The miseries of the poor are a national sin, shame, and charge
Subtitle: but by making them happy, we shall remove that guilt, raise the glory, and double the wealth and strength of Great Britain; and pay old debts without new taxes. By the judicious employment of the poor ... and present taxes ... we may ... discharge ... our national debts ...
Publisher: Printed for T. Warner
Published: 1717
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Poor; Early works to 1800; Poor laws; Brit Tracts; Corporation of Fathers and Guardians of the Poor of Great Britain, &c
Notes: Also pub. in 1723, with title: To pay old-debts without new-taxes by charitably-relieving ... the poor.

Dedication signed: Laurence Braddon.