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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Index to invalid pensioners
Series Number
- A1193
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index to invalid pensioners for Revolutionary War service. Records referenced in this index are found in volumes 3 and 5-7 of Series A0174, Certificates submitted by disabled Revolutionary War veterans claiming pensions and audited accounts of pensions, 1779-1789.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal Commissioners scrapbooks of newspaper articles relating to the canals
Series Number
- A0879
Summary
- Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings document the construction and completion of the Erie Canal system. The articles describe the canal itself and summarize progress on its construction. Many are announcements of dinners and celebrations honoring the canal's completion. There are also many articles on DeWitt Clinton, especially regarding his removal by the legislature from the board of Canal Commissioners.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office specifications of tax forms to be used between State Tax Commission and Comptroller
Series Number
- A1018
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of blank printed forms with explanations of the use of each. Forms relate to the collection and distribution of the corporation, franchise and personal income tax; taxable transfers; and the motor vehicle taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
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- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Registers of arrears of taxes
Series Number
- B0951
Summary
- This series consists of registers recording accounts of taxes remaining unpaid for specific years. Information includes names of county, town, or tract; owner(s); description of the property; amount of tax due; date of payment; by who paid; and amount of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of pay certificates issued to New York Continental Soldiers by the U.S. Paymaster General
Series Number
- A0892
Summary
- These certificates, sometimes referred to as "Pierce's Certificates," were issued by U.S. Paymaster General John Pierce pursuant to a resolution of the Continental Congress adopted on July 4, 1783. They were issued to Continental Army soldiers and officers owed pay for service during the Revolution. This list gives voucher number; certificate number; name of recipient; date issued; principal amount of certificate; date interest began to accrue; and total amount of principal per voucher.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Maps and assessment for the draining of Cayuga Marshes
Series Number
- A1232
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of maps depicting the number of acres of marsh, partial marsh, and swampland near Cayuga Lake. They usually depict one lot per township and are very detailed in their measurements. Also included is an assessment that includes land owner's name, number of lots and acres owned, price per acre, a brief description of the lots and subdivisions, the total number of acres of marsh, partial marsh, and swamp, and its total value.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation for state asylums
Series Number
- A1226
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of payrolls, correspondence, bills, receipts, contracts, abstracts of vouchers, and one resolution for various New York State asylums including: New York State Asylum for Idiots, New York Lunatic Asylum, Binghamton Asylum for the Insane, New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women, New York State Inebriate Asylum, New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, New York State Institution for the Blind, and the Long Island State Hospital.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold
Series Number
- B0945
Summary
- This series consists of tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold and summary information derived from tax sale notices. Notices record name of occupant, date of tax sale, location of premises sold, purchase price, and date of conveyance. Bound volumes in accretion B0945-99 provide summary information taken from the original notices found in accretions B0945-85 and B0945-99A.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Original maps of surveys for the Erie Canal
Series Number
- A0851
Summary
- These survey maps show the proposed route for the Erie Canal was made by James Geddes in 1817. The area mapped extends from "Tonewanta Creek" east to the outlet of Mud Creek in the "Great Cayuga Marsh" (Montezuma). The maps show proposed line of the canal; roads; houses; mills; settlements; streams, ponds, and lakes; steep terrain; swamps and marshes; town and lot lines; and other features adjacent to the canal route.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Forms and instructions in relation to accounts of collectors of tolls
Series Number
- A1436
Summary
- This volume contains sample forms and instructions for use by collectors of tolls on the canal system and cites relevant statutes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Specifications of an index for searching records or books
Series Number
- A1185
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains an early example of "forms management". It contains an outline of an improved method of indexing books of judgments, deeds, mortgages, etc., devised by William Stebbins, and files by him in the U.S. Patent Office preparatory to taking out a patent.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence and maps relating to tax searches and correction of property descriptions
Series Number
- B2528
Summary
- The State Comptroller's Office compiled these records in the process of performing tax searches on parcels of private land proposed for purchase as additions to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A smaller quantity of records of these same types were submitted to the comptroller's office by supervisors of local tax districts for the purpose of correcting "imperfect" property descriptions.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index book to mortgages, land sales, and bank accounts of loan commissioners
Series Number
- A1451
Summary
- The volume (labeled variously as "Loan Commissioner Book" and "Index Book Y") combines an index to names of mortgagees (referenced to pages in an unspecified ledger) with lists of sale of state lands in accordance with Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1897, as amended in 1898, and bank accounts held by unidentified loan commissioners. Neither the purpose nor the author of the entries is known.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proof of publication of list of wild, vacant and forest lands owned by the state
Series Number
- B1263
Summary
- This series contains information about vacant land owned by the State of New York in Clinton County. The records were compiled pursuant to Chapter 711 of the Laws of 1893, which allowed the Comptroller to advertise a list of the wild, vacant, and forest lands for which the State held title. The Comptroller's notice as to ownership lists towns, lot numbers, a brief description of the land, and the number of acres.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Indexes to Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission aerial photographs
Series Number
- B2024
Summary
- This series consists of indexes to aerial photographs created for the Tri-State Transportation Committee, Tri-State Transportation Commission, and Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, for use in regional highway planning. Areas covered include the southern portion of New York, western Connecticut, and northern New Jersey. New York counties covered include Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk, New York, Kings, Queens, Bronx, and Richmond. The indexes consist of composite aerial photographs and annotated printed maps.
Creator
- Adirondack Park Agency (N.Y.). Planning Division
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to lands conveyed to Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1388
Summary
- This series consists of deeds, mortgages, bonds, assignments and traced maps of lots in Buffalo. The land was conveyed to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund as collateral for two judgments against Thadeus W. Patchin, bankrupt, in 1874. In 1881 the Commissioners of the Canal Fund empowered the State Treasurer to settle or cancel back taxes on the Buffalo lots, and this series also contains taxes searches and related documents from this action.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Annual village constitutional tax margin statements
Series Number
- 12464
Summary
- This series consists of printed forms used for computing constitutional taxing power of villages. That limit is arrived at by subtracting the amount of taxes levied for general village purposes from the amount of total village taxing power. The computation itself provides the following fiscal information: average full valuation (based on the last five completed assessment rolls); total full valuation; exclusions from the tax limit; and total village taxing power.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Bureau of Municipal Research and Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Applications for cancellation of tax sales
Series Number
- A1411
Summary
- Land was sold when no taxes were paid for two years. If the owner paid the taxes within one year after the land was sold for taxes, it reverted to that person's ownership. This series consists of applications for cancellation of tax sales, with related correspondence of the Comptroller. Documents concern parcels in Kings, Hamilton, and other counties.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statement of valuations and taxes on state lands
Series Number
- A1377
Summary
- This series consists of form statements submitted to the Comptroller by the State Tax Commissioner which list parcels of taxable state land. The lists give information on: acreage; description of parcel; location; and assessed valuation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of awards made by Board of Claims
Series Number
- A1439
Summary
- These lists of awards by the Board of Claims were filed with the Bureau of Canal Affairs in the Comptroller's office. Each list provides the name of the claimant; date of filing; claims; amount claim; nature of claim; date; and amount of the award.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.