Seven letters to the lords and commons of Great Britain, upon the impolicy, inhumanity, and injustice, of our present mode of arresting the bodies of debtors : Shewing the inconsistency of it, with Magna Carta and a free constitution: with observations on the draging of debtors to Sponging-Houses, and to prisons in the first instance, before the debt is proved, upon the bare affidavit of the vilest character: and likewise some remarks on the fatal effects of such proceedings, on the circumstances and morals of individuals. The whole illustrated by a variety of cases, taken from real life. By Josiah Dornford, Esq.
| Author/creator | Dornford, Josiah |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by J. Andrews, Little Eastcheap; and sold by J. Bew, No. 22, Paternoster Row; W. Richardson, Royal Exchange; and No. 14, Philpot-Lane, [1786] |
| Description | 4 unnumbered pages, iv, 3-78 pages ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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| General note | With a half-title. |
| General note | Price in square brackets: Where may be had, the author's nine letters to the lord mayor and aldermen, on the state of the prisons; his letters on the police; and other tracts. (Price 1s. 6d.) |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T7866. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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