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Scope and Content Note

This volume contains detailed information concerning foreign-born inmates received in Auburn Prison. Each entry contains the following information: register number; name; age; color; place of nativity; date of arrival in United States; vessel name; port; citizenship status; naturalization data (often incomplete or unavailable); literacy information; former trade or occupation; employment status when arrested; date received in Auburn Prison; crime; sentence; date of sentence; county where sentenced; marital status; number of children; residence of wife and children; previous convictions; and information to prove naturalization.