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
(174160) 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 (176099) 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
Alysa Levene, Steven King, Alannah Tomkins, Thomas Nutt, Peter King, Deborah A. Symonds, Liza Zunshine
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