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Copies of general and special orders from Agent and Warden of Clinton State Prison concerning the duties of keepers and guards, rules for prisoners, and other administrative procedures. A law of 1847 required the wardens of state prisons to give "necessary directions to the keepers" and to keep a book of general orders.
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