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Memoir on Pauperism (London: Civitas, c1997), by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. by Seymour Drescher, contrib. by Gertrude Himmelfarb (PDF at Civitas)
A Discourse Touching Provision for the Poor, by Matthew Hale (text at McMaster)
A Dissertation on the Poor Laws, by Joseph Townsend (HTML at McMaster)
Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834, by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (HTML at econlib.org)
The Book of the Bastiles: or, The History of the Working of the New Poor Law (London: J. Stephens, 1841), by G. R. Wythen Baxter
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Cottage Economy; To Which is Added, The Poor Man's Friend (New York: J. Doyle, 1833), by William Cobbett (Gutenberg text)
The path of social progress : a discussion of old and new ideas in social reform (T. Nelson and Sons, 1912), by Helen S Kerr (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Poor law report of 1909; a summary explaining the defects of the present system and the principal recommendations of the Commission, so far as relates to England and Wales. (Macmillan, 1909), by Helen Dendy Bosanquet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Grants in aid: a criticism and a proposal (Longmans, Green and Co., 1911), by Sidney Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Grants in aid: a criticism and a proposal (Longmans, Green and co., 1920), by Sidney Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer ... to which is added The poor man's friend; or, A defence of the rights of those who do the work and fight the battles (J. Doyle, 1833), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Pauperism in England in legislativen, administrativen und statistischen Beziehungen (G. J. Manz, 1845), by C. Th. Kleinschrod (page images at HathiTrust)
Social wreckage; a review of the laws of England as they affect the poor. (W. Isbister, 1883), by Francis Peek (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from His Majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the administration and practical operation of the poor laws (s.n.], 1834), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, William Sturges Bourne, and C. J. London (page images at HathiTrust)
Extracts from the information received by His Majesty's commissioners (Printed by W. Clowes and sons, 1837), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of the Poor law commissioners to the most noble the Marquis of Normanby (Printed by W. Clowes and sons, 1840), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners and John George Shaw-Lefevre (page images at HathiTrust)
The public organisation of the labour market : being part two of the Minority report of the Poor Law Commission. (Longmans, Green, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Beatrice Webb, and Sidney Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The history of the poor laws; with observations. (Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan for A. Millar, 1764), by Richard Burn (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)
The English poor in the eighteenth century; a study in social and administrative history (G. Routledge & sons, ltd., 1926), by Dorothy Marshall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The parish and the union (C. Knight and co., 1837), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of commons. Select committee on new poor law amendment act (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law (Macmillan and co., 1881), by T. W. Fowle (page images at HathiTrust)
The prevention of destitution: (Longmans, Green and co., 1911), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of vagrants and vagrancy, and beggars and begging (Chapman and Hall, 1887), by C. J. Ribton-Turner (page images at HathiTrust)
The vagrancy problem. The case for measures of restraint for tramps, loafers, and unemployables: (P. S. King & son, 1910), by William Harbutt Dawson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Lancashire's lessons; or, The need of a settled policy in times of exceptional distress. A letter addressed to the Right Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M. P., president of the Poor law board. (Trübner and co., 1864), by W. T. McCullagh Torrens and Charles Pelham Villiers (page images at HathiTrust)
The state and the doctor (Longmans, Green, 1910), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
One hundred years of poor law administration in a Warwickshire village (Clarendon Press, 1912), by Arthur Wilfred Ashby (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law aspects of national health insurance (Prudential press, 1920), by Frederick L. Hoffman (page images at HathiTrust)
Charity organisation (S. Sonnenschein & co., 1890), by Charles Stewart Loch (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise upon the poor laws. (J. Murray, 1818), by Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (page images at HathiTrust)
Die neue Armengesetzgebung Englands und Irlands in ihrem zehnjährigen Vollzuge, als Fortsetzung des "Pauperism in England 1845" nebst allgemeiner Betrachtung über die Arbeiterfrage und Massenverarmung. (Augsburg, 1849), by C. Th. Kleinschrod (page images at HathiTrust)
The principle of the English poor laws illustrated from the evidence given by Scottish Proprietors (before the Corn Committee) on the connexion observed in Scotland between the price of grain and the wages of labour. (J. Hatchard, 1815), by John Weyland and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Committee on the Subject of the Corn Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select committee on poor removal; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, and appendix. ([London, 1879), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select committee on poor removal (page images at HathiTrust)
The consolidated and other orders of the Poor Law Commissioners, and of the Poor Law Board. With introd., explanatory notes, and index (Shaw, 1859), by Great Britain. Poor Law Board, John Frederick Archbold, and Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Extracts from the information received by His Majesty's commissioners, as to the administration and operation of the poor-laws. Published by authority. (B. Fellowes, 1833), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law, comprising the whole of the law of settlement, and all the authorities upon the subject of the poor law generally, brought down to Hilary term, 1856, with forms. (Shaw, 1856), by John Frederick Archbold (page images at HathiTrust)
The state of the poor; a history of the labouring classes in England, with parochial reports (E.P. Dutton & company, 1929), by Frederick Morton Eden and A. G. L. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
Administrative reform and the Local Government Board (P. S. King, 1906), by J. Theodore Dodd (page images at HathiTrust)
English poor law policy. (Longmans, Green and co., 1913), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Introductory lectures on political economy, delivered at Oxford, in Easter term, MDCCCXXXL (J. W. Parker and son, 1847), by Richard Whately (page images at HathiTrust)
The humanizing of the Poor law. (The Fabian society, 1897), by Joseph Francis Oakeshott (page images at HathiTrust)
