Accounts, vouchers, and reports on building and maintenance of Auburn Prison A1150

Accounts, vouchers, and reports on building and maintenance of Auburn Prison

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of accounts, vouchers and reports of Commissioners for construction of Auburn Prison. Also included are abstracts and vouchers of the agents and the principal keepers of the prison for maintenance of printers and other expenses.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Accounts, vouchers, and reports on building and maintenance of Auburn Prison

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1816-1825

Series Number:

A1150

Administrative History

A law of 1816 authorized appointment of Commissioners to erect a new state prison at Auburn, and required them to render account to the Comptroller for monies expended. Actual management of the prison was entrusted to an agent who was to settle accounts with the Comptroller annually.

Scope and Content Note

Series consists of accounts and vouchers and a few reports of the commissioners for construction of Auburn Prison. There are also abstracts and vouchers of the agents and the principal keepers of the prison for maintenance of printers and other expenses.

Related Material

Series A1151, Auburn Prison accounts and vouchers of agent and warden, and Series A1062, Accounts of monies expended at Auburn Prison, both contain additional accounts of funds expended at Auburn Prison during the nineteenth century.