Statement of Expenditures

by the State of Maryland for the Penitentiary, 1806-1818 by Benjamin Harwood

$150 · Offered by Back Creek Books

Annapolis: Treasury Office, 1818. Single sheet, approximately 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 Statement of expenses related to the construction and first few years of the Maryland Penitentiary in Baltimore. Issued by Benjamin Harwood, Treasurer of the Western Shore of Maryland, and dated December 16th, 1818. Over 160,000 in expenditures are listed. The penitentiary opened in 1812. Interestingly, the amounts are listed in

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