Letters on the condition of the poor : addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq., : containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies : proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagance, dissipation, etc., instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia, not exceeded in London or Paris : with examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws /

Letters on the condition of the poor : addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq., : containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies : proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagance, dissipation, etc., instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia, not exceeded in London or Paris : with examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws /

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Author / Creator:	Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
Edition:	3rd ed., improved.
Imprint:	[Philadelphia? : s.n.], 1836 (Philadelphia : Haswell & Barrington)
Description:	20 p.
Language:	English
Series:	Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; 29610. Making of the modern economy
Subject:	Poor. Fraternal organizations. Poor laws. Poor -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. Fraternal organizations. Poor. Poor laws. Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5946373

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Other authors / contributors:	Henry, Alexander, 1766-1847.
Notes:	Attributed to Mathew Carey by Goldsmiths' Library. Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London. Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.

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