Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
Each county poorhouse physician completed and submitted to the Board a form listing the following information for each inmate:
name; county of residence; age; country of birth; occupation; year insanity commenced; if the inmate remained at the poorhouse
or died or was discharged during the year; and remarks on behavior, cause of disability, prognosis, and general health.
Creator:
Title:
Register of insane in county poorhouses
Quantity:
1 cubic feet
1 volume
Inclusive Dates:
1871
Series Number:
A1989