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Coldbath Fields Prison, London: view from the north west to the south east, with St Paul's Cathedral beyond. Engraving, 1798.
Date: Sepr. 1st 1798Reference: 37714i- Books
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A further account (being part II.) of the cruelties discovered in the Coldbath-Fields Prison, as reported in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, the 22d July, 1800, in the speeches of Sir Francis Burdett, bart. and R.B. Sheridan, Esq. In which is included a letter from James Williams, describing the melancholy case of Peter Chenu, who died July 13, and the severe treatment to which himself and several other prisoners were exposed. To which is added, an affidavit of Joseph Burks, with a statement of facts repecting the discipline of the House of Correction in Coldbath-Fields.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: [1800]- Books
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An impartial statement of the inhuman cruelties discovered! in the Coldbath-Fields Prison, by the grand and traverse juries for the county of Middlesex, and reported in the House of Commons, on Friday the 11th of June [sic], 1800, by Sir Francis Burdett, ... To which is added, a letter to R. B. Sheridan, Esq. by Christopher Munnings. Also, an interesting letter, from one of the prisoners, ... to Mr. Jordan, the publisher, ...
Date: [1800?]- Books
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An Impartial statement of the inhuman cruelties discovered! in the Coldbath-Fields Prison, by the grand and traverse juries for the county of Middlesex, and reported in the House of Commons, on Friday the 11th of July, 1800, by Sir Francis Burdett, bart. With the report of the debate on that momentous occasion. To which is added, a letter to R.B. Sheridan, Esq. by Christopher Munnings, Esq. Also, an interesting letter, from one of the prisoners, now under confinement, to Mr. Jordan, the publisher, stating the real cause of his present miserable situation, &c.
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Middlesex House of Correction: male prisoners treading on the boards of a treadmill: in the foreground others sit resting. Wood engraving by W.B. Gardner, 1874, after M. Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald, Michael, active 1871-1891.Date: 1874Reference: 37711i