Report of Visitors of the Penitentiary with Governor's Letter.
- imprint_number: 1808.003
- title: Extract from the proceedings of a quarterly meeting of the visitors at the jail and penitentiary house, on the 15th December, 1807. "Resolved, unanimously, that the Honorable Creed Taylor, James Lownes, and Thomas Ladd, members of this Board, be requested to prepare a report upon the penitentiary system, for the information of the Legislature ...
- sequence_number: 3
- year: 1808
- place_issued: Richmond
- issuing_press: Samuel Pleasants
- author: Visitors of the Virginia Penitentiary.
- notes: Report was presented to the Assembly on January 18. 1808 under cover of a letter from Gov. William H. Cabell; Pleasants was then ordered to print 250 copies for the use of the House in their deliberations; text is signed in print by the three visitors and dated December 30, 1807.
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