Clerkenwell (London, England) - Social conditions
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Reasons offered for the reformation of the House of Correction in Clerkenwell shewing, I. The present state of this goal, the Debauchery of the Prisoners and the miserable Condition they are in from the Want of a Sufficiency of Food, &c. II. Proposals in what manner these evils may be prevented for the future; humbly submitted to the Consideration of the Magistrates and Inhabitants of the County of Middlesex. To which is prefixed, a plan of the said prison, engraved on Copper, with References describing the Manner in which this Goal should be altered, for the Purposes proposed, with a Calculation of the Expence thereof.
Ilive, Jacob, 1705-1763.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- E-books
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A scheme for the employment of all persons sent as disorderly to the house of correction in Clerkenwell Shewing, I. That the profits of their labour will find them in a sufficiency of food. II. Pay the keeper an annual salary. And III. Defray the other expences and necessary repairs of the said Gaol. The whole proving, that the county by the execution of this scheme will soon save several hundred pounds a-year.
Ilive, Jacob, 1705-1763.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]