HIST 127 Lecture 1: Welfare+Reform+in+the+Early+Republic+Documents+Worksheet (1)
Document Summary
Welfare reform in the early republic documents worksheet. The new york society for the prevention of pauperism, 1818, pp. This document is a report that was intended to raise awareness of the need for a change in the public policies and principles that govern and help the poor. This document mentions europe and america as examples, and specifically focuses on the poverty that is found in new york, especially the city. I think that the author believes that poverty has been caused by many different indirect influences. Some of these influences include ignorance, idleness, intemperance in drinking, want of economy, imprudent and hasty marriages, lotteries, pawnbrokers, houses of ill fame, the numerous charitable institutions of the city, and war. While this is quite the list of reasons for poverty, griscom argues that each reason has its own role and effect on the poverty that fills the nation.
