John Howard : the prisoner's friend / by L. Orman Cooper.

  • Cooper, L. Orman.
Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: John Howard : the prisoner's friend / by L. Orman Cooper. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / JOHN HOWARD CHArTEK I. THE CHILD. Ills Birth—The Foster-Parent—The Village Home. ATIIEU more tlian a century and a half ago, between the years 1724 and 172G, a baby boy was born to a worthy London tradesman and his wife. September was laying her golden finger on tree and hedgerow when he first saw the light, but whether his birth was in Clapton, Hackney, Enfield, or Smithfield is not definitely known. The monument put up in St. 1’aid’s “ to the memory of this exti'aordinary man,” states that he was born in Hackney. Dr. Aiken, one of his earliest friends and his most accurate biographer, believes Enfield to have lieen his birth])lace.” Mr. rainier, a friend of later years, jioints to a country house in Clapton ; whilst probability also