welfare

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

This book was written as a guide or series of "suggestions" as to how individuals can be of assistance to people in poverty. The inside front cover has a bookplate which reads: "Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872/Reg. No. 18311/Shelf No. L377. This book was withdrawn from circulation.

This book was written as a guide or series of "suggestions" as to how individuals can be of assistance to people in poverty. The inside front cover has a bookplate which reads: "Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872/Reg. No. 18311/Shelf No. L377. This book was withdrawn from circulation.

This book was written as a guide or series of "suggestions" as to how individuals can be of assistance to people in poverty. The inside front cover has a bookplate which reads: "Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872/Reg. No. 18311/Shelf No. L377. This book was withdrawn from circulation.

This book was written as a guide or series of "suggestions" as to how individuals can be of assistance to people in poverty. The inside front cover has a bookplate which reads: "Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872/Reg. No. 18311/Shelf No. L377. This book was withdrawn from circulation.

This book was written as a guide or series of "suggestions" as to how individuals can be of assistance to people in poverty. The inside front cover has a bookplate which reads: "Lawrence Public Library/Established 1872/Reg. No. 18311/Shelf No. L377. This book was withdrawn from circulation.