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Displaying 111 Finding Aids
Title
- Documents relating to canal claims
Series Number
- A1441
Summary
- This series relates to claims against the state, mostly for money owed on contracts and for damages to property adjacent to the canal. Included are minutes of testimony in cases heard; notices of awards by the canal appraisers; a list of awards for the years 1843-1849; affidavits, notices of appeals, opinions, and briefs relating to canal claims; and a few chattel mortgages on canal boats.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Press releases
Series Number
- B2467
Summary
- This series consists of press releases issued by the Office of the State Comptroller during the tenure of State Comptroller Arthur Levitt (1956-1976). The series contains news articles and press releases issued by the agency to the media to inform the public about the comptroller's activities, accomplishments, and pronouncements.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal Commissioners contracts and accounts for construction and repair
Series Number
- A1125
Summary
- This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts for payment; check rolls for labor submitted by Superintendents of construction; abstracts and vouchers of the principal engineers and their assistants; and various documents relating to canal finances.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Canal Commissioners Superintendents of Repairs' Estimates of Expenditures for Repairs
Title
- Superintendents of Repairs' estimates of expenditures for repairs
Series Number
- A1131
Summary
- These estimates of proposed expenditures for canal repairs were submitted by Superintendents of Repairs to the Canal Commissioner responsible for specific division of the canal system. Each estimate provides the location of the work project, names of structures or work involved, and an estimated cost of labor and materials.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Contracting Board proposals and bonds for canal enlargement and repairs
Series Number
- A1127
Summary
- The Contracting Board received proposals and bonds for performance of work submitted by persons wishing to obtain contracts for construction or repair of canals. Series includes printed forms for locks, culverts, waste weirs, aqueducts, bridge abutments, reservoirs, iron superstructure, and general excavation. Proposals specify the cost of clearing, excavation, masonry, carpentry, lumber, stone, iron, cement, and additional labor or materials necessary to perform the work.
Creator
- New York (State). Contracting Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledger accounts for leases of surplus canal water, salaries of canal officials, and canal loans
Series Number
- A3240
Summary
- This series is a record of payments and receipt of the canals account and canal debt. Each account provides account name; account paid or received; date of transaction; and service or item for which payment was made or received.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Affidavits of claimants for clothing and equipment lost or destroyed while in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861
Series Number
- A4115
Summary
- This series consists of affidavits submitted by individuals to a board, created by legislation of 1862, to validate claims and determine the sums due to regiments or members of the militia for clothing and equipment lost or destroyed in the service of the United States since April 16, 1861. Claims were to be paid only if neither the individual nor his regiment or company received compensation for the items claimed, which had to be originally provided at his own expense.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Commissioners Constituted by Chapter 421, Laws of 1862
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department Canal Toll Collector's ledgers
Series Number
- A1080
Summary
- This series consists of statements of cargo on canal boats on which toll was not paid, kept by a Canal Toll Collector's Office, location not given. Each entry gives clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of articles; miles traveled; rates; and tolls.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subscriptions and redemption statements of canal stock, and lists of bank contracts for canal deposits
Series Number
- A1094
Summary
- This series consists of three pages listing contracts with banks allowing an interest on deposit of Canal monies at sixty days for 4.5 or 5% interest. Each entry provides the date of the contract; contract number; the name of the bank; and rate of interest.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers and correspondence submitted by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission
Series Number
- A1459
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers for expenses incurred by Frederick Law Olmsted of the architectural firm of Olmsted Brothers. Olmsted was employed by the State Roosevelt Memorial Commission to design an educational building adjacent to the American Museum of Natural History. Also included is correspondence about Olmsted's bills.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Check register, income tax account
Series Number
- A1402
Summary
- This series consists of a register of checks drawn by the Comptroller for distribution of tax monies to the various counties, or for transfer of tax funds to other banks. Monies came from the state income tax, the bank tax, and the motor fuel tax. Each entry in the register gives date, bank drawn on, payee, check number, amount, and remarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resident and division engineers' monthly estimates
Series Number
- A1129
Summary
- These are monthly estimates of work done and materials reflect a variety of construction and repair work related to structures and excavation on particular canal divisions. Each estimate provides number of canal section; name of contractors; and quantity, type, value, and sometime unit price of materials and labor to be supplied. The series also contains abstracts of the monthly estimates which list the name of canal, date, and engineers' name.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water
Series Number
- A1172
Summary
- Toll collectors submitted weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford to the Comptroller. Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, ashes, beef, pork, etc.) left from the Erie and Champlain Canals.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Western Inland Lock Navigation Company damage assessments and reimbursements
Series Number
- A1006
Summary
- These records document this company's claims for damages. Included are an appraisal report of on damages; resolution of the company's board of directors authorizing Barent Bleecker to receive award; Thomas Eddy's account of expense of appraisement; and a copy of legislative committee report on the company's petition.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lock tenders' monthly reports of lockages
Series Number
- A1135
Summary
- Reports from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department include information on date; number and location of lock; number of boats passing east, west, north and/or south ,an affidavit that the report is correct. Also included are a few reports of the number of lock tenders employed on various locks, giving names, ages, length of service; and a few weekly reports of goods shipped east or west from Buffalo.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cashbook of transmissions of money to foreign countries
Series Number
- B1948
Summary
- This series documents a little-known state program to protect the assets of foreign-born persons entering the United States. The series consists of a cashbook documenting receipts from and payments made as refunds of foreign money orders. Entries for refunds include date, names of remitters, account to be credited (remitter and payee), refund page reference, and amount. Headings for payments include date, check number, name of payee, account to be charged, receipt page reference, and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills of lading and clearances for cargoes
Series Number
- A1139
Summary
- This series contains bills of lading and clearances for cargoes. Information includes boat name; shipment date; name of consignee for each shipment of goods; description and value of articles; where shipped from and to; weight; miles traveled; and tolls charged for each group of articles shipped. Since private forms were often used there is a wide variety of billheads.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of land bounty rights
Series Number
- A0808
Summary
- This fragmentary volume contains information on the assignment of land bounty rights to militia "classes." It lists class, soldier's name, muster master, and regiment. It is in fragile condition due to burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- A3131
Summary
- These vouchers were submitted to a canal commissioner and accompanied by a receipt for money paid by him. Vouchers specify monies paid for appraising property; moving buildings; advertising for proposal; excavating earth; and constructing or altering locks, waste weirs, dams, and other canal structures.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to minutes
Series Number
- B0316
Summary
- This volume indexes both the Engrossed minutes of series A1077 and the Rough Minutes of series A1076. Each entry gives the name, subject, date and nature of action.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.