Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons records, 1787-1883.

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Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons records, 1787-1883.

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Collection includes records of convicts, reports on discharged convicts, visiting reports made by prison inspectors, prison hospital records, accounts, a 63-page treatise on penology by Roberts Vaux, and case reports (box 2) from 1862 to 1883, describing convictions, appeals, and acquittals.

2 boxes.

University of Pennsylvania Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7491620

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836

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Roberts Vaux was treasurer of PMMWD in 1831. From the description of ALS, 1831 October 18 : Philadelphia, Pa. to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 51617833 Quaker Roberts Vaux was an American juror, philanthropist and abolitionist; he became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1819. From the guide to the Address on the impolicy of slavery, 1824, 1824, (American P...

Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons

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After the peace of 1783, a group of prominent Philadelphia citizens led by Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, and others organized a movement to reform the harsh penal code of 1718. The new law substituted public labor for the previous severe punishments. Reaction, however, against the public display of convicts on the streets of the city and the disgraceful conditions in the Walnut Street jail led to the formation in 1787 of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons...