The Philadelphia Public Ledger was published for nearly a century from 1836 to 1942.  During the mid-19th century the newspaper would often include statistics for Philadelphia’s County Prison located in the Moyamensing section of the City (the prison was also called Moyamensing Prison).  The statistics would include daily, monthly, or yearly prison commitments by gender and race, as well as commitments by type of crime.  The County/Moyamensing Prison generally held those with shorter sentences or those awaiting trial.  Eastern State Penitentiary, which was Philadelphia’s other prison at the time, was a State prison for those with long sentences.  Here are a few charts gleaned from the tables published in the Ledger.