Guide to the Rhode Island State Prison and Providence County Jail records
, 1789-1972
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Archives
337 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-222-2353
Fax: 401-222-3199
email: statearchives@sos.ri.gov
Published in 2009
Collection Overview
| Title: |
Rhode Island State Prison and Providence County Jail records |
| Date range: |
1789-1972 |
| Creator: |
Rhode Island State Prison (Providence, R.I.) |
| Extent: |
95.8 cubic feet other
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| Abstract: |
The Rhode Island State Prison and Providence County Jail records contain information on all aspects of the administration of the Providence County Prison and the Rhode Island State Prison over a span of nearly two hundred years. It also provides a wealth of information on those incarcerated. The collection contains correspondence, legal papers, reports, logs and registers, medical records and financial papers. |
| Language of materials: |
English |
| Repository: |
Rhode Island State Archives
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| Collection number: |
490 |
Scope & content
This collection consists of records, spanning the years 1807 to 1972 and includes records from the Providence County Jail as well as the State Prison. Most of the items are bound volumes which include commitments, discharges, punishment or discipline books, inmate logs, and correspondence. Other items include visitors' passes, sports statistics log, and guards' daily log. Many of these items include such information as nativity, crime, sentence, time served,, cell #, religion, family members and occupation. In addition, financial records include actual invoices submitted from various businesses serving the prison, monthly bill ledgers, debtor cash books, and cash account books. One interesting item is a debtor ledger (1839-1848) or "Creditors for Debtors Board" which lists the names of those who incurred the debt on behalf of the prisoner. This item includes such information as length of stay, attorneys' names, and total cash owed and received. Administrative records include the warden's monthly reports (1848-1872 with gaps), prisoner industry production ledgers (1913-1914, 1914-1916), requisitions, and sales book, monthly stock books, prisoner expense ledgers, a store ledger (noted as "variety store") and day books. Physician Records include medical books which indicate ailments and treatments of prisoners, clinical charts, an assessment book, and hospital inspection logs.
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Subject Organizations
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Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series:
- Series 1. Administration Records
- Series 2. Financial Records
- Series 3. Prisoner Records
- Series 4. Physician’s Records
Historical note
The State Prison was originally located on Gaspee Street, north of the Cove Basin. This structure was completed in 1838 and the Providence County Jail was added a year later. The warden of the state prison also served as the jailer. By 1874 a report was issued by the State Prison Commission recommending the building and relocation of a new state prison to the area known as the "State Farm" located in Cranston, about seven miles from the city of Providence. By 1883 this area housed the following institutions: the State Workhouse and House of Correction, the State Asylum for the Incurable Insane, the State Almshouse, the State Prison (1878 ), the Providence County Jail, the Oaklawn School for Girls (1884) and the Sockanosset School for Boys (1884). The management of the State Institutions in Cranston was vested in the Board of State Charities and Corrections.
Access & Use
| Access to the collection: |
No special restrictions unless otherwise specified. |
| Use of the materials: |
Copyright is in the public domain unless otherwise specified. We reserve the right to restrict reproduction of materials due to preservation concerns. |
| Preferred citation: |
Rhode Island State Prison and Providence County Jail records, 490, Rhode Island State Archives. |
| Contact information: |
Rhode Island State Archives
Rhode Island State Archives
337 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-222-2353
Fax: 401-222-3199
email: statearchives@sos.ri.gov
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Administrative Information
| ABOUT THE COLLECTION |
| Acquisition: |
Transferred from Rhode Island State Prison in 1995. |
| Processing information: |
Processed in 1995 by Tracey Croce |
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| ABOUT THE FINDING AID |
| Author: |
Finding aid prepared by Kate Telford. |
| Encoding: |
Finding aid encoded by Kate Telford
2009 March 24 |
| Descriptive rules: |
Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) |
Additional Information
| Related material: |
Account Bk, Joseph Clarke - General Treasurer (1761-92, C#1226"Art Work of Providence"Annual Reports of the Board of Charities and Corrections, 1869-1915Charities and Corrections - Papers 1903-1961, C#00524Committee on Prison IndustriesDeeds - Records of the General Treasurer, Bond relative to building Gaol in Prov., C#1307Index to Reports, C#00261, Investigation ... of the Providence Reform School - 1869Members of Charities and Corrections (Album) 1880-9, C#00345Newport, Commitment and Discharges, 1835-1845, C#00597Petitions to Governor - Prisoner's Pardons, 1830-1869, C#1184Photographs of Properties near the State FarmPrison Records - 1789-1980Proposed Resolutions 1871Providence Gaol Plans - 1819, C#1296Punishments for Murder - 1905Report ...on the Subject of Capital Punishment, 1852Report …to Investigate the Management of the State Institutions, 1888Report of Prisoners in the Providence County Jail, 1875, C#00078State Inspection Reports - 1872-1874, C#1320State Jail at Newport 1825-1833State Jail at Newport, 1825-1833, C#00451State Prison Photograph - Preston Coll, C#858State Prison Reports - 1837-1870 (various), C#00490State Prison Reports - 1871-1874, C#00490Petition to General Assembly to Extension of Gaol Bounds in the City of Providence - 1819State Of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: A History Volume III, Chapter V,: The Poor, The Defective and the Criminal" pp 389-490 (1902)Fifth Annual Report of the R.I. State Prison, Commission (1874-1879) - includes maps and plans at the State LibraryMAP DATABASE:M-8, 1883MAP DATABASE:M-7.2, n.d.MAP DATABASE:M-60, 1927MAP DATABASE:M171, n.d. |
