The 3rd book in the virtual tour of Essex County jail record-keeping is the 1880-1924 in-take ledger.
The other 2 books were generic off-the-shelf ledgers; this volume clearly had been custom printed.
Entries begin on Page 2 & end on Page 258. An entry begins on an even-numbered left page line and continues along the same line on-to the facing odd-numbered right page, spreadsheet like.
The 3rd book in the virtual tour of Essex County jail record-keeping is the 1880-1924 in-take ledger.

The other 2 books were generic off-the-shelf ledgers. This volume clearly had been custom printed. The spine leather label reads: “Record of Commitments to Essex County Jail.” So does the wording across the top of each two facing pages.

Entries begin on Page 2 and end on Page 258. An entry begins on an even-numbered left page line and continues along the same line onto the facing odd-numbered right page, spreadsheet like. There are 27 entry lines down the “spreadsheet” pages.