380 pp. Handwritten in ink on printed forms in a ledger, kept in several different hands. 15x11½, half leather and cloth lettered in ink.

Seven and a half years of records, giving for each month the prisoners received at San Quentin Prison, and the prisoners discharged. Listed is their number, the date of reception or discharge, name, term, crime, county, and either the time their sentence expires (in the case of arrivals) or the date they arrived (in the case of departures). After each month there is a summary, including those prisoners paroled, died, escaped (not common), etc. Among the many crimes are burglary (most popular), grand larceny, assault with a deadly weapon, rape, perjury, forgery, murder (the term given as “Death”), obtaining money under false pretenses, and selling liquor to Indians. A truly remarkable record of criminality in California.