By what authority? The principles in common and at issue in the reports of the Poor law commission. (P.S. King & Son, 1909), by John H. Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor Law Commission: What it proposes : full summary of both reports... (The Daily News, 1909), by C. B. Hawkins and J. S. Nicholson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The break-up of the Poor law: being part one of the Minority report of the Poor law commission (Longmans, Green, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Beatrice Webb, and Sidney Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Der Pauperism in England. : Zweite Fortsetzung mit mehreren Tabellen und einem Anhange: "Ueber dei Wohnungen der Armen- und Arbeiterklassen in ihrem Einflusse auf die physischen, socialen und sittlichen Zustände derselben." (Augsburg, 1853), by C. Th. Kleinschrod (page images at HathiTrust)
The state of the poor. (Cass, 1966), by Frederick Morton Eden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The strike of a sex : a novel (William Reeves, 1890), by George Noyes Miller, Gertrude Green, J. Gibson, and Émile Zola (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The causes of the present condition of the labouring classes in the south of England. With a few hints as to the manner of permanently bettering it, and generally ameliorating the state of the country at large. (Saunders and Benning, 1831), by B. F. Duppa (page images at HathiTrust)
The rights of the poor, and Christian almsgiving vindicated, or, The state and character of the poor, and the conduct and duties of the rich, exhibited and illustrated (J. Burns, 1841), by S. R. Bosanquet (page images at HathiTrust)
Mistakes of the local government board and of other "Authorities" in poor law administration; being a memorandum laid before the Poor law commission. (Parker and Co., 1908), by J. Theodore Dodd (page images at HathiTrust)
Cobbett's poor man's friend; or, A defence of the rights of those who do the work and fight the battles. (Printed by W. Cobbett, 1826), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
Charity organisation (S. Sonnenschein & Co., 1905), by Charles Stewart Loch (page images at HathiTrust)
Social administration including the poor laws (Sir I. Pitman & sons, ltd., 1922), by John Joseph Clarke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A letter to Lord Howick : on a legal provision for the Irish poor, commutation of tithes, and a provision for the Irish Roman Catholic clergy (J. Murray, 1831), by Nassau William Senior (page images at HathiTrust)
Social wreckage : a review of the laws of England as they affect the poor (Wm. Isbister, 1883), by Francis Peek (page images at HathiTrust)
Public relief of the poor. Six lectures (J. Murray, 1901), by Thomas Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
Pauperism: its causes and remedies (Macmillan and co., 1871), by Henry Fawcett (page images at HathiTrust)
Our treatment of the poor (P. S. King, 1899), by William Chance (page images at HathiTrust)
Methods of social reform ; essays critical and constructive (John Murray, 1896), by Thomas MacKay (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from His Majesty's commissioners for inquiring into the administration and practical operation of the poor laws. (B. Fellowes, 1834), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners and Mark Neuman (page images at HathiTrust)
The English poor, a sketch of their social and economic history. (J. Murray, 1889), by Thomas Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
The work and play of a government inspector (W. Blackwood, 1909), by Herbert Preston-Thomas (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A treatise on the valuation of property for the poor's rate; showing the method of rating lands, buildings, tithes, mines, woods, navigable rivers and canals, and personal property; with an abstract of the poor laws relating to rates and appeals. (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834), by J. S. Bayldon (page images at HathiTrust)
The prevention of destitution (Longmans, Green, 1916), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The state and the poor (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1914), by Geoffrey Drage (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Social wreckage : a review of the laws of England as they affect the poor (W. Isbister, 1888), by Francis Peek (page images at HathiTrust)
Social wreckage : a review of the laws of England as they affect the poor (Isbister and Company, 1891), by Francis Peek (page images at HathiTrust)
Two reports addressed to His Majesty's commissioners appointed to inquire into the administration and operation of the poor laws (B. Fellowes ;, 1834), by C. H. Cameron, Giovanni Arrivabene, John Welsford Cowell, John Wrottesley Wrottesley, and Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Second annual report of the poor law commissioners for England and Wales; : with appendixes A.B.C.D. (Published by authority, by Charles Knight & Co., 22, Ludgate Street. :, 1836), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, John Smithlead, William Clowes and Sons, Charles Knight & Co, and Great Britain Home Office (page images at HathiTrust)
Letters on the poor-laws (Printed by G. Odell, 1847), by Thomas Story Spedding (page images at HathiTrust)
Chalmers on charity; a selection of passages and scenes to illustrate the social teaching and practical work of Thomas Chalmers, D.D. (A. Constable and Co., 1900), by Thomas Chalmers and Nevil Masterman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Charity organisation (S. Sonnenschein & Co., 1892), by Charles Stewart Loch (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to Thomas Sherlock Gooch, esq. M. P., upon the present ruinous system of relieving unemployed men with money instead of providing them with work : and proposing a "legislative plan," for the general employment of the poor, with "provisional enactments," adapted to local circumstances (T. Tippell; [etc., etc.], 1824), by Anthony Collett (page images at HathiTrust)
How old age pensions began to be (Methuen, 1909), by F. Herbert Stead (page images at HathiTrust)
Dr. Chalmers and the poor laws : A comparison of Scotch and English pauperism and Evidence before the Committee of the House of commons (D. Douglas, 1911), by Thomas Chalmers and Grace Chalmers Wood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The church, the state, and the poor: a series of historical sketches. (R. Scott, 1914), by W. Edward Chadwick (page images at HathiTrust)
The slippery slope, and other papers on social subjects (J. Murray, 1920), by W. A. Bailward (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to he Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham, president of the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poor : on the principle and detail of the measures now under consideration of Parliament for promoting and encouraging industry and for the relief and regulation of the poor (Printed for J. Hatchard, 1807), by Thomas Bernard (page images at HathiTrust)
Tracts on pauperism. (W. Collins, 1833), by Thomas Chalmers (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the rate payers of Eton. (J. Ridgway, 1841), by W. G. Cookesley (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law: a proposal for its abolition. (Bunny and Evans, 1875), by W. Walter Edwards (page images at HathiTrust)
The old poor-law and the new socialism : or, Pauperism and taxation (Cassell, 1886), by F. C. Montague and England) Cobden Club (London (page images at HathiTrust)
Substance of a speech on the poor laws: delivered in the House of Commons, on Thursday, February 19, 1807. With an appendix. (Printed for J. Ridgway, by W. Flint, 1807), by Samuel Whitbread (page images at HathiTrust)