Inventory
Series 1. Administration Records
Administrative Records - Collection #490
| Box 1, Folder 4 |
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City of Providence Commitments
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04-01-1878 to 12-31-1906 |
| Box 1, Folder 1 |
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Guards Log - Wing Traffic
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01-01-1978 to 04-30-1978 |
| Box 1, Folder 2 |
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Discharge Sheets
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01-01-1919 to 12-31-1921 |
| Box 14, Folder 4 |
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Congressional Globe
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12-01-1859 to 06-30-1862 |
| Box 15, Folder 7 |
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U.S. Census of 1890-Statistics
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01-01-1890 to 01-01-1894 |
| Box 16, Folder 2 |
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U.S. Census of 1890-Statistics
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01-01-1890 to 12-31-1894 |
| Box 16, Folder 1 |
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U.S. Census of 1850-Statistics
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01-01-1850 to 12-31-1853 |
| Box 16, Folder 1 |
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U.S. Census of 1910-Statistics
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01-01-1910 to 12-31-1911 |
| Box 21, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence-Exhibit Court Case
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05-01-1872 to 01-31-1885 |
| Box 21, Folder 2 |
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Correspondece-Warden, Outgoing
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01-01-1901 to 12-31-1908 |
| Box 26, Folder 4 |
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Misc. Published Reports
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01-01-1894 to 12-31-1900 |
| Box 32, Folder 4 |
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House of Corrections
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01-01-1858 to 12-31-1871 |
| Box 33, Folder 2 |
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Monthly Record of Prisoners Board
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01-01-1912 to 12-31-1923 |
| Box 33, Folder 1 |
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Warden's Message Book
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01-01-1907 to 12-31-1911 |
| Box 34, Folder 1 |
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Guard's Log
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01-01-1969 to 05-31-1969 |
| Box 37, Folder 1 |
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Board of Prison Inspectors Minutes
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01-01-1838 to 12-31-1869 |
| Box 37, Folder 2 |
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Officers Time Books
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01-01-1896 to 12-31-1922 |
| Box 50, Folder 1 |
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Daybook and Journals
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01-01-1854 to 12-31-1863 |
| Box 50, Folder 1 |
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Docket
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01-01-1877 to 12-31-1883 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Misc. Published Report
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01-01-1919 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 55, Folder 4 |
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House of Corrections
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01-01-1853 to 12-31-1879 |
Administrative Records - Collection #1995-291
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: List of inmates committed for trial.
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1845 |
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: July report.
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1850 |
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: September report.
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1853 |
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Inspection of prisons and Fire Insurance Policy.
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1859 |
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Bail bonds.
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1866 |
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Certificates of Warden's Election and Sureties.
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Mittimus (writ instructing a jailer to hold a prisoner).
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Receipts.
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Statement of accounts.
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Correspondence and Invoices
Contents Note: Warrants for arrest.
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Wanted Poster of Julius K. Dillmans
Contents Note: From Boston Police Department. Sent out to other prisons- annotated.
