The Magazine of Early American Datasets (MEAD)
Document Type
Dataset
File Format
CSV
Abstract
Record of admission of prisoners number 1125-1677, including name, crime, sentence, place of origin, race/ethnicity, time in and time out, and comments on moral and educational condition. Some also include notes on previous convictions or progress made while incarcerated.
Time Period: Start Date of Data Coverage
1839
Time Period: End Date of Data Coverage
1843
Date of this Version
6-13-2016
Source(s)
This admission book is from: State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Records, American Philosophical Society.
Finding aid:http://amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.365.P381p-ead.xml
See finding aid for links to digitized records.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Ziegler, Scott and Ziogas, Michelle, "Eastern State Penitentiary Admission Book B," - . 21. Philadelphia, PA: McNeil Center for Early American Studies [distributor], 2016. https://repository.upenn.edu
Included in
Criminology and Criminal Justice Commons, Other American Studies Commons, Other Legal Studies Commons, United States History Commons, Women's History Commons
Article Location
Date Posted: 13 June 2016
Comments
This dataset was created by Library Science students at Drexel University, notably Michelle Ziogas.
The work is submitted "as is". Despite the best efforts of all involved, mistakes often occur during the creation of datasets. Scholars are encouraged to consult the original records, in digital or physical format.