Description: The Register of Pennsylvania April 12, 1828 the Penitentiary System Auburn & Eastern State Prisons a panther hunt in the Poconos This is a weekly Philadelphia paper which is 195 years old!. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 10.25 inches in size, and is 16 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at the spine, but is otherwise in fine condition, with only slight tanning from age. * * * * * * * * * * * * More than 75% (over 12 pages) of this issue is devoted to a single subject, in the form of a long and detailed article titled, REPORT ON PUNISHMENT & PRISON DISCIPLINE. This is the concluding portion of an official report from three Philadelphia Commissioners. The interior pages on this report are headed PENAL CODE AND PENITENTIARY SYSTEM. The long piece begins with a discussion on Solitary imprisonment, with labour. This section says the new penitentiary being completed in Philadelphia (Eastern State Penitentiary) has cells which are 12 x 8 feet in size, with ceilings 10 feet high. In discussing what work the prisoners can be put to, it says: . . . . the usual kinds of prison labour cannot be performed in the interior of the cell, either at Pittsburg or Philadelphia. . . . We may suppose that the employments to which the largest numbers are attached are the most lucrative or convenient for the interests of the prison. In the Walnut-street prison of Philadelphia, we understand that the most profitable employment is the sawing of stone. . . . Of the occupations we have enumerated there remain those of the shoemaker and taylor [tailor]; for which we suppose that the necessary room exists inside of the cells; but they are still liable . . . . to the following objections. 1st. The want of sufficient light. The cells in the new Philadelphia Penitentiary . . . . are not sufficiently illuminated for the purposes of handicraft business, especially those of the shoemaker and taylor. 2. Solitude is incompatible with the performance of the business, which can only be pursued in the cells.For they require skill and art, which few convicts possess . . . and consequently a course of instruction will become necessary for a considerable period of time, during which of course solitude must be suspended. . . . 3d. It is believed that the sedentary labour of the shoemaker and taylor . . . would soon break down the health of the convict, and compel his removal to the hospital. . . . It is said, however, that at Philadelphia most of the objections to solitary labour have been removed, by providing a working yard for each cell. . . . but it is liable to objections from which the cell is free. In the first place, no work can be performed in it in wet weather, because there is no protection from rain or snow. . . . during a considerable portion of the year, the severity of the weather will prevent the convicts from working in the open unsheltered yards, where it is impractical to warm them. . . . and the difficulty of preventing conversation between them, which of course would be fatal to the system of solitude. . . . It goes on to discuss the costs of various prison designs and the history of penal institutions over the previous half century. This concentrates on Auburn Prison in New York, with almost four pages devoted to describing the experience of that prison since it opened in 1816, including the treatment of convicts there, and how the prisoners' lives were, and the Commissioners' conclusions from studying Auburn, etc. * * * * * * * * * * * * The remainder of the paper includes 8 column inches of text on STATISTICS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, which is a list of the number, extent and capacity of the manufactories, mills and improved mill-seats of Delaware County in May, 1826, such as: 53 Saw mills, 16 of which cut 1,717,000 feet of lumber per annum, and 2 Powder mills manufacture 11,900 quarter casks per annum value 47,600.00; Employ 40 hands wages 12,000.00. * * * * * * * * * * * * The back page features a brief item on PANTHER HUNTING IN THE POCONOS, which says, in its entirety: Panther hunt. A few weeks since, Mr. John Vliet, living on the Pocono mountain, Northampton co. discovered the traces of panthers in his neighbourhood. He started in pursuit, and soon came up with them. However extraordinary it may seem to some of our readers, Mr. Vliet destroyed three of these ferocious animals in the space of half an hour, with no other companion than his rifle. He received $12 for each scalp; which is a pretty good half an hour's work for a hunter of the Pocono. ***************** Background on this publication: Hazards Register of Pennsylvania was a paper founded in 1828 with the goal of preserving useful information respecting the state. It appeared weekly for a decade under that title, edited by Samuel Hazard. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising, instead choosing to print official government papers about Pennsylvania, and essays on the states natural history, industry, and public works such as schools, canals, railroads, etc. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
Price: 14.95 USD
Location: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-07T02:30:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
