| Author | Smith, George Washington, 1800-1876.
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| Title | A view and description of the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania.
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| Published | Philadelphia: Published for the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, by C. G. Childs, engraver. 1830.
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| Description | [1],2-8p. front. 21cm.
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| General Note | 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.
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| Subjects | Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Correctional institutions.
Prisons -- Pennsylvania.
Prisons -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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| Other Authors | G. W. S.
Childs, Cephas Grier, 1793-1871, engr.
Mason, William, illus.
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| Organizations | Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.
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| LC Card Number | 11-2647 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: B 1015, no. 5
mq158891: Local class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 95692] |
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