Daybooks

Chronological.

These volumes document operating expenses for nearly the entire period during which the House of Refuge was open. Early volumes include transaction number; date of transaction; vendor; itemized description of goods or services purchased along with cost; general category of expense; and total amount of transaction. Categories of expenses in daybooks prior to 1898 typically include manufacturing, food and provisions, fuel and light, clothing, furniture, salary or payroll, building and repairs, school, hospital, telephone and telegraph, ferry, and laundry.

Beginning in 1898, expenses were recorded in larger accounting journals. These volumes include columns with pre-printed headings corresponding to individual expense categories. Itemized descriptions of goods or services purchased are recorded in a column entitled "Day Book and Journal Entries." Cash receipts and appropriations are also included in these later volumes. Expense categories in these volumes are similar to earlier volumes, with some additions such as expenses of managers; traveling expenses; transportation of inmates; shop; farm and garden; roads, grounds, and walks; power and water; general administration; and fixed charges and contributions.

Series B1835, General ledgers, 1824-1935, contains the same information as found in the daybooks but the entries are arranged by expense account rather than the continuous chronological order found in the daybooks.

Volume list.

B1740-00: This series was transferred to the State Archives at an unknown date and accessioned in December 2000.

B1740-03: These volumes were transferred to the State Archives by the Department of Correctional Services at an unknown date. They were accessioned in conjunction with a project undertaken by Archives staff in 2003 to describe or integrate estrayed or unidentified records.

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