These books contain the Principal Keeper's recorded copies of the Governor's Executive Orders granting pardons and commuting sentences. The original orders appear in the Governor's Executive Minute Books (RGSGSERIES 1-1-3). Each order gives: (1) the name of the convict, (2) his crime, (3) the county of conviction, (4) the length of his sentence, (5) amount of time served, (6) the reason for the pardon, and (7) the order of the Principal Keeper to discharge the prisoner. In the volumes below are entries containing the type of information described in RGSGSERIES 21-1-14.