Elizabeth Gurney Fry letter to unidentified Quaker acquaintance

Item Info

Title:
Elizabeth Gurney Fry letter to unidentified Quaker acquaintance
Date:
September 23, 1841
Creator:
Fry, Elizabeth Gurney, 1780-1845
Description:
Letter is to an unidentified Quaker acquaintance describing a German prison. Fry focuses on women prisoners, crowded prison hospitals, and the use of iron restraints. Fry requested that the recipient intercede with the king to improve conditions.
Subject:
Format:
correspondence
Language:
English
Extent:
1 item
Digital Collection:
Elizabeth Gurney Fry letter to unidentified Quaker acquaintance, 1841 Sept. 23.
Catalog Record:
https://search.library.duke.edu/nde/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01DUKE_INST:DUKE&search_scope=MyInstitution&docid=alma990010249800108501
Provenance:
Purchase, 1986
Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0
Identifier:
  • 990010249800108501
  • secst0948
  • ark:/87924/r4m90d866
  • 7ee1e97d-2bad-4674-b616-4da097fc0ab5
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