Some proposals for the imploying of the poor, especially in and about the city of London : and for the prevention of begging, a practice so dishonourable to the nation, and to the Christian religion : in a letter to a friend /

Some proposals for the imploying of the poor, especially in and about the city of London : and for the prevention of begging, a practice so dishonourable to the nation, and to the Christian religion : in a letter to a friend /

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Main Author:	Firmin, Thomas, 1632-1697
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Poor > England > London > Early works to 1800. Poor > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Poor laws > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Unemployed > England > London > Early works to 1800. Unemployed > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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