Account books, 1827-1855.

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Account books, 1827-1855.

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As the facility for male offenders sentenced to solitary imprisonment and confinement at hard labor, the State Prison was managed by a warden, who was required to submit accounts of prison expenditures to a board of inspectors and to the General Court. These volumes were apparently maintained by the warden to record financial transactions.

1 v. and 1 file folder.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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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, ...