These printed annual or biennial reports by the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary to the Governor and the General Assembly summarize the condition of the Penitentiary and its inmates. In addition to a narrative evaluation, the reports contain several tables which give detailed information concerning the convicts, such as lists of the convicts, type of crimes for which they were sentenced, counties they came from, and their nativity. Reports by the Bookkeeper in which he presents the financial status of the Penitentiary are included in all reports through 1870. After that date, the Principal Keeper usually incorporated this information into his report. The Penitentiary Physician's reports are included for many years. (See RGSGSERIES 21 - 1 - 4, Principal Physician's Reports, 1890 - 1897). The originals are in the Georgia State Law Library. Available on microfilm in Reference Room.