Excerpt from History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals From the Beginning of the Eighteenth to the Ending of the Nineteenth Centuries: Covering a Period of Nearly Two Hundred Years, Showing the Mode of Distributing Public Relief Through the Management of the Boards of Overseers of the Poor, Gaurdians of the Poor and the Directors of the Department of Charities and Correction In collecting the data all kinds of official records, minute books, laws, ordinances, reports, addresses, histories and newspapers were ...
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Excerpt from History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals From the Beginning of the Eighteenth to the Ending of the Nineteenth Centuries: Covering a Period of Nearly Two Hundred Years, Showing the Mode of Distributing Public Relief Through the Management of the Boards of Overseers of the Poor, Gaurdians of the Poor and the Directors of the Department of Charities and Correction In collecting the data all kinds of official records, minute books, laws, ordinances, reports, addresses, histories and newspapers were consulted to obtain the desired information in fact, consideration was given to every thing available that was trustworthy. This was arranged to make a continued and connected statement of the government of the institutions and the distribution of the public charities from the beginning of the Eighteenth to the close of the Nineteenth Centuries, covering a period of nearly two hundred years. The great difficulties under which some of the Guardians of the Poor labored are referred to, and enough stated to show the character of the men engaged in the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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