A Letter to the Citizens of Glasgow, Containing a Short View of the Management of the Poor Funds, Under the Administration of the General Session; Together with An Account of the Age, Family, Earning, and Provision made for each Pensioner on the Funds of the particular Sessions, by the Towns Hospital, Trades, Boxes, or other Charities, as well as by the Sessions.
Published by Robert Chapman and Alexander Duncan, Glasgow, 1783
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Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
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4to, pp. [2], 34. Extracted from a volume. A little light soiling. A rare anonymously-published letter, attributed to the Church of Scotland minister and campaigner William Porteous (1735-1812), that attempts to appeal to the better angels of the Glasgow citizenry to ?preserve life?, that is, the poor. Most of the pamphlet is composed of tables with the names, ages, trade and economy of various persons then living in poverty within the parishes of Glasgow in order to illustrate how public funds could be distributed to their aid. ESTC locates only half a dozen copies, half of them in Glasgow, with the others in the BL, Columbia, and a private collection (apparently a copy belonging to Forbes of Pitsligo held in the NLS). ESTC T99918.
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- Title
- A Letter to the Citizens of Glasgow, Containing a Short View of the Management of the Poor Funds, Under the Administration of the General Session; Together with An Account of the Age, Family, Earning, and Provision made for each Pensioner on the Funds of the particular Sessions, by the Towns Hospital, Trades, Boxes, or other Charities, as well as by the Sessions.
- Author
- [Porteous, William] ?A Citizen of Glasgow?
- Publisher
- Robert Chapman and Alexander Duncan, Glasgow
- Publication year
- 1783
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McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.
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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE
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