1833

Charles Loring Brace

• 1833 — The Brace family moves from Litchfield to Hartford so John Pierce Brace can serve as head teacher at Hartford Female Seminary.

Poor Law Act; Richard Whately, Archbishop

• 1833–1836 — Royal Commission and Whately Report A Royal Commission chaired by Richard Whately, Archbishop of Dublin, investigated Irish poverty. It recommended public works and assisted emigration rather than a workhouse system, estimating that 2.4 million Irish were in need of assistance for roughly 30 weeks per year.