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Western State Penitentiary: Descriptive Register (Roll 412)

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Descriptive Register, 1826-1876 (Prisoner Nos. 1-5182, not inclusive), This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged numerically by registration number. Indexed internally, alphabetically by surname of inmate. Convict registration book for prisoners received at the Western State Penitentiary. Information provided is registration number, name of inmate and any alias used, age, place of birth, whether bound, occupation, complexion, eye and hair color, height, number of convictions, residence of parents, whether can read or write, whether temperate, marital status, whether a property owner, crime of which convicted, sentence imposed, county and court where tried, date sentenced, and occasional remarks on condition of clothing at time of reception.
A Collection of Power Library: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library
APA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania,. (1826). Western State Penitentiary: Descriptive Register (Roll 412). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A537669
MLA citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Western State Penitentiary: Descriptive Register (Roll 412). no date. Pennsylvania. Department of Justice, 1826.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania. “Western State Penitentiary: Descriptive Register (Roll 412)”, Descriptive Register (PA) 1826-1876, 1826. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A537669.
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Title

Western State Penitentiary: Descriptive Register (Roll 412)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice
State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Prisoners
Prisons
Prison sentences--Statistics

Description

Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Descriptive Register, 1826-1876 (Prisoner Nos. 1-5182, not inclusive)

Creator

State Penitentiary for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice

Department

Department of Justice

Division

Western State Penitentiary

Date

1826-1876

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG15-412

Language

English

Relation

RG 15, Western State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Series 129, Descriptive Register, 1826-1876

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Contact

Commercial use of this image requires permission and may be subject to a fee. Contact Pennsylvania State Archives at http://www.pastatearchives.com

Contributing Institution

Pennsylvania State Archives

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.

Notes

Arranged numerically by registration number. Indexed internally, alphabetically by surname of inmate. Convict registration book for prisoners received at the Western State Penitentiary. Information provided is registration number, name of inmate and any alias used, age, place of birth, whether bound, occupation, complexion, eye and hair color, height, number of convictions, residence of parents, whether can read or write, whether temperate, marital status, whether a property owner, crime of which convicted, sentence imposed, county and court where tried, date sentenced, and occasional remarks on condition of clothing at time of reception.