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1907 |
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Warrant for Larceny of Alexander Girad
Contents Note: From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Includes typed note from Thomas Lynch, Marshall of the City of Holyoke, Ma. to Andrew J., Wilcox, Sheriff (March 25, 1908)
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1907 November 30 |
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An Act Prescribing the Forms of Writs and the Manner of Serving Them
Contents Note: Enacted by the General Assembly.
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undated |
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Warden's Monthly Reports
Contents Note: Submitted to the Board of Inspection of the State Prison which documents conditions and operation of the prison for the respective month. Information includes total number of inmates, number committed and discharged, cash paid and received, and staff salaries,
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1848-1854, 1855-1872 |
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Warden's (Periodic) Reports
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1850 October 1-1851 May 31 |
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Warden's (Periodic) Reports
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1851 May 21-1851 September 20 |
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Inspection Log (Deputy Warden's Prison- Jail and Cells)
Contents Note: Lists periodic inspections by date.
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1905-1906 |
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Brazilian Passport of Nelson Viall with seal
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1854 |
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Prisoner Industry Production Ledger
Contents Note: An official record of work done for the Crescent Garment Co. by the State of Rhode Island - signed G.A. Woodbury.
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1913-1914 |
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Prisoner Industry Production Ledger
Contents Note: Lower North (shop)- daily production output of clothing by week ending date.
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1914-1916 |
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Requisitions-(Penny Post Cards)
Contents Note: Requests for products from prison industry (e.g. oak seats, cottage seats, rocker backs, lady dinning seats) includes notes confirming orders and exchange of goods (oak seats for bales of cane). Correspondents are Philander Derby from Gardner Ma. and Mellish Byfield and Co., from Boston (619 Albany Street).
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1875-1877 |
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Requisitions ("Chair Seat" Ledger)
Contents Note: Relating to prison production of oak seats. Lists accounts and suppliers.
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1874-1876 |
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Sales Book of Prison and Jail
Contents Note: Items sold to outside concerns (e.g. tables, cupboards, chests).
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1947-1950 |
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Monthly Stock Book (Yard Book)
Contents Note: From root cellar indicating produce received "From Farm" and "Shipped Out" from various departments within prison compound (e.g. kitchen, men's reformatory, girls school, hospital etc.).
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1934-1935 |
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Monthly Stock Book (Yard Book)
Contents Note: From root cellar indicating produce received "From Farm" and "Shipped Out" from various departments within prison compound (e.g. kitchen, men's reformatory, girls school, hospital etc.).
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1935-1936 |
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Monthly Stock Book (Yard Book)
Contents Note: From root cellar indicating produce received "From Farm" and "Shipped Out" from various departments within prison compound (e.g. kitchen, men's reformatory, girls school, hospital etc.).
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1935-1937 |
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Prisoner Expense Ledger (Tobacco Books)
Contents Note: Orders from inmates and lists names and costs.
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1928-1930 |
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Prisoner Expense Ledger (Tobacco Books)
Contents Note: Orders from inmates and lists names and costs.
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1930-1931 |
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Prisoner Expense Ledger
Contents Note: For liquor, dinner, milk, clothing etc. and includes signatures of prisoners.
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1808-1809 |
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Prisoner Expense Ledger
Contents Note: For liquor, dinner, milk, clothing etc. and includes signatures of prisoners.
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1811-1813 |
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Prisoner Expense Ledger
Contents Note: For liquor, dinner, milk, clothing etc. and includes signatures of prisoners.
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1818-1822 |
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Provision Record
Contents Note: Itemized account of food used.
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1934-1935 |
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Prison Store Ledger
Contents Note: Lists items purchased. Noted as "Variety Store" and Souvenir Store.
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1904-1909 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1824-1825 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1825-1826 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1841-1842 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1842-1843 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1845-1849 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1847-1852 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1880-1909 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1887-1889 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1896-1901 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1933-1935 |
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Expense Ledger (Day Book and Journal)
Contents Note: Organized by department (e.g. shoe shop, piggery and root cellar, furniture, library, moving pictures, medical supplies, books and stationary, athletics etc.) May include profit and loss statements, vendor list and inventories.
