Moses C. Pilsbury family papers, 1833-1907.

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Moses C. Pilsbury family papers, 1833-1907.

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Chiefly correspondence relating to family affairs and to concerns of Amos Pilsbury as warden (1830-1845) of the Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield, Conn., and as superintendent (1845-1855) of the Albany Penitentiary, Albany County, N.Y., and of Galen C. Walker as deputy warden (1850-1856) of the Massachusetts State Prison, Boston, Mass. Also includes a contract (9 Aug. 1833) for the hire of convict labor signed by Amos Pilsbury while warden of the Connecticut State Prison, condolences following the 1856 murder of Walker by a prison inmate, a letter (27 Mar. 1864) to Lois Cleveland Walker from a son during his Civil War service, and genealogical material pertaining to the Pilsbury family.

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Massachusetts State Prison

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The State Prison was opened in 1805 at Charlestown, Boston, as a successor to the prison on Castle Island. During 1878-1884 the prison was closed and inmates kept at Concord. With that exception, Charlestown remained the Massachusetts state prison until replaced by Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Walpole, 1955-1956. From the description of Minutes of the State Prison Society, 1846-1848. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86144176 The State Prison at charlestown, Boston, ...

Connecticut State Prison (Wethersfield, Conn.)

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Walker, Galen C., -1856

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Pilsbury, Moses C. (Moses Cross), 1778-1848

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Pilsbury (Pillsbury) family members represented include Moses C. Pilsbury, his son Amos, Moses's daughter Lois Cleveland (Pilsbury) Walker, and her husband Galen C. Walker. From the description of Moses C. Pilsbury family papers, 1833-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980960 ...

Pilsbury, Amos, 1805-1873

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Walker, Lois Cleveland

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Pillsbury family.

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Albany Penitentiary (Albany County, N.Y.)

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