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Auburn Prison

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Enos Thompson Throop papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1157
Abstract

Personal correspondence; bills, receipts and accounts for merchandise and services. Includes an executive order issued by Governor Throop for the transfer of prisoners from Auburn to Sing Sing, the former prison being overcrowded.

Dates: 1807 - 1868

Francis E. Spinner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 167
Scope and content Letters dealing with the New York State Supreme Court of Herkimer County, including bills of judgment, letters of discharge, orders of transportation, and inventories of Supreme Court furnishings; an account book for Spinner when he was sheriff of Herkimer County; also letters of a military content dealing with the 5th Brigade of the New York State Militia, including bills from Aylesworth and Holmes of Utica; also, letters dealing with construction and personnel matters of the New York State...
Dates: 1802-1875.

New York State miscellany

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064938560]
Identifier: 397
Scope and content Approximately 50 items including Indentures, receipts, letters, a school attendance register, and a membership badge, from various places in New York State. Letters include a circular signed by William Randolph Hearst, eliciting support for his candidacy for Governor (dated 1906), and two letters on House of Representatives letterhead, from Congressman J. W. Dwight to John Kelly, concerning how to obtain an appointment to a position (1880). Indentures include a document selling land in...
Dates: 1804-1921.

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Account books 1
Courts -- New York (State) -- Herkimer County. 1
Dutchess County (N.Y.) 1
Governors -- New York (State) 1
Indentures. 1