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• The parish gilds of mediæval England (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge;, 1919), by H. F. Westlake (page images at HathiTrust)
• The state of the poor; or, An history of the labouring classes in England, from the conquest to the present period; in which are particularly considered, their domestic economy, with respect to diet, dress, fuel, and habitation; and the various plans which, from time to time, have been proposed, and adopted, for the relief of the poor: together with parochial reports relative to the administration of work-houses, and houses of industry; the state of friendly societies; and other public institutions ... (Printed by J. Davis, for B. & J. White [etc.], 1797), by Frederick Morton Eden, Benjamin White, J. White, and J. Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettsom's hints. (Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1816), by John Coakley Lettsom (page images at HathiTrust)
• De l'action du clergé dans les sociétés modernes (Vanlinthout et Vandenzanda, 1829), by M. Rubichon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the committee of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Settlers in South Africa with the resolutions passed and speeches delivered at a general meeting, held at Cape Town, 17th Sept. 1823. (Re-printed for T. and G. Underwood, 1824), by Society for the Relief of Distressed Settlers in South Africa (page images at HathiTrust)
• The parish gilds of mediæval England (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge;, 1919), by H. F. Westlake (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reports of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of acts of Parliament ... to inquire concerning charities and education of the poor in England and Wales : arranged in counties, with indexes. (Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 1815), by Great Britain. Commissioners to Inquire Concerning Charities and Education of the Poor in England and Wales (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three cheers for the Charity Organization Society. (Hodder & Stoughton, 1881), by J. Hornsby Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the Printing trade charities (W.H. Allen & Co., 1883), by James Shirley Hodson, Spottiswoode & Co, and W.H. Allen & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ideals of charity (Sands & co., 1908), by Virginia Mary Smith Crawford (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public charities. I. Analytical digest of the Reports made by the Commissioners of inquiry into charities. II. Digest of schools and charities for education. III. Return of charities to be distributed to the poor ... (Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, for H.M. Stationery Off., 1842), by Great Britain. Commissioners on Charities and the Education of the Poor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some proposals for the imployment of the poor, and for the prevention of idleness and the consequence thereof, begging a practice so dishonourable to the nation, and to the Christian religion : in a letter to a friend / by T.F. (London : Printed by J. Grover, and are to be sold by Francis Smith ..., 1681), by Thomas Firmin (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• To the Right Honourable, the Lords in the High Court of Parliament assembled.: The humble petition of the cause of the poore alms-men of East-ham now depending before your Lordships, together with a letter to the Right Honorable the Lo: Grey of the chaire from the honorable standing committee of Chelmsford in the county of Essex. Sheweth the difficulty and great charge the poor are and have been at to get their pensions paid them, and also how uncertainly it is to be paid hereafter. ([London : s.n., December 16, 1644]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• To the reverend clergy of the Diocese of York: (London : Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd ..., 1699), by John Sharp (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Orders and rules appointed by the last will and testament of Sir Thomas Holt, knight and baronet to be observed in the electing, and after the election, of the ten poore persons inhabiting in his almshouse at Aston Juxta Birmingham in the county of Warwick, with the assent and assistance of Dame Anne Holt, the relict of the said Sir Thomas Holt, and of Sir Robert Holt baronet, his grand-son, and his heires males. (London : [s.n.], Printed in the Year, 1656), by Thomas Holt, Robert Holt, and Anne Holt (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An account of a new poor-house, erected in the parish of Boldre, in New Forest, near Lymington. (Philadelphia : Printed by Thomas Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street, --1797), by William Gilpin (HTML at Evans TCP)

• An account of the public charities of the town of Bedford, with ... the laws, exhibitions, and privileges of the Harpur free grammar and other schools; and a description of the town, its public institutions, buildings, etc. To which is annexed an appendis, containing the letters patent of Edward VI, granting licence for the foundation of the Harpur charities, with a translation. (Merry, 1828), by R. B. Hankin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Mercy for the fallen : two sermons in aid of the House of Mercy, Clewer / Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (Joseph Masters, Aldersgate Street, and New Bond Street, 1856), by Thomas Thellusson Carter (page images at HathiTrust)

