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Book/Printed Material Report on the practicability and necessity of a house of refuge for coloured juvenile delinquents in Philadelphia

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Title

  • Report on the practicability and necessity of a house of refuge for coloured juvenile delinquents in Philadelphia

Names

  • Packard, Frederick A., (Frederick Adolphus), 1794-1867
  • African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Philadelphia : Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, Printers, 1841.

Headings

  • -  House of Refuge (Philadelphia, Pa.)
  • -  Juvenile delinquency--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Notes

  • -  Signed on p. 14: Frederick A. Packard [et al.].
  • -  LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 16622.

Medium

  • 14 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185 .A254 container H, no. 136

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 92838004

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Packard, Frederick A, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Report on the practicability and necessity of a house of refuge for coloured juvenile delinquents in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, Printers, 1841. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92838004/.

APA citation style:

Packard, F. A. & African American Pamphlet Collection. (1841) Report on the practicability and necessity of a house of refuge for coloured juvenile delinquents in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, Printers. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/92838004/.

MLA citation style:

Packard, Frederick A, and African American Pamphlet Collection. Report on the practicability and necessity of a house of refuge for coloured juvenile delinquents in Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, Printers, 1841. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/92838004/>.