Included are manuscript copies of quarterly and annual reports which summarize the state of the penitentiary. Most reports were submitted by the bookkeeper and seem to consist of exhibits which accompanied the reports of the Board of Inspectors. Included are: (1) balance sheets, (2) cash accounts, (3) accounts current and statements of receipts and expenditures, (4) lists of officers and guards, (5) their job titles and salaries, (6) types of crimes committed by the prisoners, (7) inventories of supplies, raw materials, manufactured goods, equipment and subsistence received, on hand and consumed, and (8) reports of the penitentiary physician. Most reports deal with the financial condition of the penitentiary, but a few show the nature and extent of manufacturing engaged in by the prisoners. The years 1831 - 1856 are covered more completely than the other years and there are several years for which no report at all is present.