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1935-1939 |
Series 2. Financial Records
Financial Records - Collection #490
| Box 23, Folder 19 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books
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04-01-1879 to 12-31-1909 |
| Box 24, Folder 2 |
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Invoices
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08-01-1879 to 02-28-1900 |
| Box 25, Folder 19 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books
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01-01-1900 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 26, Folder 6 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books
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01-01-1910 to 12-31-1924 |
| Box 26, Folder 4 |
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Prisoner Industry Production Record
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01-01-1900 to 01-31-1918 |
| Box 26, Folder 2 |
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Journals-Cash-Prisoners
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09-01-1915 to 07-31-1921 |
| Box 27, Folder 10 |
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Accounts
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01-01-1830 to 12-31-1859 |
| Box 28, Folder 11 |
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Accounts
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01-01-1860 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 29, Folder 9 |
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Accounts
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01-01-1910 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 30, Folder 7 |
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Accounts
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01-01-1900 to 12-31-1929 |
| Box 31, Folder 7 |
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Accounts
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01-01-1820 to 12-31-1869 |
| Box 34, Folder 2 |
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Prisoner Ledgers-Unidentified
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01-01-1906 to 12-31-1914 |
| Box 34, Folder 1 |
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Daily Provision Record
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01-01-1872 to 05-31-1876 |
| Box 34, Folder 1 |
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Monthly Stock Book
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01-01-1913 to 12-31-1913 |
| Box 35, Folder 5 |
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Clothing Books
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1902 |
| Box 36, Folder 7 |
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Clothing Books
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01-01-1900 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 37, Folder 5 |
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Clothing Books
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01-01-1910 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 49, Folder 5 |
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Requisitions
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01-01-1880 to 12-31-1889 |
| Box 50, Folder 6 |
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Requisitions
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01-01-1880 to 12-31-1917 |
Financial Records - Collection #1995-291
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Invoices
Contents Note: Bound volumes of actual bills pasted into ledger from various businesses serving the prison.
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1900-1902 |
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Invoices
Contents Note: Bound volumes of actual bills pasted into ledger from various businesses serving the prison. Includes additional foldered items: two 6 x 8 Ferrotypes entitled "The Male is Late", photograph of unidentified male, advertisement from Collier's magazine (1910) and eight Master Cards (1935-51 w/ gaps).
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1911-1912 |
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Invoices (of Purchases)
Contents Note: Lists expenses by month of items purchases plus additional foldered items: clippings, text of "John Brown Song" and letter addressed to Charles Hayward
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1842-1849 |
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Debtor Cash Book
Contents Note: Records of receipt and payment.
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1869-1902 |
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Debtor Cash Book
Contents Note: Records of receipt and payment.
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1886-1895 |
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Debtor Cash Book
Contents Note: Records of receipt and payment.
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1914 |
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Debtor Cash Book
Contents Note: Records of receipt and payment.
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1921-1931 |
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Debtor Ledger (Creditors for Debtors Board)
Contents Note: Usually in account with the prison or jail, lists names of those who incurred the debt on behalf of a prisoner. Includes attorneys' names, length of stay, total owed and cash received.
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1839-1848 |
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Debtor Ledger (Creditors for Debtors Board)
Contents Note: Usually in account with the prison or jail, lists names of those who incurred the debt on behalf of a prisoner. Includes attorneys' names, length of stay, total owed and cash received.
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1869-1902 |
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Cash Account Book and Log
Contents Note: For items purchased (e,g, fish, scouring brick, paper, peas). Also lists doctor's visits and other activities by day and month. Maintained by warder or jailer (e.g. State of Rhode Island in account with Thomas Cleveland - jailer)
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1838-1842 |
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Cash Account Book and Log
Contents Note: For items purchased (e,g, fish, scouring brick, paper, peas). Also lists doctor's visits and other activities by day and month. Maintained by warder or jailer (e.g. State of Rhode Island in account with Thomas Cleveland - jailer)
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1839-1843 |
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Cash Account Books
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1842-1844 |
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Cash Account Books
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1853-1855 |
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Cash Account Books
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1924-1927 |
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Cash Account Books
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1927-1930 |
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Petty Cash Book
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1858-1861 |
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Letterpress Book
Contents Note: Japanese paper copying book used for household accounts
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1893 |
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Record of Prisoners' Board (Jail Fees)
Contents Note: Cash paid for jail fees and board for prisoners.
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1850-1861 |
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Record of Prisoners' Board (Jail Fees)
Contents Note: Cash paid for jail fees and board for prisoners.
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1861-1874 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books (Time Books)
Contents Note: North Shop. Lists name, days worked, total time, rate per day and total amount.
