The State of the Poor, or, An history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquest to the present period, in which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet , dress, fuel and habitation, and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the Poor, together with parochial reports, relative to the administration of Work-houses, and houses of industry, the State of friendly societies, and other public institutions, in several agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing, districts, with a large appendix, containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities, an account of the Poor in Scotland, and many original documents on subjects of national importance

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The State of the Poor, or, An history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquest to the present period, in which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet , dress, fuel and habitation, and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the Poor, together with parochial reports, relative to the administration of Work-houses, and houses of industry, the State of friendly societies, and other public institutions, in several agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing, districts, with a large appendix, containing a comparative and chronological table of the prices of labour, of provisions, and of other commodities, an account of the Poor in Scotland, and many original documents on subjects of national importance

by Sir Frederic Morton Eden, Bart

Printed by J. Davis, for B. & J. White : G.G. & J. Robinson : T. Payne : R. Faulder : T. Egerton : J. Debrett : D. Bremner, 1797

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State of the Poor

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Vol. 1: xxxi, [1], 632 p. ; v. 2: viii, 692 p. ; v. 3: viii, 693-904, ccccxxx, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates

Appendix, no. 18: A catalogue of publications in the English language on subjects relative to the poor

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  • NCID
    BA13912415
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Lonodn
  • Pages/Volumes
    3 v.
  • Size
    27 cm
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