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 : examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws with a view of the system and operations of the Union Benevolent Association /

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 : examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh review on the subject of poor laws with a view of the system and operations of the Union Benevolent Association /

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Author / Creator:Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839.
Edition:2nd ed., improved.
Imprint:Philadelphia : Printed by Haswell & Barrington, 1835.
Description:20 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Union Benevolent Association.
Poor.
Poverty.
Poor laws -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Format: E-Resource Book
Local Note:Finance; Antebellum.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8674894
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Other authors / contributors:Henry, Alexander, 1766-1847.
Notes:Attributed to Matthew Carey.
"For gratuitous distribution."
Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
Sabin no. 61782.
Includes bibliographical references.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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