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.

  • Turnbull, Robert J. (Robert James), 1775-1833.
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1796
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Philadelphia : printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street, 1796.

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iv,108p.,table ; 80.

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ESTC W29677
Evans, 31321

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