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Scope and Content Note

These volumes list information about persons to whom reformatory inmates were bound out. Entries in all volumes list the following information: master's name and address; inmate's number; and date of indenture agreement. In addition, the volumes dated 1825-1845, and 1828-1869 lists the master's occupation, the volume, 1860-1873 lists the inmate's name, and the volume, 1869-1903 lists the inmate's name and a reference to the master's prior experience with indentured inmates. There is no explanation for the overlap between thevolumes.