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Eastern State Penitentiary: Admission and Discharge Books (Roll 393)

Eastern State Penitentiary, Admission and Discharge Books, 1844-1888, 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 chronologically by month. Monthly record books of admissions and discharges to the Eastern State Penitentiary. For admissions the information provided is admission date, inmate number, race, age at admission, gender, physical and mental health, habits, marital status, smallpox vaccination status, hereditary diseases in the family, number of convictions, length of sentence, amount of time spent in county jail, place of birth, and occupation. Discharge information is name of inmate, inmate number, date discharged, race, age when discharged, gender, physical and mental health at time of discharge, health during imprisonment, length of time served, and remarks.
A Collection of Power Library: Pennsylvania’s Electronic Library
APA citation style
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania,. (1844). Eastern State Penitentiary: Admission and Discharge Books (Roll 393). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Aaadbpa_483
MLA citation style
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania,. Eastern State Penitentiary: Admission And Discharge Books (Roll 393). no date. Pennsylvania. Department of Justice, 1844.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania,. “Eastern State Penitentiary: Admission And Discharge Books (Roll 393)”, Admission and Discharge Books (PA) 1844-1888, 1844. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3Aaadbpa_483.
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Title

Eastern State Penitentiary: Admission and Discharge Books (Roll 393)

Subject

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice
Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania
Prisoners
Prisons

Description

Eastern State Penitentiary, Admission and Discharge Books, 1844-1888

Creator

Eastern State Penitentiary of Pennsylvania

Publisher

Pennsylvania. Department of Justice

Department

Department of Justice

Division

Eastern State Penitentiary

Date

1844-1888

Location Covered

Pennsylvania

Type

text

Original Format

microfilm

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

RG15-393

Language

English

Relation

RG 15, Eastern State Penitentiary, Prison Population Records, Series 51, Admission and Discharge Books, 1844-1888

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 chronologically by month. Monthly record books of admissions and discharges to the Eastern State Penitentiary. For admissions the information provided is admission date, inmate number, race, age at admission, gender, physical and mental health, habits, marital status, smallpox vaccination status, hereditary diseases in the family, number of convictions, length of sentence, amount of time spent in county jail, place of birth, and occupation. Discharge information is name of inmate, inmate number, date discharged, race, age when discharged, gender, physical and mental health at time of discharge, health during imprisonment, length of time served, and remarks.