the donations to the parish of Newark upon Trent, in the county of Nottingham. By a parishioner.
Heron, John, active 1748.
Date
MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
Books
Online
Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.
Society for Maintaining and Educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen.
Date
1787]
Books
Online
A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick & needy, and other distressed persons.
Date
1719
Books
Online
A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick and needy, and other distressed persons.
Date
MDCCXX. [1720]
Books
Online
A plan of a public charity, with some former plans for the same purpose, in three appendixes, Which are submitted to the Consideration of the Benevolent, that they may select and adopt from the Whole such Parts as can be most suitably connected together, in order to form an effectual General Charity; but more especially for affording immediate Relief, Protection, and Free-Labour, to all Persons who want Employment.
Peacock, James, 1738?-1814.
Date
Printed in the Year, M.DCC.XC. [1790]
Books
Online
Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.
Society for Maintaining and Educating Poor Orphans of Clergymen.
Date
1769]
Books
Online
St. George's bank, and benevolent society, for [len]ding money at five per cent. For the purpose of assisting industrious tradesmen, and other benevolent purposes.
St. George's Bank and Benevolent Society.
Date
Printed in the Year MDCCXCIV. [1794]
Books
Online
Hints relative to the management of the poor. Humbly addressed to the public, in general; and the legislature, in particular. To which is added, a plan for the encouragement of useful discoveries and improvements, in the Arts and Sciences, Manufactures, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. By the Rev. Philip le Brocq, M.A.
Le Brocq, Philip.
Date
MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
Books
Online
An address to the public, on the propriety of establishing schools for spinning, or other work, and appointing teachers in each parish, with a view to the better relief and employement of the poor; Consisting principaly of extracts from a pamphlet, published some time since, By the Rev. Mr. Bouyer. To which are added, the first proceedings of the committee of industry, appointed by a general meeting of several parishes within the hundreds of Ongar and Harlow, and the half hundred of Waltham, in the county of Essex.
Bouyer, Reynold Gideon, -1826.
Date
[1795?]
Books
Online

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At a respectable meeting of the association for the relief of the Poor of the City of London and Parts Adjacent, held at St. Paul's Coffee-house, St. Paul's Church-yard, October 29, 1800, the Revd William Goode, in the chair; ...

A postscript to Asgill's Essay upon charity.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

The second report of the Society, for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poor.

An address to the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood of Cork, on a subject of importance. By the Rev. T.D. Hincks.

An Address to the governors, &c. of charitable institutions, on the subject of funding the money, contributed for their support.

The outlines of a scheme, for the general relief, instruction, emplyoment [sic] and maintenance of the poor, &c. Humbly submitted to the consideration of Parliament.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of clergymen till of age to be put apprentice.

Observations on the Bedford Charity; In a series of letters that were signed Justus. Now first published entire, and recommended to the serious consideration of the mayor, corporation, resident-freemen, and inhabitants of Bedford, and of all who are disposed to espouse a truly public-spirited cause.

A further appeal to the governors of the Foundling Hospital; and a justification of their conduct, in not having covered the hospital lands with buildings, since the institution of the charity. By John Holliday, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.

An account of the donations to the parish of Newark upon Trent, in the county of Nottingham. By a parishioner.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick & needy, and other distressed persons.

A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick and needy, and other distressed persons.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

St. George's bank, and benevolent society, for [len]ding money at five per cent. For the purpose of assisting industrious tradesmen, and other benevolent purposes.

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At a respectable meeting of the association for the relief of the Poor of the City of London and Parts Adjacent, held at St. Paul's Coffee-house, St. Paul's Church-yard, October 29, 1800, the Revd William Goode, in the chair; ...

A postscript to Asgill's Essay upon charity.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

The second report of the Society, for bettering the condition and increasing the comforts of the poor.

An address to the inhabitants of the city and neighbourhood of Cork, on a subject of importance. By the Rev. T.D. Hincks.

An Address to the governors, &c. of charitable institutions, on the subject of funding the money, contributed for their support.

The outlines of a scheme, for the general relief, instruction, emplyoment [sic] and maintenance of the poor, &c. Humbly submitted to the consideration of Parliament.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of clergymen till of age to be put apprentice.

A further appeal to the governors of the Foundling Hospital; and a justification of their conduct, in not having covered the hospital lands with buildings, since the institution of the charity. By John Holliday, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.

An account of the donations to the parish of Newark upon Trent, in the county of Nottingham. By a parishioner.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick & needy, and other distressed persons.

A Charitable proposal for relieving the sick and needy, and other distressed persons.

Constitutions of the society of stewards and subscribers for maintaining and educating poor orphans of the clergy till of age to be put apprentice.

St. George's bank, and benevolent society, for [len]ding money at five per cent. For the purpose of assisting industrious tradesmen, and other benevolent purposes.

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