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Observations on the penitentiary system, and penal code of Pennsylvania : with suggestions for their improvement

Title
Observations on the penitentiary system, and penal code of Pennsylvania : with suggestions for their improvement / by James Mease, M.D., member of the American Philosophical Society, &c., &c.
Author
Mease, James, 1771-1846
Publication
  • [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1828]
  • Philadelphia : Clark & Raser, printers, 1828.

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Description
1 online resource (vi, pages 3-95).
Series Statement
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Uniform Title
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Alternative Title
On the penitentiary, and penal code of Pennsylvania.
Subject
  • Philadelphia. Clark and Raser (1828)
  • Prisons > Pennsylvania
  • Criminal law > Pennsylvania
  • Prisoners
  • Penal transportation
Note
  • First published as an article in The American edition of the new Edinburgh Encyclopaedia, edited by David Brewster, v.15, pt.2, Philadelphia, 1824, pages 427-448.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
OCLC
  • 60724164
  • CPPC01830
Author
Mease, James, 1771-1846, author.
Title
Observations on the penitentiary system, and penal code of Pennsylvania : with suggestions for their improvement / by James Mease, M.D., member of the American Philosophical Society, &c., &c.
Publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1828]
Manufacturer
Philadelphia : Clark & Raser, printers, 1828.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
American Antiquarian Society copy annotated. The gift of the Dartmouth College Library, 1972. Has ink stamp: Dartmouth College Library. Inscribed: From the author James Mease, M.D. Philadelphia.
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Added Title
On the penitentiary, and penal code of Pennsylvania.
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