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1 volume (various pagings) ; 23 cm. |
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Poverty, U.S.A.: the historical record
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Poverty U.S.A.
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| Contents |
A discourse delivered in the chapel of the new alms-house, in Portsmouth, N.H. Dec. 15, 1834 on the occasion of its first being opened for religious services (1835), by C. Burroughs.--Essays on the public charities of Philadelphia ... 1828, by M. Carey.--A plea for the poor, particularly females (1837), by M. Carey.--An address on the prevention of pauperism (1843), by W. Channing.--Remarks on some of the provisions of the laws of Massachusetts, affecting poverty, vice, and crime; being the general topics of a charge to the Grand Jury of the County of Suffolk, in March term, 1822, by J. Quincy.--An address on pauperism, its extent, causes, and the best means of prevention; delivered at the church in Bowdoin Square, February 4, 1844, by R. C. Waterston. |
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Poor -- United States -- History.
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Poor. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History.
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Economic assistance, Domestic. |
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Public welfare -- United States -- History.
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Public welfare. |
| ISBN |
0405031092 |
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