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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.

REC0008_02_175

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.

REC0008_02_176

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.

REC0008_02_177

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.

REC0008_02_178

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.

REC0008_02_179

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.

REC0008_02_183

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.

REC0008_02_184

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.

REC0008_02_185

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.

REC0008_02_186

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.

REC0008_02_187

Volume contains the child's name, a record of money spent on them and for what purpose. Some records have notes written along the top and sides of the official record. There is no order to this ledger

REC0008_02_214

Columns in this ledger are not labeled. The following information is given: Date, Name, Age, Place of Birth, Occupation, By Whom Sent and Disease. Some entries contain notations as to death and/or discharge. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_02_231

The certificates in this volume have been pasted into the ledger. They were issued by the Warden of the Almshouse and list the name, nativity, age, cause of death, color, occupation, condition, how long the person was in the city and any remarks about the deceased. The certificates were signed by a doctor and bear a number. Some certificates state the hospital ward the deceased was in. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_0256

The columns in this volume are all labeled with the following information: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent, disease and remarks. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_105

The columns in this volume are all labeled with the following information: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent, disease and remarks. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_106

Columns are all labeled with these headings: Date, Name, Age, Place of Birth, Occupation, By Whom Sent, Disease and Remarks. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_107

The columns in this volume are all labeled with the following information: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent, disease and remarks. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_108

The columns in this volume are all labeled with the following information: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent, disease and remarks. The handwriting in this ledger is very faint. No specific institution is given. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_110

The columns in this volume are all labeled with the following information: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent, disease and remarks. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_111

This is a daily admissions ledger for the Penitentiary, Lunatic Asylum, Almshouse and Bellevue. Each institution is labeled across the top of the page. Columns for each institution are labeled as follows: date, name, age, time in country, birth, occupation and time committed. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_112

Columns in this volume are labeled as follows: Date of Admissions, Name, Age, Nativity, Time of Arrival, Port Sailed From, Port Arrived at, Ship, Captain, Married or Single, Who Can Identify Them, How Many Times on the Island, Remarks. No specific institution is given. Arrangement is alphabetical by last name.

REC0008_03_113

There are no labeled columns in this volume. The following information is given: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent and disease. Each entry is classified according to whether they were male, female, boy or girl. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_140

This volume contains information for the Almshouse and the Workhouse. It has no labeled columns and is used from both the front and back with the same information. Columns are as follows: name, age, nativity/state, occupation, condition, disposition. Totals are given on a daily basis for admissions and disposition. The back end of the book contains all the same information and picks up from the last day of the front of the ledger. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_141

There are no labeled columns in this volume. The following information is given: date, name, age, place of birth, occupation, by whom sent and disease. Each entry is classified according to whether they were male, female, boy or girl. Arrangement is chronological.

REC0008_03_230

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