Charities and Hospitals Across Dutch and French Cities
The account surveys Dutch charity through Alms in Playhouses and Hospitals in Amsterdam and Paris. It notes yearly funds for the poor, open doors regardless of status, and provisions for travelers, with praise for humane care, boys and girls guided by institutions. It contrasts Dutch restraint with French generosity and critiques German manners and luxury as a moral hazard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amstedam
Amstrdam
Drury-lane
Charles II
Republic
United Provinces
France
Paris
England
Germany
Dodeft
Rome
Prodigality and Peasantry in Germany and Europe
A lengthy critique traces Germany as underdeveloped in trade and farming while rulers squander wealth on palaces. It contrasts harsh peasant servitude in Poland and Denmark with freer Husbands in France and the United Provinces. It notes nobles’ luxury, public-spirited neglect, and cites scattered political news from Ireland, including MP elections, Newgate prisoners, robberies, and a Dublin ball notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Two Indies
Empire
Hosband
Poland
Indies
Denmark
Sweden
Muscovy
Peter the Great
Asia
Europe
Switzerland
Italy
France
United Provinces
Wexford
Charles Gardiner
Taghmon
John Bowes
His Majesty
Brereton
Trowdl
Slater
Newgate
Fineffe
Jerom
Dublin
Tuke
Faro
Trim
Goaler
Thomasin Dopping
Anthony Lord Bishop
Offaly
Mr. Cary
Killala
Achonry
Brocas
Joseph Clear
Stephen Jones
Thomas Dowling
Charles Macdaniel
King’s Bench
Charles Coote
Charles Carty
Mr. Coot
Archibald Atcheson
Eli
William Splain
James Griffth
Montgomery the Apothecary's Bay
Inn’s Quay
Mofick
Crow-street