The Poor law report of 1909; a summary explaining the defects of the present system and the principal recommendations of the Commission, so far as related to England and Wales. (Macmillan & co., limited, 1911), by Helen Dendy Bosanquet (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into the workhouse system and the law of maintenance in agricultural districts. (For J. Hatchard and Son, London, 1820), by C. D. Brereton (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law (Macmillan and co., limited, 1898), by T. W. Fowle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law unions, a statement of the names of the several Unions and Poor law parishes in England and Wales; and of the population, area, and rateable value thereof in 1881. (H.M. Stationery Off., 1887), by Great Britain. Local Government Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act with the minutes of evidence. ([London, 1838), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the New Poor Law Amendment Act, Mr Fazakerley, and Great Britain Parliament House of Commons (page images at HathiTrust)
Penfold on rating. Practical remarks upon the principle of rating railway, gas, water, and other companies; land, titles, buildings, manufactories, and other properties liable to be assessed towards the relief of the poor. (Knight, 1870), by Penfold, William Marshall, and John Thomas Kershaw (page images at HathiTrust)
The law and practice of rating, both within and without the metropolis. (Butterworth & Co. [etc.], 1904), by Walter C. Ryde and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Parish law; being a digest of the law relating to parishes ... and the relief, settlement, and removal of the poor. (Saunders and Benning, 1830), by John Steer (page images at HathiTrust)
Steer's Parish law; being a digest of the law relating to the civil and ecclesiastical government of parishes, and the relief of the poor. (Stevens and sons, limited [etc.], 1899), by John Steer and Walter Henry Macnamara (page images at HathiTrust)
The suggested new poor law. Knight's synopsis of the majority and minority reports of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress. Adapted to meet the special requirements of members of local authorities and local officials (C. Knight & Co., Ltd., 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust)
A plea for Poor law reform. (The Fabian society, 1898), by Frederick Whelen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A summary of the laws relating to the government & maintenance of the poor ... (W. Benning, 1828), by Gregory A. Lewin and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
Select committee on poor laws. : Report from the Select committee on the poor laws ; with the minutes of evidence taken before the committee. Ordered...to be printed, July 4, 1817. ([s.n.], 1817), by Great Britain Parliament House of Commons (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor laws : their present operation, and their proposed amendment (C. Knight, 1834), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on a bill to amend the laws relating to the relief of the poor in England, lately introduced into the House of Commons by James Scarlett. (Printed for J. & W.T. Clarke, 1821), by George Long (page images at HathiTrust)
The act for the amendment of the poor laws, with a practical introduction, notes and forms. ([s.n.], 1835), by John Frederick Archbold (page images at HathiTrust)
On pauperism and the poor laws : with a supplement. (E. Wilson, 1821) (page images at HathiTrust)
A short inquiry into the policy, humanity and past effects of the poor laws : and into the principles upon which any measures for their improvement should be conducted : in which are included a few considerations on the questions of political oeconomy, most intimately connected with the subject : particularly on the supply of food in England (J. Hatchard, 1807), by John Weyland (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law : is any alternation of it necessary or tolerably practicable? (J. Hatchard, 1839), by A. A. Young (page images at HathiTrust)
Discourse on the poor laws of England and Scotland, on the state of the poor of Ireland, and on emigration (James Ridgway, and Todd and Co., 1827), by George Strickland (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into the nature of benevolence : chiefly with a view to elucidate the principles of the poor laws, and to show their immoral tendency (R. Hunter, 1817), by J. E. Bicheno (page images at HathiTrust)
Cottage economy... to which is added The poor man's friend; or, A defence of the rights of those who do the work and fight the battles. (J. Doyle, 1833), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
An act for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales, 14th August, 1834. (Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode, printers, 1899), by Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law guardian, his powers and duties in the right execution of his office (Shaw & Sons, 1895), by William W. Mackenzie Amulree (page images at HathiTrust)
Medical officer (Knight, 1871), by W. G. Lumley (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor laws : Return to an order of the Honourable the House of commons, dated 1 December 1852; -for, Copies "of the order issued by the Poor law board, dated the 25th day of August 1852, for regulating the administration of outdoor relief..." "Of all applications...addressed to such boards...respecting the said order:" "Of all letters or papers...in answer to such application:" "And, of any amended order which the Poor law board have substituted for the said order on the 25th day of August last." ([s.n.], 1853), by Great Britain. Poor Law Board (page images at HathiTrust)
The history of the poor; their rights, duties, and the laws respecting them. In a series of letters. (Printed for J. Deighton, 1793), by Thomas Ruggles (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select Committee on the Poor Laws : with the minutes of evidence taken before the committee : and an appendix (s.n., 1817), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Poor Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select Committee on Labourers Wages. (s.n.], 1824), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Select Committee on Labourers Wages (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the distress in Blackburn, 1861-5, and the means adopted for its relief ... (J.N. Haworth, 1865), by William Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into several questions of political economy, applicable to the present state of Great Britain. (sold by Black, Parbury, and Allen, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust)
General introduction to Statistical account of Upper Canada, compiled with a view to a grand system of emigration, in connexion with a reform of the poor laws. (Simpkin and Marshall, 1822), by Robert Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
The standard of life and other reprinted essays (Macmillan, 1906), by Helen Dendy Bosanquet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dispauperization; a popular treatise on poor-law evils and their remedies (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1878), by John Radclyffe Pretyman (page images at HathiTrust)
A short inquiry into the policy, humanity and past effects of the poor laws; and into the principles upon which any measures for their improvement should be conducted; in which are included a few considerations on the questions of political oeconomy, most intimately connected with the subject ; particularly on the supply of food in England. By one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for three inland counties. (J. Hatchard [etc.], 1807), by John Weyland (page images at HathiTrust)
