Description
8vo, pp. [iv], 93, [3, ads] + folding table. Extracted from a volume. Slightly soiled. Ink ownership inscription of Alexander Cruickshank, dated 1815, to title-page.
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.
- London: Re-Printed and Sold by James Phillips & Son 1797
- ESTC T50963.
£200
Notes
The first British printing of this pamphlet by South Carolina politician Robert J. Turnbull (1775-1833), which details his stance against capital punishment and argues for 'mild and moderate penalties' being more effective in preventing crime. After its initial publication in the Charleston Daily Gazette, Turnbull's letter was published in Philadelphia in 1796. This copy includes fold out table concerning penal labour, not mentioned in ESTC.
