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This series consists of reports of deductions of time from prison sentences as required by legislation of 1862. For each convict listed, the reports provide the following information in columns: name of convict; county; crime; date sentenced; term; prison; date received at prison; months and days earned (in volume three, this column is labeled "commutation"); name of agent and warden making report; date deduction ordered; date writ mailed (rare in volume 1; consistently appears beginning in volume 2); and date received in prison (volume 3 only).
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