Decisions of the Court of King's Bench, upon the laws relating to the poor. Originally published by Edmund Bott. Now revised, corrected, and considerably enlarged; with tables of the cases; and a complete digest of the principal matters; the 3d ed.; in which the statutes; the reported decisions, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to Michaelmas term the thirty-third of George the Third; and many cases never before published upon this subject, are properly arranged; and the whole system of the poor laws placed in a clear and perspicuous point of view (Whieldon and Butterworth, 1793), by Edmund Bott, Francis Const, Great Britain, and Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law (Macmillan, 1893), by T. W. Fowle (page images at HathiTrust)
The principle of the English poor laws : illustrated and defended, by an historical view of indigence in civil society ... to which are added Observations on the state of the indigent poor in Ireland, and the existing institutions for their relief. (Longman, 1830), by F. C. Page (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise on the poor law of England; being a review of the origin, and various alterations that have been made in the law of settlements and removals; and the proposed schemes relating to national, union, and other extended areas for raising poor rates, by equalised assessments, or otherwise. (Shaw and Sons, 1850), by James Dunstan (page images at HathiTrust)
The general orders and instructional letters of the ... commissioners ... (C. Knight & Co., 1845), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Some account of the Shrewsbury House of Industry, its establishment and regulations : with hints to those who may have similar institutions in view (Printed by J. and W. Eddowes, 1795), by Isaac Wood and John Howlett (page images at HathiTrust)
Official reports ... (Pub. under the authority of the Central Committee of Poor Law Conferences, W.G. Lewis [secretary], between 1000 and 1999), by Poor Law Conferences (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Conference of poor law guardians : held at the Imperial Hotel, Great Malvern, May 7, 1872. Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (J. Knight and Co., the Cross, 1872) (page images at HathiTrust)
Farm labourers, their friendly societies, and the poor law / Talbot collection of British pamphlets (W. Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross, 1870), by J. Y. Stratton (page images at HathiTrust)
In what respects may the administration of the poor law be improved? : a paper read at Bristol, at the request of the Council of the Social Science Association / Talbot collection of British pamphlets (Published by Thomas Kerslake & Co., Park Street, 1869), by Elisha Robinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Letter of the Rt. Hon. G.J. Goschen, president of the Poor Law Board : on the relief to the poor in the metropolis. Talbot collection of British pamphlets (Shaw and Sons, Fetter Lane, publishers of the books and forms of the Poor Law Board, 1869), by G. J. Goschen (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M.P. for the University of Oxford, on the pernicious effects of a variable standard of value, esecially as it regards the condition of the lower orders and the poor laws / 18 (Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, London, 1819), by Edward Copleston and John Murray (page images at HathiTrust)
Local taxation and poor law administration in great cities : a speech delivered in the House of Commons, 22nd June, 1869 / Talbot collection of British pamphlets (Printed by J.B. Nichols and Sons, 25, Parliament Street, 1869), by William Rathbone (page images at HathiTrust)
Lord Lyttelton's speech on the poor laws in the House of Lords, 14th June 1875. Talbot collection of British pamphlets (John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1875), by George William Lyttelton Lyttelton and Great Britain Parliament House of Lords (page images at HathiTrust)
West-midland counties fifth annual Poor Law Conference : held at great malvern, May 4th, 1875. Talbot Collection of British Pamphlets (s.n., 1875), by Poor Law Conferences (1875) (page images at HathiTrust)
Destitution and suggested remedies (P. S. King & Son, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Insurance and saving : a report on the existing opportunites for working-class thrift. With an introduction on the poor law as an obstacle to thrift and voluntary insurance. (Swan Sonnenschein & Co., ;, 1892), by Charity Organization Society (London) (page images at HathiTrust)
Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family; to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain, for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses, after the Virginian manner : to which is added, The poor man's friend : or, A defence of the rights of those who do the work and fight the battles (S. Andrus, 1854), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
A dissertation on the poor laws. (Republished, London: Printed for Ridgways ..., 1817), by Joseph Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)
Remarks on Mr. Whitbread's proposals for the amendment of the poor laws ... (Cox, 1807), by E------R. (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the Right Hon. Henry, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Lord high chancellor of Great Britain, on an alteration in the poor laws, the employment of the people, and a reduction of the poor rate (sold by Hatchard and son, ..., 1831), by J. Richardson (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M.P. on his proposed bill for the amendment of the poor laws (Printed for J. Johnson, 1807), by T. R. Malthus (page images at HathiTrust)
Annual report of the Poor Law Board. (H.M.S.O., 1848), by Great Britain. Poor Law Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Remarks on the poor laws, and the maintenance of the poor. (J. Butterworth, 1800), by William Bleamire (page images at HathiTrust)
Knight's guardian's guide (Knight, 1899) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A proposed plan for the equalization of the poor rates : throughout the various parishes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland : providing for the abolition of the law of settlement : rendering thereby the removal of paupers unnecessary, and saving annually thousands of pounds to the rate-payers, also, avoiding parochial litigation, and greatly benefiting the poor (L.J. Hansard, 1846), by G. L. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Pleas of the crown : in two parts : or, A methodical summary of the principal matters relating to that subject. : with several hundred references, never before printed, to the ancient and modern books of the law : and likewise three other treatises by Sir Matthew Hale, viz. Of Sheriffs accompts, Trial of witches, and Provisions for the poor (Printed by J.N. assignee of Edw. Sayer, for D. Brown, M. Wotton, W. Mears, J. Brown, and T. Woodward, 1716), by Matthew Hale and Giles Jacob (page images at HathiTrust)
Introductory lectures on political economy : delivered at Oxford, in Easter term, 1831 (B. Fellowes, 1847), by Richard Whately (page images at HathiTrust)
The better administration of the Poor law (S. Sonnenschein & Co., 1895), by William Chance (page images at HathiTrust)
