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They were in prison; a history of the Pennsylvania prison society, 1787-1937, formerly the Philadelphia society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons by Negley K. Teeters ; introduction by Harry Elmer Barnes and a concluding chapter by Albert G. Fraser
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA HV 8987.P43 T44 1937
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teeters, Negley K. (Negley King), 1896-1971.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania Prison Society--History.
- Pennsylvania Prison Society.
- Crime--Penn.
- Crime.
- Criminals--Penn.
- Criminals.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Prisons.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 541 p. : ill., front., plates, ports., facsims. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : John C. Winston, [c1937]
- Notes:
- "List of books in early Eastern penitentiary library": p. 510-512. "The minute books of the Pennsylvania prison society": p. 513. Bibliography: p. 515-523.
- Local Notes:
- Gift of the Pennsylvania Prison Society.
- OCLC:
- 4476713
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