• Social service in Birmingham (Birmingham Citizens' Society, 1925), by Richard Clements, Agnes Taunton, and Birmingham Citizens' Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• A mirror for the burgesses and commonalty of the city of Bristol, in which is exhibited to their view, a part of the great and many interesting benefactions & endowments, of which the city hath to boast, and for which the corporation are responsible, as the stewards and trustees thereof (J. Baller & Co., 1818), by John Cranidge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copies of the settlements made by Edward Colston, esq., for the maintenance of his almshouse on St. Michael's-Hill, &c., and of his hospital, for the maintenance and education of poor boys, on St. Augustine's-Back, Bristol. (Printed at the Mirror Office by J. Taylor, 1839), by Edward Colston (page images at HathiTrust)
• The forming of the charitable institutions of the west of England; a study of the changing pattern of social aspirations in Bristol and Somerset, 1480-1660. (American Philosophical Society, 1960), by W. K. Jordan (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rules and regulations of the Cambridge Royal Albert Benevolent Society, for decayed tradesmen and others. Established March 1846. ([Cambridge, 1899), by Cambridge Royal Albert Benevolent Society (page images at HathiTrust)

• An account of the many and great loans, benefactions & charities, belonging to the city of Coventry. To which is annexed a copy of the decretal order of the Court of Chancery, relating to the memorable charity of Sir Thomas White. (Printed by J. Turner ; and sole by R. S. Kirby, 1802), by William Jackson, Thomas Carte, and Coventry (England) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Further report of the commissioners for inquiring concerning charities. ([publisher not identified], 1827), by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Account of the many and great loans, benefactions, and charities, belonging to the city of Coventry. : To which is annexed, a copy of the decretal order of the Court of Chancery relating to the memorable charity of Sir Thomas White. (Printed for William Ratten ... and sold by J. Osborn and T. Longman ..., 1733), by Edward Jackson and Samuel Carte (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Abstract From the Account of the Asylum, or, House of Refuge, Situate in the Parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surry: Instituted in the Year 1758, for the Reception of Friendless and Deserted Orphan Girls, the Settlement of Whose Parents Cannot be Found (London: Printed by order of the Guardians, 1799), by Asylum for Orphan Girls (London, England) (page images at NIH)
• Charles, Earle of Nottingham, Barron Howard of Effingham, knight of the most noble Order of the Garter, Lord Liefetenant of his Maiesties counties of Sussex, and Surry ... ([London : Printed by R. Blower, 1613]), by High Court of Admiralty England and Wales and Charles Howard Nottingham (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By the Commissioners for Charitable Uses. Whereas there is a special commission directed to us, under the Great-Seal of England, by his Highness Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, for the redressing of the misimployment and concealing of lands, goods and stocks of money heretofore given to charitable uses, as well by kings and queens of England, as by other well disposed persons. ... (London : Pprinted by Thomas Newcomb, 1655), by England and Wales. Commissioners for Charitable Uses and England and Wales. Lord Protector (1653-1658 : O. Cromwell) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Charles by the grace of God, king of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c., to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting whereas the lords spirituall and temporall, now assembled in Parliament vpon the sixt day of this instant moneth of August, entring into a due and Christian consideration of the wants ... which many poore people ... of London and Westminster doe vndergoe by reason of the grieuous visitation of the plague ... (Printed at Oxford : [s.n., 1625]), by England and Wales. Sovereign (1625-1649 : Charles I) and King Charles I of England (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• For the benefit of the new hospital, to be erected in Dublin, by authority of their excellencies the Lords Justices of Ireland. ([London : s.n., 1700?]), by Ireland. Lords Justices and Council (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An humble reque[st to the honourable charitable gentry of] St. Pauls Covent-Garde[n], with other great and noble persons, ladies, gentry, and well-wishers to the numerous poor children in St. Martins, St. Giles's, and St. Clements Danes, in the [c]ounty of Middlesex ([London? : s.n., 1682?]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The report of the commissioners concerning charities: containing that part which relates to the city of Exeter. (T. Besley, 1825), by Exeter (England) and T. Besley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report; containing that part which relates to the city of Exeter. (Besley, 1825), by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities (page images at HathiTrust)

• An Account of the gifts and legacies, that have been given and bequethed to charitable uses, in the town of Ipswich; also, abstracts of charters and acts of Parliment relating to the improvement of the town; together with some account of the various public institutions, charity schools, benevolent societies, &c., &c. (A. Dorkin, 1819) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Darwen and the cotton famine, thirty years ago, l862-l864 : with a brief summary of the operations of the Central Relief Committee throughout the cotton district (J.J. Riley, "News" Office, 1893), by S. A. Nichols (page images at HathiTrust)

• Endowed charities (administrative county of Lancaster and the county boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness and Preston) : return "comprising the reports made to the Charity Commissioners, in the result of inquiries in the administrative county of Lancaster and the county boroughs of Barrow-in-Furness and Preston, into endowments, subject to the provisions of the Charitable trusts acts, 1853-1904 ... (Printed for H.M.S.O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1908), by Great Britain. Charity Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• Liverpool vestry books, 1681-1834 (The University Press; [etc., etc.], 1983), by Liverpool (England), Henry Peet, and University of Liverpool. Faculty of Arts. School of Local History (page images at HathiTrust)
• Liverpool vestry books, 1681-1834 (The University Press; [etc., etc.], 1912), by Liverpool (England), Walter Lyon Blease, Henry Peet, and University of Liverpool. Faculty of Arts. School of Local History (page images at HathiTrust)

