Jonas Hanway

An Earnest Appeal for Mercy to the Children of the Poor

Particularly Those Belonging to the Parishes Within the Bills of Mortality

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1766, this philanthropic tract exposes the failings of the care system in London and calls for its reform.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781108060929
• ISBN-10: 1108060927
• Artikelnr.: 37460809

Inhaltsangabe

Dedication
1. Observations on the state of the infant parish poor
2. Heads of the Act for the keeping registers
3. Remarks on the Act
4. Observations on the register
5. Particular investigation of the registers
6. Remarks on the registers of particular parishes
7. Further reasons for a parliamentary enquiry
8. Proposal for all children
9. Some observations on the welfare of the poor
10. The advantages of placing out children
11. The benefit of giving apprentice fees
12. The absurdity and danger of placing out children
13. The necessity of a religious education
14. The importance of a true sense of religion
15. Further reasons for giving a pecuniary gratuity
16. A list of the parishes whose numbers of children are worthy of notice.