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The Pennsylvanian system of prison discipline triumphant in France / [by George Sumner] ; published by the Acting Committee of "the Philadelphia Society for the Alleviation of the Miseries of Public Prisons."

Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500–1926 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sumner, George, 1817-1863.
Contributor:
Pennsylvania Prison Society.
Gasparin, Adrien-Etienne-Pierre, comte de, 1783-1862.
Lélut, F. (François), 1804-1877.
Quincy, Joseph, 1802-1882.
Series:
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Prisons--France.
Prisons.
Prison discipline--France.
Prison discipline.
Prisons--United States.
Prison discipline--United States.
Prisons--Pennsylvania.
Prison discipline--Pennsylvania.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (24 p. )
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : The Committee, 1847 (Philadelphia : I. Ashmead)
Notes:
Signed (p. 24): George Sumner, and addressed to "Hon. Josiah Quincy, Jr., mayor of Boston."
Includes English translations of two letters in French, written to Sumner by "Gasparin" and "Lelut."
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Sabin no. 93701.
Cited in:
RLIN, CTRG00-B1314
OCLC:
85794210

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