Author : Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Special Committee on the Revision of the Statutes
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Page : 662 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Law
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Author : Massachusetts
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Page : 1928 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 1883
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Author : Heli Meltsner
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0786490977
Ever since the English settled in America, extreme poverty and the inability of individuals to support themselves and their families have been persistent problems. In the early nineteenth century, many communities established almshouses, or "poorhouses," in a valiant but ultimately failed attempt to assist the destitute, including the sick, elderly, unemployed, mentally ill and orphaned, as well as unwed mothers, petty criminals and alcoholics. This work details the rise and decline of poorhouses in Massachusetts, painting a portrait of life inside these institutions and revealing a history of constant political and social turmoil over issues that dominate the conversation about welfare recipients even today. The first study to address the role of architecture in shaping as well as reflecting the treatment of paupers, it also provides photographs and histories of dozens of former poorhouses across the state, many of which still stand.
Author : State Library of Massachusetts
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Page : 1430 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 1881
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Author : State Library of Massachusetts
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Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 39,94 MB
Release : 1881
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Author : State Library of Massachusetts
Publisher :
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Libraries
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Author : Charles Jacob Babbitt
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Constitutional conventions
ISBN : 158477293X
Babbitt, Charles J. Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws Statutory Revisions, Compilations, Codes, Etc., and Constitutional Conventions of the United States and its Possessions and of the Several States to May, 1912. [Boston]: The Trustees of the State Library of Massachusetts, [1912]. 634 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 2002041289. ISBN 1-58477-293-X. Cloth. $125. * A hand-list of statute law defining the location of the text of every legislative session that has occurred in the United States and its possessions to 1912, including every volume containing session laws or revisions and compilations of laws. Compiled for the State Library of Massachusetts by Charles J. Babbitt under the direction of Charles F.D. Belden, the State Librarian at the time of the compilation. The historical and bibliographic details provided include a synopsis of the political situation that warranted the statute when applicable, as well as format and collation of the noted volume.
Author : Charles Jacob Babbitt
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Page : 644 pages
File Size : 47,58 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Constitutional conventions
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Author : Massachusetts. General court. Joint special committee on the revision of the statutes
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Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,37 MB
Release : 1881
Category : Law reform
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Author : New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs Division
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 12,4 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Government publications
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