Ebook History of the Philadelphia Almshouses and Hospitals From the Beginning of the Eighteenth to the Ending of the Nineteenth Centuries

In collecting the data all kinds of official records, minute books, laws, ordinances, reports, addresses, histories and newspapers were consulted to obtain the desired information in fact, consideration was given to every thing available that was trustworthy. This was arranged to make a continued and connected statement of the government of the institutions and the distribution of the public charities from the beginning of the Eighteenth to the close of the Nineteenth Centuries, covering a period of nearly two hundred years. The great difficulties under which some of the Guardians of the Poor labored are referred to, and enough stated to show the character of the men engaged in the work.