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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.

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.
Author
Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
Publication
Philadelphia : printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street, 1796.

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Additional Authors
  • Budd, Henry, -1816
  • Bartram, Archibald, 1774?-1808
  • Lownes, Caleb
  • Gale (Firm)
Description
iv,108p.,table; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • Capital punishment
  • Criminal law > Pennsylvania
  • Prisons > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
  • Correctional institutions > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Note
  • "The following sheets originally made their appearance in the Charleston Daily gazette".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).
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Evans
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642788252
  • W29677
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.
Imprint
Philadelphia : printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street, 1796.
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Indexed In:
Evans, 31321
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, W29677.
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Full text online - available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Place of Publication
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Added Author
Budd, Henry, -1816, printer.
Bartram, Archibald, 1774?-1808, printer.
Lownes, Caleb, former owner. MWA
Gale (Firm)
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