Prostitution reform
Subtitle: four documents.
Series: Marriage, sex, and the family in England, 1660-1800
Publisher: Garland
Published: 1985
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Prostitution -- England -- London.; London (England) -- Moral conditions.
Notes: Reprint (1st work). Originally published: Proposals for establishing a public place of reception for penitent prostitutes, etc. / Robert Dingley. London : Printed by W. Faden, 1758.
Reprint (2nd work). Originally published: A proposal to render effectual a plan to remove the nuisance of common prostitutes from the streets of this metropolis / by Saunders Welch. London : Printed for C. Henderson at the Royal Exchange, 1758.
Reprint (3rd work). Originally published: An account of the origin and effects of a police set on foot by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle in the year 1753, upon a plan presented to his Grace by the late Henry Fielding, Esq.; to which is added a plan for preserving those deserted girls in this town, who become prostitutes from necessity / by John Fielding. London : Printed by A. Millar, 1758.
Reprint (4th work). Originally published: An account of the rise, progress, and present state of the Magdalen Hospital, for the reception of penitent prostitutes, together with Dr. Dodd's sermons, to which are added The advice to the Magdalens, with the psalms, hymns, prayers, rules, and list of subscribers. 5th ed. London : Printed by W. Faden, 1776.