Letters to family members, 1799
| Data(s) |
1799
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| Resumo |
Four letters dated March 11, 1799, written from debtors' prison ("Debtors' Apartment") in Philadelphia. Includes descriptions of his life in the prison and fellow prisoners. Isaacs wrote the letters in sequence, on a single sheet a paper, addressed to his brother George Isaacs, and sisters Sally, Sophia, and Grace. The sheet was then folded to normal letter size and mailed to George Isaacs, in New Haven, Connecticut. |
| Formato |
1 sheet ([4] p.) ; 40 x 24.5 cm. |
| Identificador |
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| Idioma(s) |
eng |
| Publicador |
Law School |
| Palavras-Chave | #Debt, Imprisonment for--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia #Prisons--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia #Prisoners--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Anecdotes |
