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., 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

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., 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 / by a Citizen of Philadelphia [i.e., Mathew Carey].

Author/creator	Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Other author/creator	Henry, Alexander, 1766-1847.
Format	Electronic and Book
Edition	2nd ed., improved.
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed by Haswell & Barrington, 1835.
Description	20 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Union Benevolent Association. Poor. Poverty. Poor laws--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia. Charities--Pennsylvania --Philadelphia.

Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local note	Finance.
Local note	2012AH33600.
Local note	Finance.
Local note	2012AH33600.
General note	Signed at end of each letter: "M.C." [i.e., Mathew Carey].
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 10889.

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