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Letter on the penitentiary system of Pennsylvania : Addressed to William Roscoe, Esquire, of Toxteth Park, near Liverpool / by Roberts Vaux.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1827 Vaux
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roscoe, William, 1753-1831. Brief statement of the causes which have led to the abandonment of the celebrated system of penitentiary discipline in some of the United States of America.
- Roscoe, William, 1753-1831.
- Prisons--Pennsylvania.
- Prisons.
- Prison discipline.
- Prisoners--Pennsylvania.
- Prisoners.
- Correctional institutions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Correctional institutions.
- State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- [5],6-15 p. ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed by Jesper Harding, 1827.
- Notes:
- "The following letter, which originally appeared in the National gazette, was subsequently republished in all the daily journals in Philadelphia excepting one ..."--prefatory note, p. [3], signed: R.V. Mulberry Street, 6 mo. 4, 1827.
- "Appendix."--p. 12-15. Contains "Lord Mansfield on solitary confinement." and "Extract of a letter from a convict on the penitentiary system. Philadelphia Pentientiary, March 14, 1827."
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Exhibited: "Useful Arts and Useful Knowledge: The Founding of the Athenaeum," at the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 2014.
- Athenaeum copy is bequest of George Vaux, 1996.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker 31590
- Sabin 98701.
- OCLC:
- 3693332
- Bound With:
- Athenaeum copy: With: Reply to two letters of William Roscoe, Esquire, of Liverpool, on the penitentiary system of Pennsylvania.
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