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Statements, letters, bills and reports on the running of the gaol - payments, provisions, stores, salaries, building costs, gas, commitments and annual returns 1848; lists of those committed to House of Correction 1846

1846 - 1848

From: 1823 To: 1881

Letter to Hen Leach, Mayor of Bedford, inviting him to attend a meeting to give his Council's 'communication' in relation to the Prisons, 2 June 1848 List of payments to be made by Prisons Building Committee, 27 June 1848 Statement showing stock of provisions and necessaries on hand at the County Gaol (ie brandy, salt, sugar, candles, cheese, etc) and how disposed of, 11 May 1848 List of stores transferred from Gaol to House of Correction (ie bed ticks, blankets ,sheets, stockings, tables) with list of fines paid by prisoners [1848] Various bills and receipts of Clerk of Works (R M Hollingsworth) for his salary, etc, 27 June to 23 Sept 1848 Request from Sam Wing for Borough's contribution to Prison building costs, (1800), 28 August 1848 Order of JPs to construct new drain at Gaol at an extra cost of 240, 27 June 1848 Tender of R Clark for work at Gaol, 27 April 1848 Copies of various resolutions of Prisons Building Committee regarding the possible supply of gas for new prisons, 1848-1850 Letter from Isaac Elger, Chairman of Bedford Gas Works, regarding the supply of gas to the gaol, 6 Nov 1848 Statement of cost of erecting new prison (18,944 6s 6d of which the Borough's share is 1894 8s 7d) Commitments to Gaol and House of Correction, 1843-1847, showing increase and decrease Reports of visiting Justices on Prison and House of Correction, 1848 Reports of Medical Officer on Health of Gaol and House of Correction, 1848 Certificate of Keeper of House of Correction and Governor of Prison, 1848 Reports of Chaplain of the Prisons, 1848 [the Report for 4 April 1848 records the case of 3 women who opened up a living cat and took out its heart. If the heart was buried, their lovers would return to them] Report of the Gaol Building Committee, June 1848 List of those committed for fines, or penalties in the House of Correction, Epiphany and Easter 1848 List of those committed to the House of Correction, Mar-Jun 1846 Annual returns to the Secretary of State for Gaol and House of Correction, Michaelmas 1848

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Leach, Henry,
Clark, R.,
Elger, Isaac,
Hollingsworth, R.M.,
Wing, Samuel

Quarter Sessions, gaol, general justices of the peace, House of Correction, Mayor, Prison Building Committee, Clerk of Works, general drainage, gas, Bedford Gas Works, Medical Officers of Health, chaplains, superstition, cats, witchcraft, BEDFORD