| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | A view and description of the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
| | | | Creator: | Smith, George Washington, 1800-1876 | | | | | G. W. S. | | | | | Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871 | | | | | Mason, William | | | | | Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons | | | | Publication: | Published for the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, by C. G. Childs, engraver, Philadelphia,1830. | | | | Notes: | Signed on p. 8 by G.W.S. George Washington Smith was the author of other works about the Pennsylvania prison system, and was an inspector of the state prison of Pennsylvania. Frontispiece is a view of the penitentiary, drawn by William Mason, engraved by C. G. Childs, printed by B. Rodgers. | | | | Call #: | B 1015, no. 5 | | | | Extent: | [1],2-8p. front. 21cm. | | | | Subjects: | State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | Prisons -- Pennsylvania | Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Correctional institutions
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Notices of the original, and successive efforts, to improve the discipline of the prison at Philadelphia, and to reform the criminal code of Pennsylvania: with a few observations on the penitentiary system
| | | | Creator: | Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836 | | | | Publication: | Published by Kimber and Sharpless, Philadelphia,1826. | | | | Notes: | Pages [65]-75 contain: "Tables, exhibiting the number of criminals imprisoned in the jail at Philadelphia, from the year 1787 to the beginning of the year 1825, with the offences for which they were convicted, &c." | | | | Call #: | B 1015, no. 3 | | | | Extent: | [3],4-76 p. tables. 21 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons | Crime and criminals -- Pennsylvania | Prisons -- Pennsylvania | Law -- Pennsylvania -- Codification | Prison discipline | Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Correctional institutions
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | The United States of North America as they are: not as they are generally described: being a cure for radicalism
| | | | Creator: | Brothers, Thomas. | | | | Publication: | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, London,1840. | | | | Call #: | E386 B874 | | | | Extent: | viii, 517 p. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Paine, Thomas, -- 1737-1809. -- Dissertation on government, the affairs of the bank and paper money | Prisons -- Pennsylvania | Riots | Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature -- 19th century | Indians of North America -- Government relations | Nullification | United States -- Politics and government -- 1837-1841 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1829-1837 | United States -- Civilization
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