The records of the Almshouse ledgers represent the activities of the institutions under the purview of various city departments on Blackwell’s Island. Records date from 1758 to 1952, with the bulk of the records falling between 1832 and 1925. These records document the social service, cultural, medical, and corrections histories of New York City. This collection was processed by the Municipal Archives in 2016 under a grant funded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Almshouse ledgers collection
Ledger combines all elements of the separate admissions and discharge ledgers. Column headers are as follows: Date Admitted, Name, Age, Occupation, Where From or Born, Complaints, By Whom Sent/By Whose Order, Location/Ward No., Date of Discharge, Date of Death, Remarks. Some pages have "Census" written across the top and include the same above information. Other pages have no column headings. Arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
Ledger combines all elements of the separate admissions and discharge ledgers. Column headers are as follows: Date Admitted, Name, Age, Occupation, Where From or Born, Complaints, By Whom Sent/By Whose Order, Location/Ward No., Date of Discharge, Date of Death, Remarks. Some pages have "Census" written across the top and include the same above information. Other pages have no column headings. Arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
This volume combines all elements of the separate admissions and discharge ledgers. Column headers are as follows: Date, Name, Age, Place of Birth, Occupation, By Whose Order, Disease, Date of Discharge, Date of Death and Remarks. Diseases include cancer, insanity, simple and scrofula, blindness and intemperance. Occupations include coachmen, laborers, married, single and spinster. Remarks include name alias or an ID number. Arrangement is chronological and alphabetical.
This volume combines all elements of the separate admissions and discharge ledgers. Column headers are as follows: Date, Name, Age, Place of Birth, Occupation, By Whose Order, Disease, Date of Discharge, Date of Death and Remarks. Diseases include cancer, insanity, simple and scrofula, blindness and intemperance. Occupations include coachmen, laborers, married, single and spinster. Remarks include name alias or an ID number. Arrangement is chronological and alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Comments include "on trial." Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Comments include "on trial." Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Ledger combines all elements of the separate admissions and discharge ledgers. Column headers are as follows: Date Admitted, Name, Age, Occupation, Where From or Born, Complaints, By Whom Sent/By Whose Order, Location/Ward No., Date of Discharge, Date of Death, Remarks. Some pages have "Census" written across the top and include the same above information. Other pages have no column headings. Arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Comments include "on trial." Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Comments include "on trial." Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Comments include "on trial." Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Volume has no labeled columns. Listed are names of the person, their age, where born, reason for being in the Almshouse. Some instances include final disposition - if removed from the Almshouse. Two sets of dates are noted, likely admittance and discharge. Arrangement is alphabetical.
Columns in ledger are labeled as follows: Date of Admission, Age, Place of Birth, Condition When Admitted, Reference in City Office, A.H. No. (Almshouse), Remarks. Most of the children in this volume are under two years old. The remarks column mainly gives the time of death of the infant. Arrangement is chronological.
This volume contains admissions information for children. However, it also includes children's reports which are signed by the Warden of the Almshouse. Columns are labeled as follows: Date, Name, Age, Admitted, Book and Folio Number. Arrangement is chronological.
Admissions ledger for the Incurable Hospital and Almshouse. Includes columns as follows: Date of Admission, Name, Age, Nativity, Religion, Social Condition, Cause, By Whom Admitted, Occupation, Time in U.S., Remarks include of Death. most admissions note reason as cripple or destitute. Volume is fragmentary and dates are not clearly laid out. Arrangement is alphabetical by last name.
Columns in this discharge ledger are as follows: Men, Women, Names, Date of Admission, Age, Nativity and Remarks. The top of each page reads, "Discharges." Under remarks are where the patient was transferred to, e.g., Lunatic Asylum, or Hart's Island or simply, "died." Inside the front cover board are two cut out drawings of a woman in a dress holding a book. The lower drawing has the name Miss O'Brien written on it. Arrangement is chronological.
The columns in this volume are labeled as follows: Name, Date of Admission, Age, Nativity, Cause, By Whom Admitted, Occupation, How Long in United States and Where Landed, Remarks. Individuals are classified according to whether they were men, women, boys or girls. Arrangement is chronological.
This stock volume lists various items used at the City Home from the Food Storehouse. The food items are broken down by each department or person in the City Home. Information includes how many of the items they received. Departments and people include the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Steward, Matron, Doctors, Engineers, Bookmaker and items for eating on excursions. Food items include potatoes, cherries, chicken, sardines and gherkins.
