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.

Author/creator Turnbull, Robert J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street, 1796.
Descriptioniv,108 pages, table ; 8⁰.
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General note"The following sheets originally made their appearance in the Charleston Daily gazette".
General note"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).
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References Evans, 31321
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW29677.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements

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