Annals of the Poor (1829, London)

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ANNALS OF THE POOR:

CONTAINING THE

DAIRYMAN'S DAUGHTER,

THE

NEGRO SERVANT, AND YOUNG COTTAGER,
&c. &c.

BY THE
REV. Legh Richmond, A.M.
LATE RECTOR OF TURVEY, BEDFORDSHIRE.

"Thou, O God, has prepared of thy goodness for the Poor."

Psalm lxviii. 10.

A NEW EDITION, ENLARGED AND ILLUSTRATED, WITH AN
INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR,
BY THE REV. John Ayre, A.M.


LONDON:
J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY.
1829.

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LONDON:
IBOTSOM AND PALMER, PRINTERS, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

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TO
William Wilberforce, ESQ.
THIS LITTLE WORK,
DESIGNED TO BEAR A TESTIMONY, DRAWN FROM REAL
FACTS AND OCCURRENCES,
TO THE
INFINITE VALUE OF CHRISTIAN TRUTH,
When received in the Heart and exemplified in the Conduct,
IS DEDICATED,
AS A TOKEN OF GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE REGARD, WHICH
THE AUTHOR ENTERTAINS TOWARDS A CHARACTER
SO LONG AND JUSTLY APPROVED,
AS
THE FAITHFUL MONITOR OF THE RICH, THE TRIED
FRIEND OF THE POOR, THE UNWEARIED
SUPPORTER OF RELIGION, AND THE
ACKNOWLEDGED BENEFACTOR
OF MANKIND.

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CONTENTS.

 

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		Page.
Introduction		ix
The Dairyman's Daughter		1
The Negro Servant		171
The Young Cottager		227
The Cottage Conversation		339
A Visit to the Infirmary		351

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.