Dispauperization (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876), by J. R. Pretyman (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise of the laws for the relief and settlement of the poor (Garland Pub., 1978), by Michael Nolan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of the Royal commission on the poor laws and relief of distress. Appendix. (London, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal commission on poor laws and relief of distress (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on the defects of the poor laws, and on the causes and consequences of the great increase and burden of the poor : with a proposal for redressing these grievances. In a letter to a member of Parliament (Printed for R. Baldwin, jun. at the Rose in Pater-noster Row, and R. Clements in Oxford, 1752), by Thomas Alcock (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to Samuel Whitbread ... on his proposed bill for the amendment of the poor laws (Printed for J. Johnson :, 1807), by T. R. Malthus and Samuel Whitbread (page images at HathiTrust)
A summary view of the report and evidence, relative to the poor laws, published by order of the House of Commons, with observations & suggestions. By S. W. Nicoll. (Printed for W. Alexander, sold also by Darton, Harvey and Co., [etc.], 1818), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on the State of the Poor and of the Poor Laws and S. W. Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust)
An address to the public from the Philanthropic Society : instituted in MDCCLXXXVIII, for the promotion of industry, and the reform of the criminal poor : to which are annexed the laws and regulations of the Society, &c. (Printed at the Society's Press ..., 1792), by Philanthropic Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to Sir William Pulteney, bart., representative in Parliament for the borough of Shrewsbury : containing some observations on the Bill for the better support and maintenance of the poor, presented to the House of Commons by the Right Hon. William Pitt (Printed by J. and W. Eddowes, 1797), by Isaac Wood (page images at HathiTrust)
The vagrant act, in relation to the liberty of the subject (J. Murray, 1824), by Barrister (page images at HathiTrust)
The training of pauper children. (Printed by Clowes, 1839), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, James Kay-Shuttleworth, and William Clowes and Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
The Judaic-law : as opposed to English military-law, gaol-for-debt-law, the pauper-law, and factory-slave-law (P. Richardson, 1838), by James W. Peppercorne and Moses Maimonides (page images at HathiTrust)
Introductory lectures on political-economy ... (J.W. Parker and Son, 1855), by Richard Whately (page images at HathiTrust)
Statutory authorities for special purposes. (Longmans, Green, 1922), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
A briefe declaration for what manner of speciall nusance concerning private dwelling houses, a man may have his remedy by assise, or other action as the case requires. Vnfolded in the arguments, and opinions of foure famous sages of the common law; together with the power, and extent of customes in cities, townes, and corporations, concerning the same: together with the determination of the law, concerning the commodity, and use of houses, and their appurtenances. Whereunto is added, the iustices of assise their opinion, concerning statute law for parishes; and the power of iustices of peace, churchwardens, and constables: and to know what they are to do concerning bastards borne in their parishes, reliefe of the poore, and providing for poore children, what remedy for the same (Printed by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivals-inne gate in Holbourne, 1639), by John Manwood, Christopher Wray, Edmund Plowden, and Robert Monson (page images at HathiTrust)
Anno regni Georgii II. regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo sexto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the first day of December, anno Dom. 1741, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord, George the Second ... and from thence continued by several prorogations to the sixteenth day of November, 1742, being the second session of this present Parliament (Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, printers to the King, 1742), by Great Britain and William Mure (page images at HathiTrust)
Anno regni Georgii II. regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo septimo : at the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the first day of December, anno Dom. 1741, in the fifteenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Second ... : and from thence continued by several prorogations to the first day of December, 1743, being the third session of this present Parliament (Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, printers to the King, 1743), by Great Britain and William Mure (page images at HathiTrust)
Settlement-cases (E. Brooke, 1790), by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, William Murray Mansfield, Dudley Ryder, William Lee, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, and James Burrow (page images at HathiTrust)
Laws relating to the poor, from the forty-third of Queen Elizabeth to the third of King George II, [1601-1730] : with cases adjudged in the Court of the King's Bench, upon the several clauses of them. In a method entirely new (Printed by H. Lintot, law-printer to the King, for J. Worrall, 1751), by Robert Foley, Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
Sessions cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, chiefly touching settlements, from the latter end of Queen Anne's reign to the present time : with two tables, the one of the names of the cases, the other of the principal matters therein contained (Printed by C. Lintot for D. Browne and J. Shuckburgh, 1760), by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
New poor law or no poor law : being a description of the majority and minority reports of the Poor Law Commission (Dent, 1909), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
The act for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales. (Fellowes, 1836), by John Tidd Pratt (page images at HathiTrust)
Alien act against the Irish (Thomas Pullan, 1855), by John Trevor (page images at HathiTrust)
[Reports and minutes of evidence] (Printed for H.M. Stationery Office, by Wyman and sons, limited, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Norah B Roberts, Marion Phillips, C Parsons, G Harlock, John Christian Pringle, Cyril Jackson, Mary Longman, Ethel Mary Nucella Williams, Thomas Jones, Constance Williams, Rose Elizabeth Squire, Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, H Toynbee, Andrew C Kay, and George Francis Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
A Compendium of the laws respecting the poor: including the digest of Bott's Poor laws; with the adjudged cases and acts of Parliament, continued to Easter term 1803. (J. Butterworth, 1803), by Edmund Bott (page images at HathiTrust)
Surplus population and poor-law bill : a comedy in three acts (s.n., 1835), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor law reform (Macmillan, 1910), by Charles Booth and Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical dissertations on the law and practice of Great Britain, and particularly of Scotland, with regard to the poor; on the modes of charity; and on the means of promoting the improvement of the people: together with a selection of facts and documents, and miscellaneous inquiries, illustrative of the management of the poor in Scotland, and in various parts of the continent of Europe, &c. (Printed for P. Hill, 1819), by Robert Burns (page images at HathiTrust)
Pauperism and poor laws (Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852), by Robert Pashley (page images at HathiTrust)
