ISBN:
9781851968091
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1760 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century England
DDC:
305.569094109033
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Volume 1; Contents to Volume 1; General Introduction; Notes on the Transcription of Handwritten Documents; Bibliography of Secondary Works; Introduction to Volume 1; Sickness and Old Age; Berkshire; Lancashire; Billington; Hulme; Tottington; Northamptonshire; Peterborough; Thrapston; Bastardy; Men's Pauper Letters; Staffordshire Record Office; Shropshire Archives; Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Volume 2; Contents to Volume 2; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Volume 2; Ballads; 'Lumps o' Puddings'
Description / Table of Contents:
'The Jolly Beggar', a fragment'As I came in by Fisherrow'; Broadsides; The Last Speech Confession and Dying Words of William Mills; That such is the poverty…; The Rights of Swine; Petitions; Certificates of the Poors' Roll; Forfeited Estates; Estate Correspondence; Court Cases and Lawyer's Dilemmas; Letters, Sermons, Kirk Session Records and Other Provision for the Poor; Letter from John Cruickshank; Proposals for Raising a Fund for the Widows of Ministers; Wishart, A Discourse of Suppressing Vice, and Reformingthe Vicious
Description / Table of Contents:
Wishart, Charity the End of the Commandment, or, UniversalLove the Design of ChristianityJohn Erskine, The Education of Poor Children Recommended; Thom, 'Seasonable Advice to the Landholders and Farmers in Scotland'; Tranent Kirk Sessions Minutes; Minutes of the Merchant Maiden Hospital; Notes to Volume 2; Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Volume 3; Contents to Volume 3; Introduction to Volume 3; An Account of the Hospital; Regulations for Managing the Hospital; [William Cadogan], An Essay upon Nursing; Psalms, Hymns and Anthems; Instructions to Apprentices
Description / Table of Contents:
Notes Left with Foundling InfantsAll notes left with infants entering the hospital between1 and 7 February 1757; All notes left with infants entering the hospital between1 and 7 February 1759; Petitions to Admit Children; Loose petitions, relating tothe 1760s; Petitions bound together and marked 'Accepted'; Petitions bound together and marked 'Rejected'; Petitions bound together and marked 'Admitted'; Petitions bound together; Notes to Volume 3; Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Volume 4; Contents to Volume 4; Introduction to Volume 4; Glossary to Volume 4
Description / Table of Contents:
Printed AccountsA Short Account of the Institution called the Refuge for the Destitute; A Short Account of the Refuge for the Destitute (1818); A Short Account of the Refuge for the Destitute (1831); The Philanthropist; Transcriptions; Section 1: Female and Male Narratives May 1812-July 1815; Section 2: Female Narratives July 1815-December 1819; Section 3: Male Narratives 1820-6; Section 4: Female Narratives 1820-7; Notes to Volume 4; Narratives of the Poor in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Volume 5; Contents to Volume 5; Acknowledgements; Introduction to Volume 5; Note on the Texts to Volume 5
Description / Table of Contents:
[Nye], The Life of Mr. Thomas Firmin
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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