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A defence of the system of solitary confinement of prisoners adopted by the state of Pennsylvania : with remarks on the origin, progress and extension of this species of prison discipline / by George W. Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1876.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prison discipline.
- Solitary confinement.
- Prisoners.
- Prisons--Pennsylvania--Law and legislation.
- Prisons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (104 p. )
- Other Title:
- Defence of the system of solitary confinement of prisoners adopted by the state of Pennsylvania
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : E.G. Dorsey, printer, 1833.
- Notes:
- "Published in 1829-- republished by order of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons."
- "The following essays were written in the winter of 1828-9 and published in the Philadelphia gazette. At that period, a bill was pending in the legislature of Pennsylvania authorizing the organization of the penitentiaries for the eastern and western districts of the state"--Pref.
- "Errata."--T.p., verso.
- "Appendix."--P. [95]-104.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 82592.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 11
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