The rat-trap, or, Cogitations of a convict in the House of Correction

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Main Author:	Snelling, William Joseph, 1804-1848
Corporate Author:	Sabin Americana, 1500-1926
Format:	Online Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : G.N. Thomson, 1837
Subjects:	House of Correction (Boston, Mass.) Prisons > Massachusetts > Boston. Prisoners' writings > Massachusetts > Boston. Prisoners > Massachusetts > Boston. Solitary confinement > Massachusetts > Boston. Prison discipline > Massachusetts > Boston.
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