Scope and Contents

Daily inventory, with monthly recapitulations, of the kinds of food, etc. on hand. Also includes records of the individuals or firms from which those stores were purchased.

Scope and Contents Records for each individual prisoner his number; name; age; height; complexion; color of hairs and eyes; marks; place of birth; whether or not naturalized, educated, or married; habits; and occupation. Also gives the date of commitment, term of sentence, date to be discharged, and remarks (usually a reference to the actual discharge). Also included in the volume are records of the provisions consumed in the workhouse hospital during 1847; statements of the sick persons admitted to the...