Josiah Quincy the Great Mayor An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts So
Josiah Quincy the Great Mayor An Address Delivered Before the Massachusetts So
Mellen Chamberlain
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With this board he had a contest. He won ; and, as a result, there were set up on spacious grounds at South Boston, amidst healthful influences, a House of Correction, a House of Industry, and a House for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders. This change, salutary to their inmates, promoted the security and comfort of dwellers in the city proper. Several of these institutions have since been removed to Deer Island, and that for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, which originated with Mr. Q...uincy, attracted the attention of De Tocqueville, sent by the French government in 1832 to inquire into the penitentiary system of the United States. Before Mr. Quincy's time some of the leading religious socie- ties had derived considerable revenue from the sale of burial rights 1 8 in tombs beneath their church edifices. Respectable medical prac- titioners said there was no harm in this ; but Mr, Quincy effect- ually opposed its continuance on the score of public health, and this led to the establishment of extra-mural cemeteries, now so common, of which Mt.
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