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Letter 3d
"being transported": [and therefore none but those
who , as soon as ever such opportunity arrives,
are to be transported. —] It is after understanding
this that his Grace proceeds to the "other" class
of Convicts mentioned in the Act as included
by it intended by it to be consigned to such
Penitentiary Houses viz: all besides transportable
ones and of these he says as follows —
" I incline to think it would be very inexpedient
to remove such persons from the Country
"Gaols , unless the crowded state of those Goals
"should render it absolutely necessary : for it would
"naturally tend , not only to check that spirit of
"improvement which now so universally * prevails
"in the several Counties , in respect of those Gaols,
"but would be the means of the Gaols themselves
"being neglected ; by which means the greater part
"of the prisoners who are or hereafter may be
"confined in them would necessarily be sent to
"the Panopticon ,
Identifier: | JB/116/621/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116. |
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116 |
panopticon versus new south wales |
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621 |
letter 3d |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
1 |
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recto |
d24 |
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john herbert koe |
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letter was never sent; see note 8 to letter 1747, vol. 7 |
38154 |
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