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Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company with Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry was John Gurney's sister. Together, the pair visited 33 prisons in August and September 1818, including those in York, Liverool, Manchester, Newcastle, Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glascow, with general remarks following the specific commentary on each jail. Shows the conditions under which prisoners were confined before being transported to New South Wales or Van Diemen's Land. Samuel Marsden is mentioned. An important record of Fry's lifelong concern with the incarcerated.
Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company With Elizabeth Fry
Excerpt from Notes on a Visit Made to Some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company With Elizabeth Fry: With Some General Observations on the Subject of Prison Discipline The principal object of our journey was connected with the concerns of our own religious Society, that of Friends; but we also made a point of inspecting the prisons in the several towns, through which we passed. In the course of this engagement, we observed a, variety of particulars, which interested and affected us; and I think it right to communicate to the public the information which we collected, in the hope that it may afford some fresh stimulus, to the zeal already prevalent for improving 'our...
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