ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEW WHITE DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE, ON JUNE 1ST, 1854, IN CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF THAT DEPARTMENT OF THE INSTITUTION, FOR THE RECEPTION OF INMATES. BY HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM BIGLER, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

  • Philadelphia: T.K. and P. G. Collins, Printers, 1854
By Bigler, William
Philadelphia: T.K. and P. G. Collins, Printers, 1854. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24 clean pages. Very Good.

The "Colored Department" of the House of Refuge had opened its doors in December 1849.
The House of Refuge's Board of Managers thanks Governor Bigler for his remarks "delivered at the new building of the Department of the House of Refuge, for White Juvenile Delinquents." The influence of Christianity, he says, assures that "the condition of man is undergoing a silent, though mighty and happy change," The House of Refuge demonstrates that Philadelphia is "devoted to the reformation and moral welfare of man! To the mitigation of human suffering!"
Not in Sabin. OCLC 1304160131 [3- Yale, Temple, Queens U] as of June 2023.

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ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEW WHITE DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE, ON JUNE 1ST, 1854, IN CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF THAT DEPARTMENT OF THE INSTITUTION, FOR THE RECEPTION OF INMATES. BY HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM BIGLER, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA

Author

Bigler, William

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Publisher

T.K. and P. G. Collins, Printers: Philadelphia

Date

1854


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