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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. By Robert J. Turnbull, of South Carolina.

Title
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, of South Carolina.
Author
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
Publication
[London] : Philadelphia printed: London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips & Son, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1797.

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Gale (Firm)
Description
[2],ii,93,[3]p.; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Prisons > Pennsylvania
  • Criminal law > Pennsylvania
  • Capital punishment
Note
  • With a final advertisement leaf.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Goldsmiths'
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642619697
  • T50963
Author
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
Title
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, of South Carolina.
Imprint
[London] : Philadelphia printed: London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips & Son, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1797.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Indexed In:
Goldsmiths', 17132
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T50963.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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