The Minority Report of the Poor Law Commission ... (Printed for the National Committee to Promote the Break-up of the Poor Law, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Beatrice Webb, Henry Russell Wakefield, and National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution (page images at HathiTrust)
Paterson cases poor law. (Shaw and Sons, 1864), by James Paterson, John Frederick Archbold, and Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
The Metropolitan poor act, 1867 : with notes and appendix of incorporated statutes (Shaw, 1867), by Great Britain and W. Cunningham Glen (page images at HathiTrust)
The Poor law amendment act, 1868 : 31 & 32 Vict., C. CXXII : with notes and index (Knight, 1868), by Great Britain and Hugh Owen (page images at HathiTrust)
The prevention of destitution: (Longmans, Green and co., 1920), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
The break-up of the Poor law: being part one of the Minority report of the Poor law commission (Longmans, Green and co., 1909), by Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb, and Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust)
Decisions of the Local government board : collected from all sources, and reprinted from the Local government chronicle. (Knight & Co., 1903), by Great Britain. Local Government Board and William Augustus Casson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law reports, 1834 (printed for H.M.S.O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
The Minority report of the Poor law commission. (Printed for the National committee to promote the break-up of the Poor law, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, Beatrice Webb, Henry Russell Wakefield, and National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution (page images at HathiTrust)
The act for the amendment and better administration of the laws relating to the poor in England and Wales. (Printed by G. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode, printers, 1834), by Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
Prevention of destitution : a bill to provide for the more effectual prevention of destitution and the better organisation of public assistance ([s.n.], 1911), by Great Britain and Robert John Price (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Report of the proceedings ... (London, 1908), by Central Poor Law Conference (36th : 1908 : London) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Some thoughts on the present state of the English peasantry. Written in consequence of Mr. Whitbread's motion, in the House of Commons, Feb. 19, 1807; relative to an amendment of the poor laws. (Printed for H.D. Symonds, 1807), by J. N. Brewer (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the Right Honourable George Canning, on the principle and the administration of the English poor laws. (T. Cadell, 1823), by William Carmalt (page images at HathiTrust)
Considerations on the impolicy and pernicious tendency of the poor laws; with remarks on the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons upon them; and suggestions for improving the condition of the poor. (printed for R. Fenner, 1818), by Charles Jerram and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Poor Laws (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise of the laws for the relief and settlement of the poor. (Printed by A. Strahan, Law-Printer to the King, for J. Butterworth, 1805), by Michael Nolan and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
The prevention of destitution (Longmans, Green and Co., 1912), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Protest against the spirit and practice of modern legislation, as exhibited in the new vagrant act. (Harvey and Darton, 1824) (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor law commissioners' report of 1834 : copy of the report made in 1834 by the commissioners for inquiring into the administration and practical operation of the poor laws. (Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by Darling & son, ltd., 1905), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
Circular letter of the Local Government Board. Together with Extracts from general orders relating to the duties of relieving officers and poor-law medical officers. ("Poor-law officers' journal", 1896), by Great Britain. Local Government Board, Great Britain. Poor Law Board, and Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (page images at HathiTrust)
A letter to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., on the principle and operation of the new poor law : with an appendix (W. Clowes, 1842), by Thomas Curteis (page images at HathiTrust)
The break-up of the Poor law : being part one of the Minority report of the Poor law commission ([Davis, Calif.?] : [University of California, Davis?,] [1973?]., 1973), by Beatrice Webb, Sidney Webb, and Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Das Problem der Armut (Eugen Diederichs, 1912), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Law of poor removals and chargeability in England, Scotland and Ireland, with suggestions for assimilation and amendment. A paper read before the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 23rd May, 1871. (R. D. Webb, 1871), by W. Neilson Hancock (page images at HathiTrust)
Cottage economy : containing information relative to the brewing of beer, making of bread, keeping of cows, pigs, bees, ewes, goats, poultry, and rabbits, and relative to other matters deemed useful in the conducting of the affairs of a labourer's family; to which are added, instructions relative to the selecting, the cutting and the bleaching of the plants of English grass and grain, for the purpose of making hats and bonnets; and also instructions for erecting and using ice-houses, after the Virginian manner : to which is added, The poor man's friend : or, A defence of the rights of those who do the work and fight the battles (S. Andrus, 1848), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
The state and the doctor. (Longmans, Green and Co., 1969), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Letter to Dr Chalmers, and other members of the Church of Scotland, on the subject of a grant of public money to the Scotch Church (Charles Ely, 1835), by John Arthur Roebuck, Henry S. Chapman, William Allen, Thomas Chalmers, and John Russell Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
The opinions of Dr. Chalmers concerning political economy and social reform (D. Douglas, 1912), by Thomas Chalmers and Grace Chalmers Wood (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Parochial rates and settlements considered : being a reply to queries nos. 11 & 58 proposed by the commissioners appointed to inquire into the poor laws (J. Hatchard, 1832), by Country justice (page images at HathiTrust)
Discourse touching provision for the poor. (P. Davies, 1927), by Matthew Hale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Four lectures on poor laws, delivered in Trinity Term, 1834. (Curry, 1834), by Mountifort Longfield (page images at HathiTrust)
The reform of the Poor Law. (A. R. Mowbray, 1908), by Percy Dearmer (page images at HathiTrust)
Glances at inner England a lecture delivered in the United States and Canada (H.S. King, 1874), by Edward Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
General introduction to statistical account of Upper Canada compiled with a view to a good system of emigration, in connexion with a reform of the poor laws (Simpkin and Marshall and J.M. Richardson, 1822), by Robert Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
