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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,ii,91 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plate : folding sheet ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by Robert Danger, for John Gougie No. 20, Meath-Street, M.DCC.XCVIII. [1798]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

First published in Philadelphia in 1796.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T202758.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.