A plea for the poor
Subtitle: in which, I. Their inexpressible hardships and sufferings are verified from undeniable facts, II. Their maintenance is evidently shewn to be an intolerable burthen upon the public, III. Methods are proposed for making beggars, vagrants and vagabonds useful to their country and providing for the impotent and disabled, IV. A summary is give of the several schemes of Judge Hale, Sir Josiah Child, Mr. Fielding and others for that purpose : humbly submitted to the consideration of Parliament
By: by a merchant of the city of London
Publisher: Printed for J. Townsend ...
Published: 1759
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
Subjects: Poor; Public welfare
Notes: Published anonymously.  By Thomas Nash.  Cf. Kress Lib.

Kress Library of Business and Economics. Catalogue, with data upon cognate items in other Harvard libraries, 5800