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1863-1865 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books (Time Books)
Contents Note: State Prison. Lists name, days worked, total time, rate per day and total amount.
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1868-1870 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books (Time Books)
Contents Note: Upper Shoe Shop. Lists name, days worked, total time, rate per day and total amount.
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1883-1887 |
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Prisoner Shop Time Books (Time Books)
Contents Note: Lists name, days worked, total time, rate per day and total amount.
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1924-1928 |
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Prisoner Ledger(City Bills)
Contents Note: Costs of board for prisoners in Providence County Jail.
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1870-1875 |
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Prisoner Ledger(City Bills)
Contents Note: Costs of board for prisoners in Providence County Jail.
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1876-1883 |
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Prisoner Ledger(City Bills)
Contents Note: Costs of board for prisoners in Providence County Jail.
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1883-1888 |
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Prisoner Ledger(Town Bills)
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1883-1892 |
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Convict Labor Ledger
Contents Note: Lists amounts of convict labor.
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1840-1848 |
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Prisoner Ledger(City Bills)
Contents Note: Costs of board for prisoners in Providence County Jail.
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1841-1850 |
Series 3. Prisoner Records
Prisoner Records
Prisoner Records - Collection #1995-291
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1841-1842 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1847-1849 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1849-1853 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes statistics for 1848-1854.
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1847-1855 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1851-1853 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1859-1877 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1861-1863 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1867 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1869-1870 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1873-1877 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes fines/no discharges/no jail term.
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1874-1875 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1877-1879 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1879-1880 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1883-1894 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1890 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book
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1890-1893 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book- Newport
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1891-1894 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book- Newport
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18943-1896 |
| Box 1 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes discharge list for 1911.
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1894-1900 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1895-1900 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book- Newport
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1899-1900 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1901-1902 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book- Newport
Contents Note: Includes letters.
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1902-1903 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book- Newport
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1905-1907 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1910-1916 |
| Box 2 |
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Gaol Book
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1919-1920 |
| Box 3 |
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Gaol Book
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1919-1924 |
| Box 3 |
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Gaol Book
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1921-1924 |
| Box 4 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1923-1924 |
| Box 4 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1924-1929 |
| Box 4 |
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Gaol Book
Contents Note: Includes index.
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1927-1933 |
| Box 5 |
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Gaol Book
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1932-1941 |
| Box 5 |
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Gaol Book
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1936-1937 |
| Box 6 |
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Gaol Book
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1947-1949 |
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Discharges (State Prison Docket)
Contents Note: Lists name, nativity, crime, sentence, when and how discharged. female names in red ink. Notation on title page "Capital punishment abolished February 11, 1852". Includes a list of prisoners buried in prison cemetery and foldered items. (list of pardons - 1912)
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1838-1930 |
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Discharges
Contents Note: lists names, sentence, cell#, date discharged, clothing description
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1869-1893 |
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Discharges
Contents Note: Minor offenses
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1874-1876 |
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Discharges
Contents Note: Notation on back page: "For first time in history of the prison there were no patients in the Hospital May 27, 1909."
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1908-1910 |
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Discharges
Contents Note: Jailed Prisoners at Suit of State
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1946-1950 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: County-Jail Wing
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1905 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Annex Report Book
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1906 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: County Jail
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1908 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: AJ Davis
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1908 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Day Officer
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1908 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: County Jail
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1909 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Mr. Davis
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1909 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: County-Jail Wing
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1905 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Day Officers
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1910 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Henry S. Spaulding's Report Book
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1910 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Night Watch Report Book
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1910 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Report Book Annex #2
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1910 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Jail Wing Report Book
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1912 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Mr. Gardner's Report Book
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1912 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Mr. Hilt's Report Book
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1913 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Mr. Kinsley's Report Book
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1913 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books (Report Books)
Contents Note: Shop Entry Report Book
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1913 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1871-1878 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1889-1896 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1896-1901 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1900-1902 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1902-1908 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1908-1909 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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1923 |
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Punishment- Discipline Books
Contents Note: Daily reports by month of types of offenses and punishments. May include index.
