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Observations and reflections on the design and effects of punishment.

Title
Observations and reflections on the design and effects of punishment. By John Sergeant, Esq. and Col. Samuel Miller, of the U.S. Marine, in letters, addressed to Roberts Vaux. Read at a meeting of the Prison Society of Philadelphia, and with the consent of the writers published by its order. Also, the opinion of the keepers of the penitentiary and bridewell at Philadelphia, on the separate confinement of criminals.
Author
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852.
Publication
[Philadelphia] Jesper Harding, printer. 1828.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Miller, Samuel, Col.
  • Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
  • Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
Description
[3],4-10p.; 23cm.
Subject
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Punishment
  • Prisons > Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia (Pa.) > Correctional institutions
Note
  • Buff printed paper covers.
Call Number
SLE p.v. 228
OCLC
3234325
Author
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852.
Title
Observations and reflections on the design and effects of punishment. By John Sergeant, Esq. and Col. Samuel Miller, of the U.S. Marine, in letters, addressed to Roberts Vaux. Read at a meeting of the Prison Society of Philadelphia, and with the consent of the writers published by its order. Also, the opinion of the keepers of the penitentiary and bridewell at Philadelphia, on the separate confinement of criminals.
Imprint
[Philadelphia] Jesper Harding, printer. 1828.
Added Author
Miller, Samuel, Col.
Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
Research Call Number
SLE p.v. 228
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