A visit to the Philadelphia prison : being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building; containing also an account of the gradual reformation, and present improved state, of the penal laws of Pennsylvania: with observations on the impolicy and injustice of capital punishments. : In a letter to a friend. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 31321. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | "The following sheets originally made their appearance in the Charleston Daily gazette."--Preface. "Abstracts taken from general statements of the amount of labour done by each convict, and at what occupation, in the Prison for the City and County of Philadelphia ... together with the amount of provisions, clothes, &c. furnished each convict ..."--folded leaf at end. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | iv, 108 pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf ; 21 cm. (octavo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |