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On the prisons of Philadelphia : By an European

by La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric
Published 1796

Printed and sold by Moreau de Saint-Mery, printer & bookseller, no. 84, South Front-Street

Subjects: “...Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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A comparative view of mild and sanguinary laws; and the good effects of the former, exhibited in the present economy of the prisons of Philadelphia. By the Duke de Liancourt

by La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric
Published 1796

Philadelphia printed. London: reprinted and sold by Darton and Harvey, No. 55, Gracechurch-Street

Subjects: “...Correctional institutions / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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Batchelors-hall : A poem. By George Webb

by Webb, George
Published 1731

Philadelphia: printed and re-printed in Dublin, for James Hoey

Subjects: “...Batchelors-Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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A visit to the Philadelphia prison...

by Turnbull, Robert James
Published 1797

Philadelphia printed: London: reprinted and sold by James Phillips & Son, George Yard, Lombard Street

Subjects: “...Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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A visit to the Philadelphia prison...

by Turnbull, Robert James
Published 1796

printed by Budd and Bartram, no. 58, North Second Street

Subjects: “...Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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The deed of settlement of the society for insuring of houses, in and near Philadelphia

by Franklin, Benjamin
Published 1787

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Subjects: “...Insurance companies / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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An act for establishing an health office, for securing the city and port of Philadelphia, from the introduction of pestilential and contagious diseases

Published 1799

Printed [by Samuel F. Bradford] at the office of the "True American

Subjects: “...Philadelphia (Pa.) / Board of Health...”

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A comparative view of mild and sanguinary laws; and the good effects of the former, exhibited in the present economy of the prisons of Philadelphia...

by La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric
Published 1796

Philadelphia printed. London: reprinted and sold by Darton and Harvey No. 55, Gracechurch-Street

Subjects: “...Correctional institutions / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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A compilation of the laws of the state of Pennsylvania, relative to the poor from the year 1700, to 1795, inclusive : Published for the Guardians of the Poor

Published 1796

Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street

Subjects: “...Almshouses / Law and legislation / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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The narrative of Patrick Lyon : who suffered three months severe imprisonment in Philadelphia gaol; on merely a vague suspicion, of being concerned in the robbery of the Bank of Pe...

by Lyon, Patrick
Published 1799

Printed by Francis and Robert Bailey, at Yorick's Head, no. 116, High-Street

Subjects: “...Walnut Street Prison (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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A statement of facts, concerning Joseph Ravara : written by himself

by Ravara, Joseph
Published 1793

Printed by Thomas Dobson. No. 41, South Second-Street

Subjects: “...Crime / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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Some account of the Pennsylvania Hospital : from its first rise, to the beginning of the fifth month, called May, 1754

by Franklin, Benjamin
Published 1754

Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall

Subjects: “...Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)...”

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An inquiry into the effects of spirituous liquors upon the human body, and their influence upon the happiness of Society. By Benjamin Rush, M. D. Professor of Chemistry in the University of Philadelphia...

by Rush, Benjamin
Published 1791

printed by Hugh Inglis

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An enquiry how far the punishment of death is necessary in Pennsylvania : With notes and illustrations. By William Bradford, Esq. To which is added, an account of the gaol and peni...

by Bradford, William
Published 1795

Philadelphia printed: London re-printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard

“...Philadelphia (Pa.) / Prisons and reformatories...”

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An enquiry how far the punishment of death is necessary in Pennsylvania : With notes and illustrations. By William Bradford, Esq. To which is added, an account of the gaol and peni...

by Bradford, William
Published 1793

Printed by T. Dobson at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street

“...Philadelphia (Pa.) / Prisons and reformatories...”

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The good Samaritan : An oration delivered on Sunday evening, May 22d, 1796, in behalf of the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Fore...

by Rhees, Morgan John
Published 1796

Printed by Lang & Ustick

Subjects: “...Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign...”

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Des prisons de Philadelphie : Par un Européen

by La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric
Published 1796

Imprimé & se trouve chez Moreau de St-Méry, imprimeur-libraire, au coin de Front & de Walnut Streets. No. 84

Subjects: “...Correctional institutions / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia...”

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All things come alike to all : a sermon, on Eccles. IX. 1, 2 and 3 verses. Occasioned by a person's being struck by the lightning of thunder. Preached at Philadelphia, July the 28t...

by Tennent, Gilbert
Published 1745

Printed by William Bradford at the Bible in Second-Street

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On Tuesday, the 8th day of May, 1787, a number of gentlemen assembled, and agreed to associate themselves in a society, to be entitled, "The Philadelphia Society, for Alleviating the Miseries of Public...

Published 1787

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“...Constitution of the Philadelphia Society, for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons...”

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Von den Absichten und dem bisherigen Fortgang der privilegirten deutschen Gesellschaft zu Philadelphia in Pennsylvanien...

by Kunze, John Christopher
Published 1782

Gedruckt bei Melchior Steiner, in der Rees-Strasse, nahe bei der Dritten Strasse

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