The life of John Southack: written by himself,...; to which is added, a history of the State prison in Charlestown, 1809

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1809

GUSN

GUSN-366667

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Ephemera collection
Tracts, treatises, and sermons
Tracts, treatises, and sermons, 1805-1810
The life of John Southack: written by himself,...; to which is added, a history of the State prison in Charlestown, 1809
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Tracts, treatises, and sermons
  - Tracts, treatises, and sermons, 1805-1810
    - The sin and danger of strengthening the hands of evil doers, a discourse; delivered on Lord's day, Nov. 3, 1805
    - An address, to the members of the Merrimack Humane Society, at their annual meeting in Newburyport, Sept. 2, 1806
    - Report of the trustees of the Hmapshire Missionary Society made at their annual meeting in Northampton, August 1806, to which is annexed a sermon delivered before the Society by Rev. Jonathan L. Pomeroy
    - The life of John Southack: written by himself,...; to which is added, a history of the State prison in Charlestown, 1809 (current record)
    - A discourse occasioned by the lamented death of Mrs. Fanny Arms...delivered at her funeral September 16, 1810

Description

1 tract (118 pages); 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Details

Descriptive Terms

autobiographies
state prisons (institutions)
convicts
tracts (documents)

Physical Descrption

1 tract (118 pages); 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.19.06.004

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

Southack, John, 1774- (Author)

Material Type

tracts (documents)

Other People

Southack, John, 1774-

Other Organizations

Massachusetts State Prison

Description Level

Item

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