Minute book for Eastern Penitentiary/ William Parker Foulke, 1846-1858.

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Minute book for Eastern Penitentiary/ William Parker Foulke, 1846-1858.

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Records of and notes on prisoners in Eastern Penitentiary.

1 v. ; 19 cm.

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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Eastern Penitentiary.

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Foulke, William Parker, 1816-1865.

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William Parker Foulke was a Philadelphia lawyer and philanthropist. A man of many interests, Foulke was concerned with prison reform and prison architecture, the archaeology and geology of Pennsylvania, the colonization of West Africa for settlement of ex-slaves, and arctic exploration. He was also a firm supporter and member of numerous professional and cultural organizations in Philadelphia. From the description of Papers, ca. 1840-1865. (American Philosophical Society Library). Wo...