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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

Title
A visit to the Philadelphia prison [microform] : 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.
Author
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
Publication
Philadelphia : Re-printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1979.

Details

Description
ii, 93 p.
Subject
  • Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Criminal law > Pennsylvania > History and criticism
  • Capital punishment
Note
  • Originally published in The Charleston daily gazette.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfiche.
Call Number
*XMB-830
OCLC
17221078
Author
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
Title
A visit to the Philadelphia prison [microform] : 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.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Re-printed and sold by J. Phillips, 1979.
Reproduction
Microfiche. Chicago : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American civilization ; LAC 14950)
Research Call Number
*XMB-830
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