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A sermon preached in the chapel of the Asylum for Female Orphans, at the anniversary meeting of the guardians of that charity, May 19, 1773. By Beilby Porteus, D. D. Rector of St. Mary, Lambeth, and Chaplain in Ordinary, to His Majesty.
Porteus, Beilby, 1731-1809.
Date
[1773]
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An account of the institution, and proceedings of the guardians, of the asylum or house of refuge, situated on the Surry side of Westminster Bridge, for the reception of orphan girls residing within the bills of mortality, whose settlements cannot be found.
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Date
MDCCLXI. [1761]
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A candid historical account of the Hospital for the reception of exposed and deserted young children; representing the present plan of it as productive of many evils, and not adapted to the Genius and Happiness of this Nation. Shewing, on the other hand, the great importance of the establishment, if put under proper regulations, as the most effectual Means of preserving the Lives of a great Number of such Infants as have perished within the Bills of Mortality. With a proposal for carrying a new design into execution. To which is added, a letter from a country gentleman to a Governor of the Hospital: Containing Many Observations relating to Foundlings born, educated, or employed, in the Country; collected from real Facts: With his Opinion concerning the Amendments necessary.
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.
Date
Printed in the Year M.DCC.LIX. [1759]
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Calumny detected, or, an answer to an anonymous appendix, lately published, to the Short state of the case of Mr. Cumming, late Collector of Excise in Aberdeen.
Cumming, John, collector of excise in Aberdeen.
Date
MDCCLIII. [1753]
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A sermon preached in the chapel of the Asylum for Female Orphans, at the anniversary meeting of the guardians of that charity, May 19, 1774. By George Horne, D. D. President of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty.
Horne, George, 1730-1792.
Date
[1774]
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An account of the institution and proceedings of the Guardians of the Asylum, or, house of refuge, situate in the parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, for the reception of orphan girls, ...
Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England)
Date
1789
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