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undated |
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Sentence Register
Contents Note: Arranged by state and county jails for minor offenses (drunkenness and thief) and includes costs to town (jail fee, cost of daily imprisonment) and dates in and out. Item also includes State Prison Library Register (library items by number) and notes prisoner's literacy (i.e. "can't read")
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1856-1857 |
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Intake Register
Contents Note: Lists names and dates of entry and includes Reformatory and Providence County Jail.
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1921-1925 |
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Intake Register
Contents Note: Lists names and dates of entry and includes Reformatory and Providence County Jail.
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1925-1928 |
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Inmate Log
Contents Note: Lists name, nativity, age, religion, family members, marital status, occupation, alleged crime, previous record, name and address of parents or spouse, bail costs. Includes notes by officer or warden in red ink citing officers opinions or comments expressed by said inmate.
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undated |
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Inmate Log (Register)
Contents Note: organized by month for entire prison system (Newport, Pawtucket, East Providence etc.) and includes summaries and foldered items: Gospel Tract Calendar (1920), 4.5 x 2.5 photo of unidentified male, 3.25 x 6.25 card of information containing dates of entry into W.W.I of allied countries courtesy of B. Flink and Son Wholesale Flour and Groceries, Providence, R.I., three invoice statements for prison purchases of meat, milk and other products, typed copy of a poem by Emily Tupper Bendit, two calendars for the years 1918 and 1919
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1915-1920 |
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Correspondence- Prisoners
Contents Note: Log written in the hand of William A. Brown, Hall keeper and C.L. Sherman. Copies of letters sent out by prisoners. Top portion is unreadable due to water damage. Contains some loose letters.
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1876 |
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Visitor's Passes
Contents Note: Indicates name, address and relationship.
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1913 March 30-1913 May 8 |
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Assignments
Contents Note: Lists names of prisoners and those who have brought suit against them. Includes bail bonds of Joseph H. Hull, 1903.
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1876-1889 |
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Sports Statistics Log
Contents Note: Lists sports program conducted for inmates on holidays and includes names of 1st and 2nd place winners.
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1893-1898 |
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Annex Log- Men In/Out
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1908 |
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Guard's Log (Daily Log)
Contents Note: Log maintained by staff noting name, time and date of confinement, reason for confinement, doctor visits, remarks by inmate and dates of release
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1955-1959 |
Series 4. Physician Records
Physician Records - Collection #490
| Box 22, Folder 10 |
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Physician's Records
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02-01-1854 to 01-31-1902 |
Physician Records - Collection #1995-291
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Medical Books
Contents Note: Records indicate aliments and treatment of prisoners. Spans 1891-1905 (with gaps 1892, 1894-5) 18 vols.
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1891-1905 |
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Monthly Clinical Charts
Contents Note: Detailing temperature, pulse beats per minute and respirations per minute (with clippings).
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1913-1917 |
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Assessment Book
Contents Note: Indicates state of health, mind, body, habits and mode of life.
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1838-1854 |
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Record Books
Contents Note: Indicates ailments and treatment of prisoners.
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1884-1888 |
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Record Books
Contents Note: Indicates ailments and treatment of prisoners.
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1895-1896 |
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Record Books
Contents Note: Indicates ailments and treatment of prisoners.
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1898-1899 |
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Record Books
Contents Note: Indicates ailments and treatment of prisoners.
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1900-1901 |
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Admittance and Discharges (Rear Room Hospital)
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1952-1961 |
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Inspection Logs (Hospital Log)
Contents Note: Inspections of hospital rear room.
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1959-1960 |
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Inspection Logs (Hospital Log)
Contents Note: Inspections of hospital rear room.
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1960-1961 |
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Inspection Logs (Hospital Log)
Contents Note: Inspections of hospital rear room.
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1970 |
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Inspection Logs (Hospital Log)
Contents Note: Inspections of hospital rear room.
