'Thoughts on Convict Management by Captain Maconochie, R. N., K. H. Hobart Town May 1838'

DLMS 4

fonds

May 1838

946094

1 volume of textual material (13, 62 leaves) - manuscript - 20.5 cm., 25 cm.

Manuscript fair copy with annotations, mainly quotations in the handwriting of A. Maconochie
Manuscript covers portion of Part 1 of Maconochie's work entitled 'Thoughts on Convict Management' published in Hobart in 1838. Pages 27-65 show that he circulated his papers asking for comments. This manuscript is preceded by 13 leaves of comments by a contemporary

This volume consists of:
Comments (13 leaves)
Preface (which differs from that published in either the Tasmanian or the English edition)
Summary of papers on convict discipline sent home, 30 September 1837
On the report that prisoners shall in future only be sent to Van Diemen's Land, etc
On different systems of managing criminals
On the best means of passing from the present system of convict management to the one recommended
On degradation as a punishment

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -

Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.

Transferred from DLSPENCER 25