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1Title:  On the effects of secluded and gloomy imprisonment on individuals of the African variety of mankind, in the production of disease    
 Creator:  Coates, Benjamin Hornor, 1797-1881 
 American Philosophical Society
 Publication:  J.C. Clark, printer, Philadelphia,1843. 
 Notes:  "Read at the centennial anniversary of the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843." 
 Call #:  Pam. C2416 
 Extent:  [87]-99 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Mortality | African Americans -- Mortality | Prisons -- Pennsylvania
 
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2Title:  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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3Title:  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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4Title:  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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