An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the western circuit. Taken from a late publication of John Howard, Esq. F. R. S. By Permission of the Author. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, Stating The Acts lately passed for improving the Prisons in this Kingdom. The good Effects which have resulted from those Acts, where they have been carried into Execution. The Abuses which still continue where they have been neglected; and The means by which those Abuses may most effectually be corrected [electronic resource].
1789
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An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the western circuit. Taken from a late publication of John Howard, Esq. F. R. S. By Permission of the Author. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, Stating The Acts lately passed for improving the Prisons in this Kingdom. The good Effects which have resulted from those Acts, where they have been carried into Execution. The Abuses which still continue where they have been neglected; and The means by which those Abuses may most effectually be corrected [electronic resource].
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Howard, John, 1726-1790.
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State of the prisons in England and Wales. Abridgments
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London : printed by order of the Society lately instituted for giving effect to his Majesty's proclamation against vice and immorality, [1789]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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[6],xvi,43,[1],7,[1]p. ; 8⁰.
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With a half-title bearing on its verso a note dated: 'June, 1789.' - After p.43 follows the 'Abstract from the Acts of the 14th and 24th Geo.III.' with separate pagination and register.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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