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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 09, 1765
Page
4
A historical document questions open field parishes tax burdens vs inclosed parishes, urging reform of poor rates. It argues settlements confined to parishes worsen poverty, suggests broadening to hundreds or counties, and proposes general workhouses and centralized aid to reduce abuse and expense. It notes related political commentary and local notices from the time.
A Maidstone reader Dorothy Rirk-Fort pleads in a letter to the printer of the London Evening Post. She notes she will be twenty next August and asks if Parliament will repeal the marriage act, hoping to be governed by her own disposal. She asks Parliament to treat women as capable adults and seeks confirmation from the paper.
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