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Title: Documents relative to the House of Refuge: instituted by the
Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of
New-York, in 1824 ...Author: Nathaniel C HartPublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01421300CollectionID:
CTRG94-B5176PublicationDate: 18320101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: "Comprising 1st. Memorial to the Legislature of the
state, interspersed with facts from the reports of the 'Society for
the Prevention of Pauperism.', 2d. Act of incorporation, 3d. The
seven annual reports of the society. 4th. Rules and regulations for
the government of the house, 5th. An address delivered by the Rev.
Dr. Stanford, on the opening of the first new building, 6th. Laws
and statutes of the state relative to the House of Refuge."
"Published by permission of the Board of Managers, by Nathaniel C.
Hart, Superintendent."Collation: 311 p., 2] leaves of plates: ill.;
24 cm
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