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Government recordReporting period: January 1–December 31, 2023; report footer: January 9, 2024

FBI FOIA Log Report — January–December 2023

FBI administrative FOIA log with request numbers, case revision numbers, dates opened and request subjects. The report is labeled January 1 through December 31, 2023 and contains 622 numbered pages.

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Historical sourceJanuary Term, 1833

Hutchins v. Childress & Baker (1833)

A dispute over a twenty-five-dollar promissory note led the Alabama Supreme Court to examine trial evidence, partnership admissions, and alleged agency. The judgment was reversed and the case remanded.

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Photograph or mapSeptember 7, 1967 test; September 8 notation on reverse

Live Oak: investigators recreate a barracks fire

The detailed caption printed on the front describes state fire officials burning a wooden road-prison barracks at Live Oak to recreate conditions of the fatal Jay-area prison fire. It says the test fire was extinguish...

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Photograph or mapJuly 17, 1967 caption; fire occurred July 16

Berrydale: the aftermath of the Road Camp 12 fire

The reverse caption describes blanket-covered prisoners’ bodies outside the barracks awaiting transfer to a morgue after the July 16 fire. It reports 37 deaths, 14 escapes and six severely burned prisoners. It attribu...

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Book or periodical1960–1972 (repository description extends to 1973)

Florida State Prison Death Logs, 1960–1972

Complete 14-image repository sequence. Fire-related entries are on scan pages 5 and 12. Page 3 concerns escapees. The manuscript labels the fire deaths RP 32; the relationship to the camp described in newspapers as Ro...

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Book or periodicalJuly 19, 1967

Fiery Death Trap

Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.

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Book or periodicalJuly 19, 1967

Charred Bars

Contemporary newspaper photograph and caption preserved with source views and a reading transcription.

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Historical sourceJanuary Term, 1833

Ryder v. Innerarity (1833)

A Mobile land dispute traced a claim through Issabella Campbell’s Spanish grant, a federal confirmation certificate, and John Forbes & Co. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment for Innerarity.

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Book or periodicalUndated clippings concerning the July 1967 fire; exact publication date unverified

Berrydale prison fire — four newspaper clippings

A report attributed to Bill Dingwall, an early death list and two aftermath photographs preserved from four original downloaded image files on Mercury.

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