Check stubs, 1888-1903.

ArchivalResource

Check stubs, 1888-1903.

Check receipts. Includes entries for 1888-1901, labeled "Standard Account," which consist of check number, date, to whom written, and amount. Each is signed by the warden and a clerk. Also contains entries for 1890-1903, labeled "Extension Account," which consist of check number, date, to whom written, amount, and pertinent account.

3 cubic ft.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6707405

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Maryland Penitentiary

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63v4b58 (corporateBody)

The Maryland Penitentiary was the first prison established by the state and the second of its kind within the United States. The maximum security facility was authorized by the Laws of 1804, res. 15, and opened in 1811. An 1881 penitentiary publication reports that prior to its establishment, criminals were housed in county jails or workhouses and "made to labor upon the public roads." Significantly, when the legislature rewrote the Maryland Criminal Code in 1809, the new law design...