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The history of England, written originally in French by Rapin de Thoyras: translated into English, with additional notes; and continued from the Revolution to the accession of King George II. By N. Tindal, M. A. Late Rector of Alverstoke in Hampshire, and Chaplain to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich: with the reign of George the II: by T. Smollett, M.D. And an index to each volume. ... Illustrated and Embellished with Portraits of the Kings, Queens, and illustrious Personages, Monuments, Great-Seals, Coins, naval and military Engagements, &c. and Maps of the different Parts of the World, where the Important Events of this History took Place.
Rapin de Thoyras, M. (Paul), 1661-1725.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A True and lamentable relation of the most desperate death of James Parnel, Quaker, who wilfully starved himselfe in the prison of Colchester : Together with the attestation of the chief majestrates of the town, and the coroner, signed with their owne hands, and by them desired to be made publique. As also his blasphemous letter to Doctor Glisson of the same town: and his answer returned thereunto. An example of admonition to those of his own faction, and may serve for horrour to all that shall peruse it.
Date: 1656- Books
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People in prison : (England and Wales) / presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by command of Her Majesty, November 1969.
Great Britain. Home Office.Date: 1969- Pictures
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Qui Hi alias Lieutenant Johnny Newcome on his death bed in prison, attended by his mistress and child and the doctor's assistant. Coloured aquatint by Quiz, 1816, after T. Rowlandson.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.Date: 1816Reference: 11223iPart of: The grand master or adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan a hudibrastic poem in eight cantos.- Books
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The dutch fortune teller: discovering XXXVI several questions, Which Old and Young, Married Men and Women, Batchelors and Maids, Delight to be Resolved of. Brought into England by John Booker.
Date: [between 1699 and 1708?]- Books
Notes on a visit made to some of the prisons in Scotland and the north of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry : with some general observations on the subject of prison discipline / By Joseph John Gurney.
Gurney, Joseph John, 1788-1847.Date: 1819- Ephemera
A copy of verses : written upon the unfortunate Eliza Anthony, suspected of having been murdered.
Date: [1823?]- Books
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Remarks upon prison discipline, &c. &c. : in a letter addressed to the Lord Lieutenant and magistrates of the county of Essex / by C.C. Western.
Western, C. C. (Charles Callis), Baron Western, 1767-1844.Date: 1825- Books
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The north Briton, from No. I. to No. XLVI. inclusive. With several useful and explanatory notes, not printed in any former edition. To which is added, a copious index to every name and article. Corrected and revised by a friend to civil and religious liberty.
Date: M.DCC.LXIX. [1769]- Books
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Humanity and humanitarianism : with special reference to the prison systems of Great Britain and the United States, the question of criminal lunacy, and capital punishment / by William Tallack.
Tallack, William, 1831-1908.Date: 1871- Books
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An impartial enquiry into the importance and present state of the woollen manufactories of Great-Britain: as likewise the improvements they are capable of receiving. In several letters to a member of Parliament. In which are contain'd, The Rise and Progreis of the Woollen Manufactories in England. The most material Laws now extant to encourage the Woollen Manufactories in this Kingdom, and prevent the Illicit Exportation of Wool. A Scheme propos'd, that will effectually answer that Purpose, and save Millions of Money Yearly to the Nation. Remarks on Webber's Scheme, and One offer'd by another Hand, - The Impropriety of granting a Registry in Charter. The Number of Sheep slaughter'd Yearly in London, - of Inhabitants within the Bills of Mortality; as likewise the Number of Both in all England and Wales, and the Quantity of Wool grown Yearly in the Kingdom: The Case of the Irish Consider'd, the Expedrency of granting further Encouragement to their Linnen Manufactories, &c. The fourth edition. To which are added, by way of appendix, three letters never publish'd before. First, Remarks on an Essay upon the Woollen Manufacture in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1741. Secondly, The Graslers Advocate Examin'd, and his Calculations Corrected. Thirdly, A Scheme to prevent the Exportation of Unmanufactur'd Wool, most humbly Submitted to the Right Honourable the Two Houses of Parliament, by Henry Laybourne, M. A. most humbly Shewn to be Good for Nothing, By J. Gee.
Gee, J. (Joseph).Date: [1744]- Pictures
Clerkenwell House of Correction, London: top, the oakum-shed and bottom, the needle-room. Wood engravings after M. Fitzgerald, 1874.
Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1871-1891.Date: 1874Reference: 585000i- Books
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The secret history of the rebels in Newgate. Giving an account of their daily behaviour, from the commitment to their goal-delivery. Taken from a diary, kept by a gentleman in the same prison.
Date: [1717]- Books
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The secret history of the rebels in Newgate. Giving an account of their daily behaviour, from their commitment to their Goal-Delivery. Taken from a diary kept by a gentleman in the same prison.
Date: [1717]- Books
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A second letter to Sir John Cox Hippisley, bart. on the mischiefs incidental to the tread-wheel, as an instrument of prison discipline : containing an examination of the official reports upon this subject, returned to the Secretary of State's office during the present session of Parliament / by John Mason Good.
Good, John Mason, 1764-1827.Date: 1824- Books
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Maxims in prose and verse : addressed to the affluent and benevolent public / By an unfortunate prisoner, of long durance in his Majesty's Goal [sic] of Newgate, for a debt.
Date: Printed in the year 1788- Books
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The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals. By John Howard, F.R.S.
Howard, John, 1726-1790.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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The case of the county of Middlesex, with respect to the gaol of Newgate.
Middlesex (England)Date: 1765?]- Books
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A letter on the nature and effects of the tread-wheel, as an instrument of prison labour and punishment : addressed to the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M.P., His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, &c. &c. / with an appendix of notes and cases ; by one of his constituents, and a magistrate of the county of Surrey.
Briscoe, John Ivatt, 1791-1870.Date: 1824- Books
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The case of the city of London, with respect to the goal of Newgate.
Corporation of London.Date: 1765?]- Books
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Newgate calendar, October 17, 1750.
Newgate (Prison : London, England)Date: 1750]- Books
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State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1787 to the 28th of Sept. 1788, being the sheriffalty of James Fenn and Mathew Bloxam, Esqrs.
Newgate (Prison : London, England)Date: 1788]- Books
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State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of Sep. 1789, to the 28th of Sep. 1790, during the sheriffalty of William Newman & Thomas Baker, Esqrs.
Newgate (Prison : London, England)Date: 1790]- Books
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State of the goal of Newgate, from the 28th of September, 1788 to the 28th of Sept. 1789, during the sheriffalty of William Curtis, Esq; and Sir Benjamin Hammet, Knt.
Newgate (Prison : London, England)Date: 1789]- Books
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An accurate description of Newgate. With the rights, privileges, allowances, fees, dues, and customs thereof. Together with a parallel between the master debtors side of the said prison, and the several sponging-houses in the county of Middlesex. Wherein are set forth, The Cheapness of Living, Civility, Sobriety, Tranquillity, Liberty of Conversation, and Diversions of the former. And the Expensive Living, Incivility, Extortions, Close Confinement, and Abuses of the latter. Together with a faithful Account of the Impositions of Bailiffs, &c. and their vile Usage of all such Unfortunate Persons as fall into their Hands. Written for the publick good. By B. L. of Twickenham.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1724