New York House of Refuge Industrial Department and Maintenance Cash Book

Chronological.

This volume enumerates the monthly cash receipts and cash payments of the Industrial Department, as well as cash receipts for sundries and cash disbursements for maintenance expenses. Receipts and payments are recorded separately on facing pages of the volume. Individual entries on cash receipt pages include date; name of entity from which payment was received; amount received; and institutional account receiving funds. Individual receipts are recorded as either sundries or Industrial Department. Individual entries on cash payment pages include date; voucher number, assigned consecutively but distinctly according to classification of expense as either maintenance or Industrial Department; entity to which payment was made; amount of payment; and institutional account from which payment was made. Individual payments are recorded as either maintenance or Industrial Department.

A2072Series A2072, Registers of Industrial Department Audited Bills, and

A2073Series A2073, Industrial Department Cash Book, contain additional information regarding the payment of Industrial Department expenses cited in this series.

This volume was transferred to the State Archives by the Department of Correctional Services in 1977, but became estrayed shortly thereafter. It was discovered by Archives staff and accessioned in November of 2002.

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