Register of expenditures for Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor's Offices
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of expenditures of Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor's Offices kept for the state's internal auditing needs. Expenses include newspaper advertisements of public land sales, printing and binding for other than advertising, surveying and appraising of land; employment of clerks and amount of certificate of payment and postage.
Title
- Register of expenditures for Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor's Offices
Quantity
- 0.3 cubic feet; 1 volume
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
- B0261
Creator
Arrangement
By type of expense and therein chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
These are records of expenditures kept for the state's internal auditing needs.
Expenses are for: printers' bills paid for newspaper advertisements of public land sales, 1844-1871, providing date, name of newspaper, land to be sold, length of time advertisement ran, and amount paid; printing and binding for other than advertising, 1844-1847, providing date, to whom paid, work done, and cost; surveying and appraising land, 1845-1848, providing date, to whom paid, work done, and amount paid; employment of clerks, 1848-1849, providing date, name of clerk, dates employed, and amount of certificate of payment; and postage, 1839-1846, providing date, destination of letter, and amount paid.
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