Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1975.

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Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1942-1975.

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Sellin's correspondents at the Pennsylvania Prison Society were G. Richard Bacon (executive director), Francis Fisher Kane (president), A. G. Fraser (executive secretary), and Eliza Cope (Kane's sister), and Rendell Davis (later executive director).

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Kane, Francis Fisher

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Davis, Rendell A.

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Fraser, Albert G.

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Executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Prison Society. From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1933. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236169177 ...

Bacon, G. Richard

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Cope, Eliza M.

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Pennsylvania Prison Society

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The Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons was organized in 1787 to promote penal reform. Its early members included: William White, Benjamin Rush, Roberts Vaux, Dorthea Lynde Dix, and Rose Steadman. In 1886 the Society's name was changed to the Pennsylvania Prison Society, by which name it continues to call itself today. From the description of Records, 1787-1966. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122540320 ...