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Collection Reference Number GLC05947
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1827 
Title Second annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society Boston, June 1, 1827
Date 1827
Author Prison Discipline Society (Boston, Mass.)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Describes theories and practices of housing criminals. Includes a financial review of the Prison Discipline Society for the year including funds collected, funds appropriated, etc. Other sections are titled, "Principle Evils," in which problems at various prisons are discussed, "Remedy for the Principle Evils," in which solutions to these problems are covered, and "View of Prisons," in which various prisons are analyzed. Includes an appendix. Printed by T. R. Marvin. Disbound.
Subjects Prisoner  Prison Reform  Reform Movement  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme Law; Banking & Economics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859