The State of the Poor 3 Volume Set

Volume 1: Preface; Book I. Of the Poor, from the Conquest to the Present Period: 1. Of the poor, from the Conquest to the Reformation; 2. Of the poor, from the Reformation to the Revolution; 3. Of the poor, from the Revolution to the present period; Book II. Of National Establishments for the Maintenance of the Poor: Of the English Poor System: Proposed Amendments: Of the Diet, Dress, Fuel, and Habitation of the Labouring Classes in Great Britain: And of Friendly Societies: 1. Of national establishments for the maintenance of the poor, of the English poor law, and of Mr. Pitt's proposed Bill for the better Relief of the Poor; 2. Of the diet, dress, fuel, and habitation, of the labouring classes; 3. Of friendly societies. Volume 2: Parochial Reports - England: Bedfordshire; Berks.; Bucks.; Cheshire; Cornwall; Cumberland; Derbyshire; Devon; Dorsetshire; Durham; Essex; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Herefordshire; Hertfordshire; Kent; Lancashire; Leicestershire; Lincolnshire; Middlesex; Monmouthshire; Norfolk; Northamptonshire; Northumberland; Nottinghamshire; Oxfordshire; Rutland; Shropshire; Somersetshire; Staffordshire; Suffolk. Volume 3: Parochial Reports - England: Surrey; Sussex; Warwickshire; Westmoreland; Wiltshire; Worcestershire; Yorkshire; North Wales: Denbighshire; South Wales: Pembrokeshire; Radnorshire; Appendix: 1. A comparative and chronological table of prices; 2. Wages appointed by statute, in 1495; 3. Wages of labourers, rated by justices at different periods; 4. Compositions paid by the different counties, in lieu of purveyance, in 1593; 5. Extracts from the Houshold Book of the Earl of Surrey, in 1523; 6. Extracts from Sir Edward Coke's houshold accounts, in 1596; 7. Regulations of a House of Correction at Bury, Suffolk, in 1589; 8. Principal Acts of Parliament concerning the poor; 9. Catalogue and titles of the statutes relating to the poor; 10. Account of the poor in Scotland; 11. Mr. Pitt's speech on 12th February 1796, and heads of his Poor Bill; 12. Expences and earnings of agricultural labourers, in various parts of England; 13. Prices of provisions in Suffolk, for five years; 14. Poor's rates, houses paying and exempted from window-tax, and population, in several parishes; 15. Mr. Bailey's computation of the quantity of meat, etc. necessary in work-houses; 16. Forms of registers for admissions, births, deaths, and apprenticeships of parish children; 17. Account of broad and narrow cloths, manufactured in the West Riding of Yorkshire, since 1726; and county expences in the West Riding, for several years; 18. Catalogue of English publications concerning the poor; 19. Proposal for a County Bank in Cumberland; 20. Dr. Price's tables for regulating contributions and allowances in friendly societies; 21. Mr. Pitt's Poor Bill, as amended by the Committee of the House of Commons; Index.