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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 [electronic resource] / by John Sergeant and Samuel Miller ; 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] : J. Harding, printer, 1828.
Supplementary Content
Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
  • Miller, Samuel, -1855.
  • Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
  • Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
Description
10 p.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Prisons > Pennsylvania
  • Solitary confinement
  • Prisoners
  • Correctional institutions > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Note
  • "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."
  • Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
  • Sabin no. 79203.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 795891875
  • TGPSM11-B3927
Author
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852.
Title
Observations and reflections on the design and effects of punishment [electronic resource] / by John Sergeant and Samuel Miller ; also The opinion of the keepers of the penitentiary and Bridewell at Philadelphia on the separate confinement of criminals.
Imprint
[Philadelphia] : J. Harding, printer, 1828.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Local Note
Miscellaneous.
Connect to:
Full text online available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Miller, Samuel, -1855.
Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
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