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The 3rd book
in the virtual tour of Essex County jail record-keeping is the 1880-1924
in-take ledger.
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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.
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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.
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