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Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons

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    A statistical view of the operation of the penal code of Pennsylvania : To which is added, a view of the present state of the penitentiary and prison in the city of Philadelphia / Prepared and published, in pursuance of a resolution of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.

    Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. | Date: 1817
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    Constitution of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons.

    Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. | Date: 1806
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    A defence of the system of solitary confinement of prisoners adopted by the state of Pennsylvania : with remarks on the origin, progress and extension of this species of prison discipline / by George W. Smith.

    Smith, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1876. | Date: 1833

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