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Thomas Coke Wright (auditor of Greene County and local historian) sends Finley the requested certificate. Wright does not know Finley personally but knows of his reputation through his parents, Sarah Owens Wright and Samuel Wright Jr. Bishop Asbury once stayed in the home of Thomas' grandfather, William Owens, in Norfolk, VA. His mother Sarah was a fine poet who published religious poetry in newspapers and periodicals. She is now deceased. His Methodist father Samuel is still alive. Thomas himself is not a church member. He plans to write a biography of A.J. [Alexander Jay] Hamilton, sentenced to the penitentiary for a burglary in Xenia. He asks Finley to share whatever information he has about this prisoner, now deceased. He is pleased to learn that moral reform is the goal at the Ohio Penitentiary, as the purpose of prison should be reformation and return of the offender to society. Abstract Number - 358

Abstract Number

358

Publication Date

12-30-1847

City

Xenia

Keywords

Francis Asbury; Norfolk, VA; William Owens (1741-1827); Samuel Wright, Jr. (1767-1859); Sarah Owens Wright (1775-1844); Prisoner; Alexander Jay Hamilton; Prisoner Reformation; State Prison Letters

Letter from Thomas Coke Wright to James B. Finley


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