MEMOIRS

OF THE

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE

OF

JOHN HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST.

Fac simile of his own inscription for his monument.

Jehn Howard Died Aged-
My Hope is in Christ

OF THE

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE

OF

JOHN HOWARD, THE PHILANTHROPIST;

COMPILED FROM

HIS OWN DIARY, IN THE POSSESSION OF HIS FAMILY; HIS CONFIDENTIAL LETTERS; THE COMMUNICATIONS OF HIS SURVIVING RELATIVES

AND FRIENDS; AND OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES

OF INFORMATION.

BY

JAMES BALDWIN BROWN, Esq. LL. D.

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

SECOND EDITION.

When the ear beard him, then it blessed him; and when the eye saw him it gave witness to him. Because he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessings of him that was ready to perish came upon him : and he caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. — Job, xxix. 11—13.

Sine dubio magnus omnium judicio hic vir extitit. - Cornelius Nepos in Timol.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THOMAS AND GEORGE UNDERWOOD,
32, FLEET STREET; THOMAS TEGG, CHEAPSIDE; AND

F. WESTLEY, STATIONERS' COURT.

1823.