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At a meeting of the inhabitants of this parish : assembled in the church, on Thursday, December 12, 1816, and convened by the church-wardens ... "to take into consideration the propriety of entering into an immediate subscription for the alleviation of the distresses of the poor resident therein" /

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Corporate Author:	St. Luke's Church (Finsbury, London, England)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[England?] : [publisher not identified], [1816]
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Poor > England > London. Electronic books.
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