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The powers, under the New Poor Law, of vestry meetings, Boards of Guardians, overseers and churchwardens, justices of the peace, and the Poor Law Commissioners, considered in a letter to Lord John Russell, Secretary of State for the Home Department to which is annexed, the petition of the author to the Queen in Council /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Perry, Samuel, of Shenfield Academy.
Corporate Author:	Making of the Modern World
Other Authors:	Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878.
Format:	Online Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : J. Souter, 1839
Edition:	3rd ed.
Subjects:	Poor laws > Great Britain.
Online Access:	Full text online
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