Records of the prison Supervisors comprising: "Act of Parliament to explain and amend the Laws relating to the Transportation, Imprisonment, and other Punishment, of certain offenders, authorising building of two penitentiaries", 1779; order by King appointing John Howard, George Whatley and Dr John Fothergill Supervisors of the penitentiaries to be erected under above Act, 1779; minutes of meetings of the Supervisors to discuss possible sites near London and a plan for the male penitentiary, 1779; draft letter from George Whatley to John Howard, acknowledging receipt of letter, overestimate of savings expected from convicts' labour, and difficulties ahead, 1780; memorial by Supervisors recommending site between Grays Inn Road and Bagnigge Wells Road read out at meeting with Lord Chancellor, Speaker, Judges and Lord Mayor, 1780; proposal by John Howard and John Fothergill for a new site for the Penitentiary near the White Conduit, marked on a map now missing, 1780.
Howard , John , 1726?-1790 , philanthropist and penal reformer Blackstone , Sir , William , 1723-1780 , Knight , legal writer and judge Eden , Sir , William , 1st Baronet , 1744-1814 , penal reformer and diplomatist Fothergill , John , 1712-1780 , physician and naturalist Whatley , George , fl 1780 , Treasurer of the Foundling Hospital
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1779-1780