BOOK
Title:
Report of the committee appointed at a town meeting of the citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia, on the 23d of July 1827, to consider the subject of the pauper system of the city and districts, and to report remedies for its defects
Creator:
Philadelphia (Pa.) Citizens.
Publication:
Printed by Clark & Raser, Philadelphia, 1827.
Extent:
28 p. : 3 tabs. ; 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
An act for the relief of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, & the townships of the Northern liberties and of Penn
Creators:
Pennsylvania General Assembly. | Public Economy Society
Publication:
Printed for the Public Economy Society, Philadelphia, 1818.
PAMPHLET
Title:
A Plan for the government of the alms-house and for ordering the affairs of the poor in the city of Philadelphia, township of the Northern Liberites, and district of Southwark
Publication:
Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co, Philadelphia, 1805.
Call #:
PAM. V.1073, NO.1
PAMPHLET
Title:
Accounts of the Guardians of the Poor, and managers of the alms house and house of employment, of the city of Philadelphia, district of Southwark, and township of Northern Liberties: for the year commencing 24th May, 1819, and ending 22d May, 1820
Creator:
Guardians of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1820]
Call #:
PAM. V.992, NO.26
Extent:
v. ; 44 cm. x 50 cm.
BOOK
Creator:
Philadelphia Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor
Publication:
Clark & Raser, Printers, Philadelphia, 1829.
Extent:
12 p. ; duodecimo.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Pauperism; to the citizens of Philadelphia paying poor taxes
Creator:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1827]
Notes:
All three parts signed: Howard [i.e. Mathew Carey].
Call #:
PAM. V.1073, NO.8
Extent:
3, 3, 3 p. ; 22 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Accounts of the Guardians of the Poor, and managers of the alms house, and house of employment, of the city of Philadelphia, district of Southwark and township of Northern Liberties: from May 23d, 1804, to May 23d, 1805
Creators:
Guardians of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.) | Pretre, W. H.M.D
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1805]
Notes:
"Supplement to the Aurora--Wednesday, August 28, 1805."
Call #:
PAM. V.1066, NO.2A
Extent:
v. ; 44 cm. x 55 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Auditors' report of the accounts of the Blockley Alms-house for the fiscal year ending May 18th, 1848
Creators:
Blockley Almshouse | Guardians of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1849.
Notes:
Caption title: County auditor's report.
Call #:
PAM. V.1070, NO.14
PAMPHLET
Title:
Address of the Committee of Superintendence to the public
Creators:
Philadelphia (Pa.) Committee of superintendence. | Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1831]
Notes:
Dated: Philadelphia, February 21, 1831--p.4. Mathew Carey was the chairman of this committee. Caption title.
Call #:
PAM. V.1073, NO.12
BOOK
Creator:
Philadelphia Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor
Publication:
Clark & Raser, Printers, Philadelphia, 1829.
Call #:
Pam. v.774, no.37
Extent:
12 p. ; duodecimo.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Report on the agency of intemperance in the production of pauperism
Creator:
Union Benevolent Association
Publication:
J. Van Court, Philadelphia, 1836.
Notes:
"The following report, adopted by the executive board of the Union Benevolent Association, and read at the annual meeting in October, 1835, is published in accordance with a resolution of the society. "--verso of title page.
Call #:
PAM. V.992, NO.19
BOOK
Title:
The accounts, of the Guardians of the Poor, and the managers of the alms-house, and the house of employment, of Philadelphia: from 23d May, 1803, to 23d May, 1804
Creator:
Guardians of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication:
Printed by John Geyer, Philadelphia, [1804]
Notes:
"Examined, approved, and allowed, 6th July, 1804."--p. 21.
Call #:
PAM. V.1126, NO.5
BOOK
Title:
Rules and regulations for the internal government of the almshouse and house of employment
Creator:
Guardians for the Relief and Employment of the Poor (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Publication:
Printed by Thomas T. Stiles, Philadelphia, 1816.
Notes:
"Published, May, 1816."
Call #:
PAM. V.1126, NO.7
BOOK
Title:
Letters on the condition of the poor: addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq. containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies : proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagance, dissipation, etc
Creators:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 | Edinburgh Review
Publication:
Printed by Haswell & Barrington, Philadelphia, 1835.
Notes:
"Instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia, not exceeded in London or Paris : examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh Review, on the subject of poor laws : with a view of the system and operations of the Union Benevolent Association."
Call #:
PAM. V.992, NO.18
PAMPHLET
Title:
Annual report of the Provident Society for Employing the Poor: presented at the meeting, January 9, 1827
Creator:
Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor
Publication:
Samuel Parker, Philadelphia, 1827.
Notes:
Duplicate in Pam. v. 992, no.17; 360 Pam. v.14, no.22.
Call #:
PAM. V.969, NO.23
BOOK
Title:
Report of the Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor, presented at the meeting, January 11, 1825: with an appendix
Creator:
Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor
Publication:
Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, Philadelphia, 1825.
Notes:
Duplicate in v.969, no.21; 360 Pam. v.6, no.2; 360 Pam. v.14, no.20.
Call #:
Pam. v.238, no.11
PAMPHLET
Title:
Report of the Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor: presented at the meeting, January 10, 1826
Creator:
Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor
Publication:
William Stavely, Philadelphia, 1826.
Notes:
Duplicate in 360 Pam. v.14, no.21.
Call #:
PAM. V.969, NO.22
BOOK
Title:
The care of poor people in Philadelphia from colonial times to 1971: an annotated bibliography
Publication:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Harrisburg, 1972.
Call #:
917.4811 PAM. NO.244
Extent:
[3] ., 129 p. ; 23 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Letters on the condition of the poor: addressed to Alexander Henry, Esq. containing a vindication of poor laws and benevolent societies : proofs of the injustice of the general censure of the poor, for extravagence, dissipation, etc
Creators:
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 | Edinburgh Review
Publication:
Printed by Haswell & Barrington, Philadelphia, 1836.
Notes:
"Instances of intense suffering in Philadelphia, not exceeded in London or Paris: with examples of the gross inconsistency of the Edinburgh Review, on the subject of poor laws."
Call #:
PAM. V.1070, NO.10
BOOK
Creator:
Provident Society for the Employment of the Poor
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1828, 1830.
Call #:
360 PAM. V.14, NOS.23&24
