An account of the present state of the prisons and houses of correction in the western circuit. Taken from a late publication of John Howard, Esq. F. R. S. By Permission of the Author. To which is prefixed, an Introduction, Stating The Acts lately passed for improving the Prisons in this Kingdom. The good Effects which have resulted from those Acts, where they have been carried into Execution. The Abuses which still continue where they have been neglected; and The means by which those Abuses may most effectually be corrected.
- Howard, John, 1726-1790.
- Date:
- [1789]
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State of the prisons in England and Wales. Abridgments
Publication/Creation
London : printed by order of the Society lately instituted for giving effect to his Majesty's proclamation against vice and immorality, [1789]
Physical description
[6],xvi,43,[1],7,[1]p. ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T114862
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.