Item #25488 LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW-YORK, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE STATE PRISONS. Thomas Eddy, Cadwallader D. Colden.

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF NEW-YORK, TO EXAMINE AND REPORT ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE STATE PRISONS.

New York: Printed by Mahlon Day, 1825. 4.25" x 7.25". 30pp, disbound. Light wear, some spotting and browning. Good or so.

This pamphlet contains letters from Thomas Eddy and Cadwallader Colden to Commissioners George Tibbits, Stephen Allen, and Samuel M. Hopkins. Each of the authors was active in the prison reform movement. urging a system of common schools and early education, a Home of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents, a prison in each county for common criminals, and two state prisons for those convicted of serious crimes.
AI 21204 [1-PPL]. OCLC 83848595 [1-HVL]. Item #25488

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