Death Warrants File, March 1883-February 1884, 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 date of death warrant. Indexed internally, alphabetically by surname of inmate. Records of death warrants issued. Information provided is name of warden, name of inmate, nature of crime, name of court in which convicted and place where tried, period authorized for the execution to occur, method of execution imposed, date of conviction, and date of execution. In most cases the name of the official responsible for carrying out the sentence is also given and occasionally present are clemency petitions and trial transcripts. Included are case files relating to a number of alleged members of the Molly Maguires, a secret labor organization of Irish-American anthracite coal miners that was active in northeastern Pennsylvania from 1865-1875. Disclaimer: Not all records in this series are digitized. Please visit the PA State Archives to see the rest of the collection.
