A visit to the Philadelphia prison; being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building; containing also an account of the gradual reformation, and present improved state, of the penal laws of Pennsylvania: with observations on the impolicy and injustice of capital punishments. In a letter to a friend. By Robert J. Turnbull, of South Carolina.

  • Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
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1797
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[London] : Philadelphia: printed: London: re-printed and sold by James Phillips & Son, George Yard, Lombard Street, 1797.

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[2],ii,93,[3]p. ; 80.

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ESTC T50963
Goldsmiths', 17132

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