The Cradle of the Penitentiary: The Walnut Street Jail at Philadelphia, 1773-1835 |
Contents
A Word About the Quakers | 5 |
The Case of Samuel Rowland Fisher Quaker | 12 |
The Philadelphia Society for Assisting Distressed Prisoners | 19 |
Copyright | |
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