Proposals for Building in Every County a Working-Alms-House or.

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Anticipated the Workhouse Movement [Haines, Richard (1633-1685)]. Proposals for Building in Every County a Working-Alms-House or Hospital; As the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen-Cloth. London: Printed by W.G. for R. Harford, 1677. [ii], 12; 16 pp. 2 parts in 1 with separate pagination and register. Quarto (7-1/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound in recent quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt rules to calf edges, gilt fillets, title and date to spine. Negligible light rubbing to extremities, brief recent pencil annotations to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, very light edgewear to a few leaves, small early inkstain to leaf B1 (pp. 9-10) of the "Postscript" without loss to legibility. $1,250. * Only edition. Haines was a farmer and pamphleteer with a keen interest in industrial and economic reform. His proposal here to build workhouses to facilitate manufacturing of goods by the poor, providing relief through employment and strengthening England's economy, was followed by several others on the same theme. Though his ideas were not seriously considered by Parliament at the time, they in many ways anticipated the workhouse movement which would dominate poor law reforms of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. English Short-Title Catalogue R8843.…

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Title
Proposals for Building in Every County a Working-Alms-House or.
Author
Haines, Richard
Publication year
1677
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Hardcover
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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. specializes in all aspects of law and legal history. Our publication program offers reprints of over 800 landmark works as well as original books. We invite offers of antiquarian, scholarly and current practice materials. Founded in 1983, we currently serve thousands of individuals and institutions worldwide. Law books - Out of print, Scholarly, Rare, and Reprints of Legal Classics. We also handle secondhand primary and secondary source material for practicing lawyers. Generally someone is available Monday-Friday 9:00 - 6:00PM(Eastern Time). Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers.…

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