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Memorandum of a late visit to the Auburn penitentiary (prepared for the Philadelphia Society for the Alleviation of the Miseries of Public Prisons.)

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Title:
Memorandum of a late visit to the Auburn penitentiary (prepared for the Philadelphia Society for the Alleviation of the Miseries of Public Prisons.)
Collection:
19th Century Prison Reform Collection
Creator:
Packard, Frederick Adolphus (1794-1867)
Date:
1842
Location:
Philadelphia, J. Harding (printer)
ID Number:
31924110954389
Catalog Record:
6716529
Collection Number:
1157
File Name:
31924110954389.pdf
Work Type:
documents
Subject:
Auburn Prison.; Prison reformers > United States.; Prisons > New York (State) > Auburn
Description:
Here, Fred. A. Packard describes his visit to Auburn Prison in 1842. "Printed by order of the Philadelphia society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons," his memorandum evaluates some of the primary differences between the Auburn and Pennsylvania Systems of penal discipline. He states his unequivocal support for the Pennsylvania model and excuses himself for saying that "though my opinion of the Auburn prison is much more favorable than it was before my late visit, I am strengthened in the conviction that our own system is decidedly, and in the most important respects, superior; while I am greatly surprised to find how indefinite and unfounded are the objections which prevail in some sections of the country against it."
Cite As:
Enos Thompson Throop. Papers, #1157. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
Enos Thompson Throop Papers
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its age, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2017 from print materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Katherine Thorsteinson. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.

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