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(PRISON REFORM). (COLDEN, CADWALLADER). Report on the Penitentiary System in the United States, Prepared Under a Resolution of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in the City of New York. New York: Mahlon Day, 1822. 1st ed. 8vo. 101; 107 pp. Removed. $125.00
Shoemaker 10305 & 10093. Colden was the first chairman of the committee,and he drew up the report for the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, but resigned when elected to Congress. The report was finished by Charles G. Haines. The report was a important step in the effort to abolish laws placing debtors and paupers in prison with criminals.