The gaols committee of the House of Commons, 1729
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A select committee investigates conditions in the Fleet Prison in London.
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Sketch for a painting by William Hogarth of the committee that investigated malpractice in the Fleet prison in 1729, chaired by James Oglethorpe. The Committee’s report led to the release of a large number of debtors, and led to the foundation of the new colony of Georgia in America.