The record letters on poor law reform and emigration (W. Burness, 1830), by Robert Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
The English poor law system, past and present (Knight, 1888), by P. F. Aschrott (page images at HathiTrust)
The English poor law system, past and present. (Knight & co., 1902), by P. F. Aschrott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The law of settlement and removal : with a collection of statutes (Butterworth :, 1903), by John F. Symonds, Gerard R. Hill, and Joshua Scholefield (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Labour and wages : chapters reprinted from the Manual of political economy (Macmillan, 1884), by Henry Fawcett (page images at HathiTrust)
The poor law (Macmillan, 1906), by T. W. Fowle (page images at HathiTrust)
The English poor laws : their history, principles, and administration (P.S. King, 1902), by Sophia Lonsdale (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual for overseers, being a practical treatise on the appointment, powers, and duties of overseers, assistant overseers, and collectors of poor rates. (C. Knight & Co., Ltd., 1906), by Austin Fleeming Jenkin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Two lectures on the checks of population, delivered before the University of Oxford, in Michaelmas term 1832. (Printed by S. Collingwood for the author, 1833), by W. F. Lloyd (page images at HathiTrust)
The law and practice of rating, both within and without the metropolis. (Butterworth & co.; [etc., etc.], 1920), by Walter Cranley Ryde (page images at HathiTrust)
La lutte préventive contre la misère (M. Giard & E. Brière, 1913), by Sidney Webb, H. La Coudraie, and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Principle of the English poor laws : illustrated and defended by an historical view of indigence in civil society, with observations and suggestions relative to their improved administration (Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1829), by Frederick Page (page images at HathiTrust)
The principles of the law of rating of hereditaments in the occupation of companies (London : Stevens and Haynes, 1886., 1886), by J. H. Balfour Browne and D. Norman M'Naughton (page images at HathiTrust)
The principles of the law of rating of hereditaments in the occupation of companies (Stevens & Haynes, 1875), by J. H. Balfour Browne (page images at HathiTrust)
Rating: principles - practice - procedure (Estates Gazette, 1896), by Philip Michael Faraday and Stanley A. Latham (page images at HathiTrust)
Decisions of the Local government board, collected from all sources, and reprinted from the Local government chronicle, 1902[-16] (C. Knight & co., ltd., 1904), by Great Britain. Local Government Board and William Augustus Casson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Workhouses and pauperism and women's work in the administration of the poor law. (Methuen & co., 1898), by Louisa Twining (page images at HathiTrust)
A summary view of the report and evidence, relative to the poor laws, published by order of the House of commons, with oberservations & suggestions. ([publisher not identified], 1818), by S. W. Nicoll (page images at HathiTrust)
An inquiry into the cause of the increase of pauperism and poor rates : with a remedy for the same, and a proposition for equalizing the rates through-out England and Wales. ([publisher not identified], 1816), by William Clarkson (page images at HathiTrust)
The outcry against the new poor law : or, Who is the poor man's friend? (J. Green, 1841), by Thomas Spencer (page images at HathiTrust)
Minority report of the Poor Law Commission (Longmans, Green, 1909), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Potter Webb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The laws respecting parish matters : containing the several offices and duties of churchwardens, overseers of the poor, constables, watchmen, and other parish officers : the laws concerning rates and assessments, settlements and removals of the poor, and of the poor in general ... (W. Clarke, 1799), by James Barry Bird (page images at HathiTrust)
Cases and resolutions of cases adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench concerning settlements and removals, from the first year of King George I. to the present reign [1685-1726] : most of them adjudg'd in the time, when Lord Parker sat Chief Justice there. (Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer), for W. Meadows, 1729), by Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
English poor law policy. (Longmans, Green and co., 1910), by Sidney Webb and Beatrice Webb (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor law reform (Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911), by Charles Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
Observations on the impolicy, abuses, and false interpretation of the poor laws : and on the reports of the two houses of Parliament ([Printed by A. J. Valpy], 1818), by John Holroyd Sheffield (page images at HathiTrust)
Speech of J. C. Curwen, esq. : in the House of Commons, on the 21st of February 1817 : on a motion for a committee to take into consideration the poor laws. ([Printed by A.J. Valpy], 1817), by J. C. Curwen (page images at HathiTrust)
The laws relating to the poor. (Printed by A. Strahan, for J. Butterworth, 1800), by Edmund Bott, Francis Const, Great Britain, and Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
The laws relating to the poor (Printed by A Strahan, law-printer to the King ... for J. Butterworth, 1807), by Edmund Bott, Francis Const, Great Britain, and Great Britain. Court of King's Bench (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor law orders. (King, 1907), by Herbert Jenner-Fust (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The poor law enigma (J. Murray, 1911), by Margaret Fothergill Robinson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law reform vita tertia; the case for the guardians (P.S. King & Son, 1900), by William Chance, Peregrine Sydney Goldwin Propert, Edmond Henry Wodehouse, and Great Britain. National committee for poor law reform (page images at HathiTrust)
Plan for the relief of the poor in Ireland, with observations on the English and Scotch poor laws, addressed to the landed proprietors of Ireland. (J.M. Richardson, 1830), by William Smith O'Brien (page images at HathiTrust)
The rate in aid : a letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Roden, K.P. (J. McGlashan, 1849), by Isaac Butt and Robert Jocelyn Roden (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords appointed to examine into the several cases alluded to in certain papers respecting the operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act; and to report thereon. With Minutes of evidence ... and an index thereto ... Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 15 August 1838. ([London, 1838), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act, James Archibald Stuart-Wortley Wharncliffe, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons, and Great Britain Parliament House of Lords (page images at HathiTrust)
Report from Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; with the minutes of evidence. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed ... ([London, 1837), by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the New Poor Law Amendment Act, Mr Fazakerley, and Great Britain Parliament House of Commons (page images at HathiTrust)
Poor Law Commission 1909 appendix. (Printed for H.M. Stationery Office, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An inquiry into the poor laws and surplus labour, and their mutual reaction : with a postscript, containing observations on the commutation of tithes, and remarks on Lord Milton's address on the corn-laws ... (J. Fraser, 1833), by William Day (page images at HathiTrust)
