“Poor Relief, Local Finance, and Town Government in Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island.”

“Poor Relief, Local Finance, and Town Government in Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island.”
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A late eighteenth-century engraving of the Philadelphia Alms House. In Rhode Island, workhouses for the poor were established in various towns. Newport, the largest town in Rhode Island during the early eighteenth century, built the first workhouse in the colony in the 1720s.

Title

"Poor Relief, Local Finance, and Town Government in Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island."

Author and Contributors

Daniels, Bruce C.

Date Published

1981

Document Format

Periodical

Link to Full Text

http://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1981_Aug.pdf

Publisher

Rhode Island Historical Society

Place Of Publication

Providence, R.I.

Holdings

Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

Physical Description

12p.

Is Part Of

RIH, 40 (1981), 75-87.

Periodical Title

Rhode Island History

Full Text Available

Yes

Link to RIHS Digital Catalog

http://rihs.minisisinc.com/rihs/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RIHS_M2L/LINK/SISN+26621?SESSIONSEARCH

Place

Rhode Island

Call Number

F76 R472 v.40

CNEB_ID

261

Citation (Chicago Style)

Daniels, Bruce C. "Poor Relief, Local Finance, and Town Government in Eighteenth-Century Rhode Island." Rhode Island History. Vol. 40 (August 1981), 75-87.

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