• London Labour and the London Poor (London: Griffin, Bohn and Co., 1861-1862), by Henry Mayhew
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• The city; an inquiry into the corporation, its livery companies, and the administration of their charities and endowments (Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1877), by William Gilbert (page images at HathiTrust)
• The city companies of London and their good works: a record of their history, charity and treasure. (J. M. Dent & co., 1904), by P. H. Ditchfield (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report and appendix... (printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1884), by Great Britain. London livery companies' commission, Thomas Hare, and Edward Henry Stanley Derby (page images at HathiTrust)
• London pauperism amongst Jews and Christians. An inquiry into the principles and practice of out-door relief in the metropolis, and the result upon the moral and physical condition of the pauper class. (Saunders, Otley, and co., 1867), by Joshua Harrison Stallard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The charities of London. Comprehending the benevolent, educational, and religious institutions. Their origin and design, progress, and present position. (S. Low, 1850), by Sampson Low (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from a settlement (E. Arnold, 1909), by Alice Lucy Hodson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Endowed charities of the City of London : reprinted at large from seventeen reports of the Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities : with a copious index. (Printed for M. Sherwood, 1829), by Great Britain. Commissioners for Inquiring Concerning Charities (page images at HathiTrust)
• London unemployed fund, 1904-5. Report of Central Executive Committee. (P.S. King & Son, 1905), by London Unemployed Fund. Central Executive Committee and Frederick Prat Alliston (page images at HathiTrust)
• London labour and the London poor; a cyclopædia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work. (Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861), by Henry Mayhew and William Tuckniss (page images at HathiTrust)
• City companies charities. Report of the Educational Endowments Committee. February, 1881. (Ford & Tilt, 1881), by London. School Board (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social work in Australia and London. ([Baltimore, 1889), by William Grey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Philanthropia metropolitana : a view of the charitable institutions established in and near London, chiefly during the last twelve years (Published for the author by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822), by A. Highmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The relief of distress due to want of employment : The report of a special committee of the council of the Charity Organisation Society ... November 1904. (s.n., 1904), by England). Special Committee on Relief of Distress Due to Want of Employment Charity Organisation Society (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pietas londinensis : the history, design, and present state of the various public charities in and near London (Printed for R. Phillips, 1810), by A. Highmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to help cases of distress ([London.], in the 20th century), by Family Welfare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Low's handbook to the charities of London (London, 1870) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants (Greenwich, Eng., between 1000 and 1999), by Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abstracts of some particular cases of beggars examined at the Mendicity Enquiry Office. (Printed by the Philanthropic Society, 1813), by England) Philanthropic Society (London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report of the London County Council, to 31st March, 1919. (Printed for the London County Council by Odhams Press ltd, 1920), by London County Council and James Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
• Memorandum on the medical charities of the metropolis : with special reference to the proposal for an inquiry in regard to the administration and common organisation of voluntary hospitals and diopensaries, and poor-law infirmaries and dispensaries (Published by the Charity Organisation Society, 1889), by Family Welfare Association (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• London labour and the London poor : the condition and earnings of those that will work, cannot work, and will not work (C. Griffin, 1862), by Henry Mayhew (page images at HathiTrust)
• The House of Charity and its work (s.n., in the 19th century), by Richard Chenevix Trench (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Royal guide to the London charities (Chatto & Windus, 1884), by Herbert Fry and John Lane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Book of the Queen's fête : held at Mansion House, London, in aid of the Lord Mayor's crippled children fund : opened on Thursday, June 13th, by Her Majesty the Queen ... : with guide, map, and full programmes. (London : C. Hentschel, 1907., 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
• London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4, by Henry Mayhew (Gutenberg ebook)
• London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 2, by Henry Mayhew (Gutenberg ebook)
• London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3, by Henry Mayhew (Gutenberg ebook)
• London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 1, by Henry Mayhew (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ninth annual report of the St. Mary Abbott's, Kensington, Church of England District Visiting Society: with some account of the different societies subordinate or affiliated to it (Gutenberg ebook)
• Second Annual Report of the Kensington Church of England District Visiting Society (1846) (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Endowed Charities of Kensington: By Whom Bequeathed, and How Administered, by Edward Morton Daniel (Gutenberg ebook)
• An Account of the general nursery, or colledg of infants, set up by the justices of peace for the county of Middlesex with the constitutions and ends thereof. (London : Printed by R. Roberts, 1686) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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