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Carroll_Letter_061_48473
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| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Pay of the Guard | $4464 |
| Clothing Fuel &c for do | 1200 |
| 450 Prisoners & 4 Cts pr day in addition | 5400 |
| $11064 | |
| Deduct total expense to the State last quar | 10091.21 |
| Ballance [sic] in favor of the Prison | $1072-79 |
His Excellency DeWitt Clinton
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His Excellency DeWitt Clinton Albany
Report of [Keeper?] of S. P. [State Prison?] New York
Carroll_Letter_065_48478
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Mount Pleasant 21st August 1826
His Excellency DeWitt Clinton
Sir I have recd yours of the 17th and will answer the questions in yours of the 7th as intiligably [sic] as I can - 1st What is the size of your penitentiary?
The Prison erecting here is to be 478 feet in length by 44 wide and to contain 800 Cells 7 by 3 1/2 feet with a Keepers house. Guard house and office at one end and Cook house and Hospital at the other - 2d What did it cost? 3d How long has it been in use?} Now building
4 How high and thick are its walls and of what are they made? The walls of this prison will be made of Marble 32 feet high and 3 1/4 feet thick. It is almost impossible to give a correct discription [sic] without a draft of its various parts-
5th How many Cells does it contain? and are they constructed for one or more persons to lodge in? The first part of this question is answered above. The Cells are intended for one person onley [sic]-
6th How are your convicts clothed and fed. in what way are they employed- and what is considered to be the most profitable labour they can be engaged inThey are clothed in winter in a striped sattinett [sic] manufatored [sic] at the New York prison for that purpose and in summer Cotten [sic] taking [page damaged] by the [page damaged] [Ratan?] [page damaged] Pork or 1 [?] Prime Beef 3/4 [?] Rye Flour. 6 oz Indian Meal. and 3/4 Gill Molasses and to each 100 [Rotrairs?] 3 Bushel Potatoes. 4 [quts?] Salt. 4 [quts?] Vinegar & 2 oz Pepper - They are employed in erecting the prison. the entire work of which they do with but one Mechanic of each branch to superintend them - As to what is considered the most profitable labour they can be em= ployed in depends on circumstances. We think cutting stone will be most profitable here but in many
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Mount Pleasant August 21
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His Excellency DeWitt Clinton Albany
Report of [Keeper?] of [state Prison?]
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Carroll_Letter_072_48497
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with respect to the two last questions contained in your Excellency's letter, you will find them to a great extent answered in the book referred to & transmitted; And I have no hesitation in saying that the present system, although productive of some disappointments, and attended with many defects, is better than any pre-existing one - And that if it does not afford all the best means which may be devised for the reformation of offenders and the prevention of crimes, yet that with the improvements, which time, experience, and human wisdom, may engraft on its satutory [sic] principles, there can be no doubt but that all the ends of criminal justice will be eventually attained.
I have the honor to be very respectfully Your most Obedt servt DeWitt Clinton
His Excellency Governor Carroll.
