Description
Annual bills from Eastern State Penitentiary for maintenance costs of prisoners from Cumberland County at the Philadelphia prison. Information includes year of costs, name of prisoner, maintenance fee (for provisions, medicine, clothing, fuel, light, salaries, coffins, etc.), number of days maintained, labor income of prisoner, prisoner number (starting in 1858), and appropriate signatures (Prison Inspectors, etc.). Mailers and support papers included for some years.
Arrangement: Chronological by year of costs reported.
Index: See “Inventory” for list of holdings.