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1971-1972 |
Prisoner Records - Collection #490
| Box 2, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #1)
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01-01-1843 to 12-31-1848 |
| Box 3, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #1)
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01-01-1849 to 02-28-1855 |
| Box 4, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #1)
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09-01-1855 to 11-30-1863 |
| Box 5, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #2)
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01-01-1868 to 01-01-1875 |
| Box 6, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #2)
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01-01-1875 to 03-31-1884 |
| Box 7, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #2)
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04-01-1885 to 09-30-1891 |
| Box 8, Folder 2 |
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Criminal (Series #2)
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09-01-1891 to 03-31-1893 |
| Box 8, Folder 3 |
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Criminal (Series #3)
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08-01-1894 to 02-28-1897 |
| Box 9, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #3)
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02-01-1897 to 05-31-1901 |
| Box 10, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #3)
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02-01-1902 to 01-31-1906 |
| Box 11, Folder 5 |
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Criminal (Series #3)
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04-01-1908 to 08-31-1912 |
| Box 12, Folder 1 |
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Criminal (Series #3)
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08-01-1912 to 05-31-1913 |
| Box 12, Folder 4 |
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Debtor
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01-01-1840 to 12-31-1858 |
| Box 13, Folder 5 |
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Debtor
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03-01-1860 to 02-28-1883 |
| Box 14, Folder 1 |
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Debtor
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05-01-1894 to 08-31-1902 |
| Box 17, Folder 6 |
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Gaol or Jail Books
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12-01-1789 to 06-30-1813 |
| Box 18, Folder 5 |
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Gaol or Jail Books
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05-01-1813 to 08-31-1819 |
| Box 19, Folder 5 |
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Gaol or Jail Books
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08-01-1819 to 02-28-1829 |
| Box 20, Folder 4 |
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Gaol or Jail Books
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02-01-1829 to 05-31-1837 |
| Box 21, Folder 2 |
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Gaol or Jail Books
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10-01-1832 to 01-31-1837 |
| Box 21, Folder 1 |
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Correspondence-Prisoners
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01-01-1891 to 12-31-1906 |
| Box 34, Folder 6 |
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Nativity Records
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01-01-1878 to 04-30-1915 |
| Box 37, Folder 1 |
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Prisoner Ledger Crimes
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01-01-1876 to 12-31-1902 |
| Box 38, Folder 15 |
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Annex Log-Men In/Out
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01-01-1905 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 39, Folder 9 |
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Daily Reports- Discharges and Commitments
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1908 |
| Box 40, Folder 9 |
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Daily Reports- Discharges and Commitments
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01-01-1900 to 12-31-1919 |
| Box 41, Folder 3 |
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Visitor Register
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03-01-1909 to 10-31-1927 |
| Box 41, Folder 7 |
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Daily Reports- Discharges and Commitments
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1926 |
| Box 42, Folder 9 |
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Discharge Ledger
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01-01-1854 to 12-31-1975 |
| Box 43, Folder 6 |
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Discharge Ledger
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01-01-1970 to 12-31-1980 |
| Box 44, Folder 7 |
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Prisoner Ledger-Towns
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1899 |
| Box 45, Folder 4 |
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Prisoner Ledger-Towns
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01-01-1900 to 12-31-1917 |
| Box 45, Folder 1 |
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Prisoner Profiles
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01-01-1860 to 12-31-1890 |
| Box 46, Folder 8 |
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Dockets
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01-01-1855 to 12-31-1879 |
| Box 47, Folder 9 |
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Journal Commitments and Discharges
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1879 |
| Box 48, Folder 8 |
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Daybook and Journals
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01-01-1837 to 12-31-1909 |
| Box 32, Folder 4 |
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Visitors Logs
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01-01-1903 to 12-31-1918 |
| Box 51, Folder 11 |
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Punishment-Discipline Books
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01-01-1843 to 12-31-1909 |
| Box 52, Folder 6 |
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Reading Material Records
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01-01-1890 to 12-31-1930 |
| Box 52, Folder 2 |
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Nativity Books
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01-01-1890 to 12-31-1902 |
| Box 52, Folder 1 |
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Punishment-Discipline Books
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01-01-1909 to 12-31-1917 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Visitors Log
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01-01-1885 to 12-31-1897 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Energy Consumption Journal
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01-01-1914 to 12-31-1916 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Prisoner Statistics-Towns
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01-01-1905 to 12-31-1912 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Journal Commitments and Discharges
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01-01-1911 to 12-31-1912 |
| Box 53, Folder 2 |
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Prisoner Ledger
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01-01-1840 to 12-31-1899 |
| Box 53, Folder 1 |
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Unidentified Ledger
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01-01-1912 to 12-31-1914 |
| Box 54, Folder 2 |
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Punishment-Discipline Books
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01-01-1870 to 12-31-1879 |
| Box 54, Folder 1 |
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Reading Material Record
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undated |
| Box 54, Folder 1 |
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Nativity Book
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01-01-1855 to 12-31-1860 |