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Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people the propensity of some to petty larceny: and the danger of gaming, concubinage, and an excessive fondness for amusement in high life, &c. Also an account of the humanity and policy of the Marine Society, now solliciting an Incorporation-The State of the London Workhouse, and the Usefulness and Piety of the Magdalen Hospital, &c. With a proposal for new regulating of Bridewell, in order to render it of important Service to the Police of London. Likewise a plan for preventing the extrordinary mortality of the children of the labouring Poor in London and Westminster. In three letters to a governor of Bridewell, Bethlem, Christ-Church, &c. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.

Title
Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people [electronic resource] : the propensity of some to petty larceny: and the danger of gaming, concubinage, and an excessive fondness for amusement in high life, &c. Also an account of the humanity and policy of the Marine Society, now solliciting an Incorporation-The State of the London Workhouse, and the Usefulness and Piety of the Magdalen Hospital, &c. With a proposal for new regulating of Bridewell, in order to render it of important Service to the Police of London. Likewise a plan for preventing the extrordinary mortality of the children of the labouring Poor in London and Westminster. In three letters to a governor of Bridewell, Bethlem, Christ-Church, &c. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.
Author
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.
Publication
London : sold by J. and F. Rivington, in Saint Paul's Church-Yard, and other booksellers, MDCCLXXII. [1772]

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[4],88p.; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Bridewell Royal Hospital > Administration
  • Marine Society (London, England) > Rules and practice
  • Bridewell Royal Hospital (Witley, England) > Administration
  • Poor > Great Britain
  • Charities > Great Britain
  • Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century
Note
  • Braces in title.
  • Price from imprint: price Two Shillings.
  • Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642106386
  • ECCO1-N10124
Author
Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.
Title
Observations on the causes of the dissoluteness which reigns among the lower classes of the people [electronic resource] : the propensity of some to petty larceny: and the danger of gaming, concubinage, and an excessive fondness for amusement in high life, &c. Also an account of the humanity and policy of the Marine Society, now solliciting an Incorporation-The State of the London Workhouse, and the Usefulness and Piety of the Magdalen Hospital, &c. With a proposal for new regulating of Bridewell, in order to render it of important Service to the Police of London. Likewise a plan for preventing the extrordinary mortality of the children of the labouring Poor in London and Westminster. In three letters to a governor of Bridewell, Bethlem, Christ-Church, &c. By Jonas Hanway, Esq;.
Imprint
London : sold by J. and F. Rivington, in Saint Paul's Church-Yard, and other booksellers, MDCCLXXII. [1772]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, N10124.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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