A proposal to render effectual a plan, to remove the nuisance of common prostitutes from the streets of this metropolis; to prevent the innocent from being seduced; To provide A decent and comfortable Maintenance for those whom Necessity or Vice hath already forced into that infamous Course of Life; and to maintain and educate those children of the poor, who are either orphans, or are deserted by wicked Parents. To which is annexed, a Letter upon the Subject of Robberies, wrote in the year 1753. By Saunders Welch, One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, and for the City and Liberty of Westminster.

People / Organizations

• Saunders Welch (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for C. Henderson, at the Royal Exchange, and sold at the booksellers and pamphlet shops of London and Westminster, 1758.

Publication year

1758-1758

ESTC No.

T102167

Grub Street ID

156010

Description

[4],68p. ; 8⁰

Note

Possibly written in collaboration with Samuel Johnson.

Uncontrolled note

cf. E.L. McAdam, Jr. 'Dr. Johnson and Saunders Welch's Proposals' Review of English Studies 4 (1953) pp.337-345