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Book Reference: 22591
Author: CLARK (Zachary)
Title: An Account of the Different Charities Belonging to the Poor of the County of Norfolk, Abridged from the Returns under Gilbert’s Act, to the House of Commons in 1786; and from the Terriers in the Office of the Lord Bishop of Norwich.
Price: £125.00
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Description: Printed by Gedge and Barker, Norwich. 1811. First Edition, 6pp., of adverts, xvi,296pp., orig. boards, printed paper label on spine slightly chipped, uncut. “It appears that Mr. Clark, having heard some years back, and having also reason to believe, that Charities left by benevolent individuals for the use of the Poor were often mismanaged and misapplied, was then much concerned on that account, and that in course of time he began to take an interest in those cases of abuse which had been reported to him.” — From the preface by Thomas Clarkson (abolitionist).
Subjects: Antiquarian | English Topography | Social Sciences | Economics
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