BOOK
Title:
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, guardians of the poor and the directors of the Department of charities and correction, with an appendix, containing a list of former visiting an
Creator:
Lawrence, Charles, b. 1837
Publication:
C. Lawrence, Philadelphia], 1905.
Notes:
Appendix: "List of the former resident physicians", p. 387-392.
Call #:
362 L43H
Extent:
398 p. : front., plates ; 24 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
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Friends' Almshouse (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Overseers of the Poor | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Guardians for the Relief and Employment of the Poor | Philadelphia (Pa.). -- Dept. of Charities and Correction | Society of Friends -- Social conditions | Public welfare -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Almshouses | Almshouses -- United States | Charities -- Pennsylvania | Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Almshouses -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Associations, institutions, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Hospitals | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Description and travel
