WEST VIRGINIA PENITENTIARY

WV PENITENTIARY

National Register Nomination

Prepared by Katherine M. Jourdan, West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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FOOTNOTES

(1)ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT ITS 5TH SESSION COMMENCING JANUARY 15TH, 1967. (Wheeling: John Frew, 1867), p. 17.(2)ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA AT ITS 6TH SESSION COMMENING JANUARY 21ST, 1868. (Wheeling: John Frew, 1868), p. 125.(3)Orlando F.Lewis, THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN PRISONS AND PRISON CUSTOMS, 1776-1856. (Montclair, NJ: Patterson Smith, 1967). p. 77(4)REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PENITENTIARY, (Wheeling, W. J. Johnson, 1881), p. 4.(5)Joseph Platania, "A Tough Joint", GOLDENSEAL, Summer 1995, p. 42.(6)Report of the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Penitentiary, (Charleston: Moses W. Donnally, 1888), p. 10.(7)"Prison Life In 1926", THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLBILLY, October 25, 1990, p. 5.

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