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2022.001.019

  • Submitted by Sibelle Grise on 20 May 2022
Core
Title
The History of Public Poor Relief in Massachusetts
Subtitle
1620-1920
Title (generic)
Book

A historical survey of poverty law and social programs for the relief of the poor in Massachusetts, 1620–1920.

Contents
Introduction
1. The English Background
2. Social Foundations of New England
3. Inhabitancy and the Genesis of the Settlement Law
4. The Modern Law of Legal Settlement in Massachusetts
5. The Town’s Poor
6. Absorption of Relief Functions by the State
7. The Department of Public Welfare
8. Child Care and the Child Placing System in Massachusetts
9. Summary and Conclusion
Index

Publisher
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
Accession No.
2022.001
Date (created)
1922
Format
195 pp.
Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Kelso, Robert W.
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.
Language
English
Administrative
Location
2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Display Value
Good
Condition
Fair
Cataloged By
Grisé_ Sibelle
Cataloged On

Former library copy, with adhesive labels and tape on spine.
Bookplate on inside front cover and obsolete barcode.
Label, "The Old Corner Book Store, Inc. / Boston, - Mass." on inside front cover.
Title page and first page stamped: LAWRENCE Public Library.
Book binding damaged.
Library card holder inside back cover.
Pencil marks on various pages.

Status
OK

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