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New Jersey State Prison September 12^th 1826

To his Excellency W^m Carroll Esq^r
Governor in and for the State of Tennessee.

Dr Sir The circular transmited to his Excellency
I. H. Williamson Esq^r Governor in and for
The State of New Jersey is now before me. The contents
noticed and in reply Observe

Your first inquiry calls for the
Size of our Penitentiary. The Mansion house is fifty feet
Front, containing a cellar, kitchen bakery and dining
hall, the basement [sory? (story?)] contains an office committee
room a large hall and two roomes [sic] for the keeper,
a hall and four roomes [sic] above for the same use,
There are two wings projecting from the Mansion North
and South, three stories high each containing six
roomes [sic], twenty feet square and an eight feet hall,
at the North wing there is an addition three stories
high containing twelve cell, those are Occupied to
punish the refractory and disobedient, there is also an=
=other addition at the South wing, forty by fifty feet four
Stories high, containing forty Cells, Six by eight feet,
adapted for one person and are occupied for those
sentenced to solitary Imprisonment Only.

Your Second inquiery [sic] call
for what the establishment cost, the first appropriation
was fifty thousand Dollars, and as it was finished
at different periods, I am not in possession of Documents
to determin [sic] the exact amount, but should suppose it
cost double that sum, the walls are eighteen feet
high, fourteen of which are stone, four feet at the
Top are Brick, three feet thick at the base, two feet
thick at top, encloseing two Acres of ground

Third, the Convicts are clothed
in summer with tow [two] shirts and trousers, in winter
with blue coates [sic] and red collar, pantaloon & Vest
Blue the same as the coats that compleats [sic] their
Uniform.

Forthly [sic] they are fed as follows for
Breakfast a half a pound of bread with a half a gill
of Molasses, at dinner a half a pound of bread and half
a pound of Meat, with soup and potatoes, at
supper Mush and A half gill of Molasses thus dear
Sir I have given you a discription [sic] of theire [sic] Uniform
and also theire [sic] daily fare.