A visit to the Philadelphia prison [electronic resource] : 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. By Robert J. Turnbull.
1796
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A visit to the Philadelphia prison [electronic resource] : 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. By Robert J. Turnbull.
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Philadelphia : printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street, 1796.
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United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
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English
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iv,108p.,table ; 8⁰.
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"The following sheets originally made their appearance in the Charleston Daily gazette".
"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 .." (preface).
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"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 .." (preface).
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 31321
English Short Title Catalog, W29677.
English Short Title Catalog, W29677.
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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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