Statements of expenditures for building and repair of state prisons and normal schools, 1896.

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Statements of expenditures for building and repair of state prisons and normal schools, 1896.

This series consists of lists of expenditures for building and repairs of each of the 12 state normal schools and 4 state prisons that were in existence by 1896 in New York State. It appears that these records were generated in order to supply data for James A. Roberts' 1897 Comptroller's report to the New York State Legislature. In this report, Roberts tried to show public money investment in these institutions.

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