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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.

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

Author and Contributors
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Daniels, Bruce C.

Date Published

1981

Link to Full Text
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http://www.rihs.org/assetts/files/publications/1981_Aug.pdf

Publisher

Rhode Island Historical Society

Place Of Publication

Providence, R.I.

Holdings
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Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence.

Physical Description
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12p.

Is Part Of
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RIH, 40 (1981), 75-87.

Periodical Title
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Rhode Island History

Link to RIHS Digital Catalog
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http://rihs.minisisinc.com/rihs/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/RIHS_M2L/LINK/SISN+26621?SESSIONSEARCH

Citation (Chicago Style)
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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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