Patrick Colquhoun

Patrick Colquhoun Patrick Colquhoun ( ; 14 March 1745 – 25 April 1820) was a Scottish merchant, statistician, magistrate, and founder of the first regular preventive police force in England, the Thames River Police. He also served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1782 to 1784. Provided by Wikipedia
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    A new and appropriate system of education for the labouring people.
    by Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820
    Published 1971
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    A treatise on the wealth, power, and resources of the British empire ... : the rise and progress of the funding system explained ... /
    by Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820
    Published 1814
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    A treatise on indigence ; exhibiting a general view of the national resources for productive labour; with propositions for ameliorating the condition of the poor, and improving the moral habits and increasing the comforts of the labouring people ... /
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    A treatise on the police of the metropolis ; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention.
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    A general view of the national police system : recommended by the Select Committee of Finance to the House of Commons, and the functions of the proposed Central Board of Police Revenue: with observations on the probable effects of the general designs in the prevention of crimes, and in securing the rights of the peaceful subject. By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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    A general view of the causes and existence of frauds, embezzlements, peculation and plunder, of His Majesty's stores : in the dock yards, and other public repositories and in the naval department in general; with remedies humbly suggested for the purpose of preventing these evils and abuses. By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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    An account of a meat and soup charity : established in the Metropolis, in the year 1797, with observations relative to the situation of the poor, ... By a magistrate.
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    A treatise on the police of the metropolis : containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The fourth edition, revised and enlarged. By a magistrate, ...
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    Suggestions offered to the consideration of the public : ... for the purpose of reducing the consumption of bread corn; and relieving at the same time the labouring people, by the substitution of other cheap, wholesome, and nourishing food; ...
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    Useful suggestions favourable to the comfort of the labouring people : and to decent housekeepers. Explaining how a small income may be made to go far in a family, ...
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    Observations and facts relative to public houses: interesting to magistrates in every part of Great Britain; to the clergy and parochial officers; and generally to brewers, distillers, proprietors, and occupiers of licensed ale-houses; as well as to the public at large ... By a magistrate, acting for the countries of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex.
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    Observations and facts relative to public houses in the City of London and its environs. Humbly submitted to the consideration of His Majesty's ministers, and of magistrates in every part of Great Britain. By a magistrate acting for the countries of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex.
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    Useful suggestions favourable to the comfort of the labouring people : and of decent housekeepers. Explaining how a small income may be made to go far in a family, so as to occasion a considerable saving in the article of bread ...
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    Suggestions offered to the consideration of the public : and in particular to the more opulent classes of the community, for the purpose of reducing the consumption of bread corn; and relieving at the same time the labouring people, by the substitution of other cheap, wholesome, and nourishing food; and especially by means of soup establishments, &c.
    by Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820
    Published 1799
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    A treatise on the police of the metropolis : explaining the various crimes and misdemeanors which at present are felt as a pressure upon the community; and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The second edition, revised and enlarged. By a magistrate.
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    A treatise on the police of the metropolis : containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors ... and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The fifth edition, revised and enlarged. By P. Colquhoun, ...
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    A treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames : containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London; ... By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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    A treatise on the police of the Metropolis; ... The sixth edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. By P. Colquhoun.
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    A treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames : containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London; ... By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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    A general view of the depredations committed on West-India and other property in the port of London; the partial remedies which have been successfully applied in suppressing these evils, and the measures proposed for rendering them permanent and effectual. By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.
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