"Addressed: Maryland Penitentiary, Baltimore, January 1st, 1838. To His Excellency, Thomas W. Veazey, Governor of Maryland."--Page [1].
Signed: "William McDonald, President on behalf of the Board of Directors."--Page 5.
"Reply of the Directors to the charges against the penitentiary."--pages [25]-41. Previously published separately (Baltimore: Printed by J.W. Woods., 1837). (Checklist Amer. imprints 45459).
"Answer of the directors of the penitentiary, to the inquiry of the committee of the legislature. As to the effect of pentientiary labor upon the mechanics of Baltimore."-- pages [43]-47. Previously published separately ([Baltimore?, 1837]). (Not in Checklist Amer. imprints).
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.