Research

Scope and Content Note

This volume tracks expenditures for construction of new buildings ("houses") for the House of Refuge on Randalls Island. New buildings included a school, dining rooms, and a "female house."

For each building, information provided includes: date of payment; to whom or for what payment made; amount of payment; and certification by member of Finance Committee that account is correct.

Much of the writing in this volume has been obliterated by water damage.