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The three following Letters relate to a fubje^n: df 

 fo intcrefiing a nature to the peace and welfare 

 of the community at large, that although they 

 do not come immediately within the plan of 

 our publication, we think no other apology 

 neceflary for inferting them. 



Article XXVIIL 



An account of the Origin, Pr:grefs, and RcgidationSy 

 zvith a Defcription of the nezvly eflablifljed Erideifell^ 

 or Penitentiary Houfe^ at IVyniondham^ in Norfolk. 



LETTER L 



From Sir Thomas B£EvcR,bart. to the Secretary. 

 Sir, 



ONE avocation in which I have lately been 

 engaged, I will relate to you. Having read 

 Mr. Howard's book defcribing the ftate and con- 

 dition of our prifons, it naturally led my thoughts 

 to that fubjecl. The idea that as many -prifoners 

 died yearly in England by the gaol diftcmper as by all 

 the executions put together \ and the accounts of the 

 dilTolutenefs and profligacy, which by the inter- 

 mixture of them were learnt and pradlifed in thofe 

 places of confinement; determined me to attempt, 

 at Icaft, a reformation of thofe crying evils in 

 this county. 



0^2 Happily 