The training of pauper children in England during the fourth decade of the 19th century (Sutro Branch, California State Library, 1940), by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners, James Kay-Shuttleworth, California State Library, and United States. Work Projects Administration (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Sir Matthew Hale's Discourse touching provision for the poor. (Peter Davies, 1927), by Matthew Hale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The abolition of Poor law guardians (Fabian Society, 1906), by Edward R. Pease and Fabian Society (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
On the means of benefitting the poor ([publisher not identified], 1820) (page images at HathiTrust)
A few observations respecting the present state of the poor; and the defects of the poor laws, with some remarks upon parochial assessments, and expenditures. (T. Cadell, 1802), by H. Bate Dudley (page images at HathiTrust)
Currency inquiry solicited but general declamation without reasoning disregarded. (pr. for the author by Lewis, 1842), by Charles Enderby (page images at HathiTrust)
Report of George Coode, esq., to the Poor Law Board on the law of settlement and removal of the poor : being a further report in addition to those printed in 1850. (Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed, 1851), by George Coode and Great Britain. Poor Law Board (page images at HathiTrust)
Cottage economy ... (A. Cobbett, 1838), by William Cobbett (page images at HathiTrust)
Anno regni Caroli II. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ & Hiberniæ, decimo nono (In the Savoy, Printed by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker ..., 1666), by England and Wales and England and Wales Parliament (page images at HathiTrust)
The present state of the Poor-Law question : in letters to the Marquess of Salisbury (John Murray, 1833), by Charles Wetherell and James Brownlow William Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury (page images at HathiTrust)
A treatise of the laws for the relief and settlement of the poor. (Printed by A. Strahan, Law-Printer to the King, for J. Butterworth, 1814), by Michael Nolan and Great Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
Report. : Reprinted from the Parliamentary paper (Cd. 4499) of session 1909. (Printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress and Lord George Francis Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
The minority report of the Poor Law Commission. (Printed for the Fabian Society, 1909), by Great Britain. Royal Commission on Poor Laws and Relief of Distress (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law conferences : proceedings of the central and district poor law conferences. (P.S. King & Son, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
Englische Armenwesen in seiner historischen Entwicklung und in seiner heutigen Gestalt. (Duncker & Humboldt, 1898), by P. F. Aschrott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Knight's guide to the poor law institutions orders, being an annotation of the poor law institutions (nursing) order, 1913, issued by the local government board on the 30th December, 1913 (Knight & Co., 1914), by William George Gillings (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Poor law orders : the Relief regulation order, 1911, and the Boarding out order, 1911, with other orders relating to the administration of relief, together with introduction, notes, and explanations, being a supplement to the volume of poor law orders issued in 1907. (P.S. King & Son, 1912), by Herbert Jenner-Fust (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Decisions of the Local Government Board, collected from all sources, and reprinted from the Local Government Chronicle , 1902-<1916>. (C. Knight & co., 1904), by Great Britain. Local Government Board and William Augustus Casson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An abridgment of cases upon poor law, from 5 & 6 Vict. to 20 & 21 Vict. (1842 to 1858) (Shaw and Sons, 1858), by W. G. Lumley and John Frederick Archbold (page images at HathiTrust)
Pauperism and the poor laws, or, Our sinking population and rapidly increasing public burdens practically considered (J. Johnstone, 1849), by James Begg (page images at HathiTrust)
Pauperism and the poor laws, or, Our sinking population and rapidly increasing public burdens practically considered (Johnstone and Hunter, 1849), by James Begg (page images at HathiTrust)
A plan for the equalization of the poor rates throughout the United Kingdom by abolishing the law of settlement and the removal of paupers : also saving annually thousands of pounds to the rate-payers, preventing all parochial litigation and greatly benefiting the condition of the poor (Simpkin, Marshall, 1849), by G. L. Hutchinson (page images at HathiTrust)
Rating : principles--practice--procedure. (Estates Gazette [etc.], 1910), by Philip Michael Faraday and W. J. Jeeves (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The starting point of poor law reform; being articles upon the principles in common and at in the reports of the Poor law commission, with a plea for agreement as to first steps (P. S. King & son, 1910), by John H. Muirhead (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Statistical account of Upper Canada (London : Published by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationers' Court : And J.M. Richardson, Cornhill, 1822., 1822), by Robert Gourlay (page images at HathiTrust)
Joseph Rogers, M.D.: Reminiscences of a Workhouse Medical Officer, by Joseph Rogers, ed. by James E. Thorold Rogers (Gutenberg ebook)
The Vagrancy Problem.: The Case for Measures of Restraint for Tramps, Loafers, and Unemployables: With a Study of Continental Detention Colonies and Labour Houses, by William Harbutt Dawson (Gutenberg ebook)
English Poor Law Policy, by Beatrice Webb and Sidney Webb (Gutenberg ebook)
A method concerning the relief and employment of the poor humbly offer'd to the consideration of the king and both Houses of Parliament / taken out of Sir Josiah Child's writings ; with somewhat added which the late renowned judge Sir Mathew Hale, writ in his book intituled, A discourse touching provision for the poor. (London : Printed by the advice of some in authority, 1699), by Josiah Child and Matthew Hale (HTML at EEBO TCP)
A briefe declaration for vvhat manner of speciall nusance concerning private dwelling houses, a man may have his remedy by assise, or other action as the case requires: Vnfolded in the arguments, and opinions of foure famous sages of the common law; together with the power, and extent of customes in cities, townes, and corporations, concerning the same: together with the determination of the law, concerning the commodity, and use of houses, and their appurtenances. Whereunto is added, the iustices of assise their opinion, concerning statute law for parishes, and the power of iustices of peace, church wardens, and constables; and to know what they are to doe concerning bastards borne in their parishes, reliefe of the poore, and providing for poore children, what remedy for the same. (London : Printed [by Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcet] for William Cooke, and are to be sold at his shop, neere Furnivals-Inne gate in Holbourne, 1636), by Robert Monson, Edmund Plowden, Christopher Wray, and John Manwood (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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