Tenders resignation as one of the secretaries of the Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. Could have found pleasure and profit in remaining in their service had they continued to pursue the policy which had contributed so much to prison reform.
Will not be able to make meeting. New Jersey legislature authorized building of congregate workshops for 50 convicts. Subcommittee of the Acting Committee should be formed to address the legislature about this. No need for new experiments: Eastern Penitentiary offers an example of this.
Received letter from Mr. Abram Beal of the New York Prison Association asking to be informed whether a convention for prison reform will be held in Philadelphia.
Cheerfully consents to publication of his essay on prisons written at the request of the American Association for the Improvement of Penal and Reformatory Institutions.
