Congress of the United States: At the third session, begun and held at the city of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety.
Subtitle: Whereas Congress did ... recommend to the several states to pass laws making it expressly the duty of the keepers of their jails to receive and safe keep therein all prisoners ... resolved ... that in case any state shall not have complied ... the marshal ... be authorised to hire a convenient place to serve as a temporary jail ..
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 23881.
Publisher: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine
Published: 1791
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Prisons -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Prisons -- United States.
Notes: "Approved, March the third, 1791."

Francis Childs and John Swaine were printers to the Congress in 1791.

Printed area measures 17.0 x 11.3 cm.

Evans 23881.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23881)