1st Edition
Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century England Vol 3
By Alysa Levene, Steven King, Alannah Tomkins, Thomas Nutt, Peter King, Deborah A Symonds, Lisa Zunshine
Copyright 2006
392 Pages
by
Routledge
Presents narratives of the poor in eighteenth-century Britain. This collection covers the period from the early eighteenth century through to the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 and includes transcriptions of hand-written first-hand representations of poverty to poor law officials.
Volume 3 Institutional Responses: The London Foundling Hospital Introduction An Account of the Hospital … in which is the Charter, Act of Parliament, By-Laws and Regulations of the Said Hospital (1749) Regulations for Managing the Hospital for the Maintenance of Exposed and Deserted Young Children (1796) [William Cadogan], An Essay upon Nursing (1748) Psalms, Hymns and Anthems, Instructions to Apprentices, Notes Left With Foundling Infants (1741–60) All Notes Left With Infants Entering the Hospital Between 1 and 7 February 1757 All Notes Left With Infants Entering the Hospital Between 1 and 7 February 1759 Petitions to Admit Children (1760–99) Loose Petitions Relating to the 1760s, Petitions Bound Together and Marked ‘Accepted’, Petitions Bound Together and Marked ‘Rejected’, Petitions Bound Together and Marked ‘Admitted’, Petitions Bound Together Notes
Biography
Alysa Levene, Steven King, Alannah Tomkins, Thomas Nutt, Peter King, Deborah A. Symonds, Liza Zunshine
