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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Notices from Forest Commission and Commissioners of the Land Office approving sale of state lands
Series Number
- A1383
Summary
- This series consists of copies of resolutions by the Forest Commission approving applications to purchase Forest Preserve lands. Each document gives name and address of applicant, location and acreage of parcel, bid per acre, and a copy of the resolution of the Commissioners of the Land Office approving the sale. Usually receipts from the Treasurer's Office are attached.
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
- List of Loan Office Certificates from the United States to the State of New York
Series Number
- A1208
Summary
- These debt certificates are for money loaned to the United States by individuals. Information for each certificate includes: name of lender; certificate number; date issued; nominal value of certificate; discount rate; specie value of certificate; date interest began to accrue; length of time accruing interest through 1784; and amount of interest due.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records of the East Boston Timber Company
Series Number
- A1220
Summary
- This series consists of business records of the East Boston Timber Company, a private company that owned Grand Island and a number of lake boats. The state seized these records after the company went bankrupt. Records include bills; receipts; expense accounts; orders and promises to pay; correspondence; and payments to workers, listing the dates and number of hours worked. Also included are records of the Steamboats Red Jacket and Victory and other shipping records.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports of occupancy of lands purchased by the state in tax sales
Series Number
- B0943
Summary
- This series consists of documents listing lots acquired by the State in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserves through Comptroller's tax sales. Each list provides the town, lot number, description of the parcel, name of the occupant, if any, and acreage.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of tax relevied
Series Number
- B0957
Summary
- This series consists of a register of taxes re-levied by the Comptroller on lands of non-residents after a previously unpaid tax levy had been ascertained to be illegal or void, either before or after a tax sale. Entries include the date and cause of re-levy; a description of the parcel taxed; acreage; the year of erroneous tax; and the amount levied.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Report of the joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on the subject of quit rents
Series Number
- A1234
Summary
- This series consists of a report of a joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on quit rents. The report is a plea for the passage of a bill "releasing and discharging all arrears of quitrents, and abolishing them forever in this state" and contains the rationale of the joint committee's decision.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payments for land sold for taxes
Series Number
- A0895
Summary
- This series from the Land Tax Bureau is an index listing payments made for the purchase of lands sold for arrears of taxes. The list contains the name of the purchaser; county in which the land was located; and the amount paid for each piece of land.
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
- Records relating to the purchase of firearms
Series Number
- A1235
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, receipts, depositions and an agreement relating to the purchase of firearms in Europe by the New York State government for the equipping of the State's volunteer militia. The series consists of mostly correspondence about the purchase between State officials and representatives of Schuyler, Hartley and Graham.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Letters from agents appointed to serve notice on illegal occupants of state lands
Series Number
- B0942
Summary
- This series consists of letters from comptroller's agents who served eviction notices on occupants of lands conveyed to the State in Comptroller's tax sales. Most, if not all of the letters, pertain to lands being acquired for the Adirondack Forest Preserve. The letters describe the difficulties of serving notice on "squatters," and discuss the theft of timber and other natural resources.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Expense accounts related to Commissioners for Inland Navigation Between the Great Lakes and the Hudson River
Series Number
- A0881
Summary
- This series consists of expense accounts of James Geddes and others for surveying and other services related to the Erie Canal waterway. The individual expense accounts include a detailed report of the activities and expenses of James Geddes. There is also an audited account of the Commissioners' expenses. The accounts usually give the name of the person making the report; the date; and the reasons for each payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bill for goods procured for the Executive Mansion
Series Number
- A1209
Summary
- This series consists of a list identifying items that were purchased from O'Brien and Mahan's for use at the Governor's Mansion in Albany. The bill describes each type of item purchased, the price per unit, the number of units purchased, and the total that was payed for them. The bill also lists the grand total due for the entire purchase.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Town assessor's statements of assessed value of forest and improved lands
Series Number
- A1382
Summary
- This series consists of statements prepared by assessors of towns within what became the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Information includes acres of forestland, assessed value in 1883, acres of improved land, assessed value in 1883, and total acreage of town. Some statements have letters of transmittal to Comptroller attached.
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
- Newspaper notices of tax sales
Series Number
- A1396
Summary
- This series consists of notices published by county treasurers giving town, patent or other subdivision, lot number, description of parcel, owner's name, and amount of back taxes due. Included are notices for Oswego, Niagara, Rockland, Ulster, and Sullivan Counties, for various years. Clippings are on newsprint and are badly deteriorated.
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
- Releases upon commutation for farm bridges over canals, with related correspondence and documents
Series Number
- A1380
Summary
- Canal commissioners were required to construct and maintain road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal and to construct farm bridges to accommodate landowners. This series consists of releases, vouchers, receipts, title searches, parcel maps, and resolutions authorizing commutations to claimants and owners for rights to bridges built over the Erie and other branch canals. Information includes name and residence of landowner; parcel description; sum paid by the state; and landowner signature.
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
- Accounts of receipts and taxes paid by athletic clubs
Series Number
- A0934
Summary
- A law of 1911 required all athletic clubs to pay a tax of 7.5 percent on gross proceeds of boxing or sparring matches and submit statements of the proceeds and tax to the State Comptroller. Money was used to pay expenses of the State Athletic Commission, established in 1911. Each typewritten carbon account gives name of club, date of contest (boxing match), gross receipts, and tax paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Entry documentation relating to draining of the Cayuga Marshes
Series Number
- A1394
Summary
- This series consists of oaths of office of Commissioners for Draining the Cayuga Marshes; vouchers and bills for labor and materials; letters to the Comptroller; contracts of Liberty L. Lowell and William Baldwin with the Canal Commissioners for Draining the Cayuga Marshes; abstracts of expenditures submitted to the Comptroller; and miscellaneous accounts and receipts.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of lands sold by Surveyor General
Series Number
- B0968
Summary
- This series consists of register lists of lands acquired by mortgage foreclosure, escheat, and conveyances and sold by the Surveyor General. Each entry gives sale date; name of obligor of mortgage bond; location of lands sold; acreage; payment date; amount paid; amount of bond to state; date of delivery of deed; name of previous obligor of reverted lands; date of reversion; and amount of mortgage principal due at time of reversion.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to land taxes
Series Number
- A1357
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the Comptroller with state and local officials such as Commissioners of the Land Office and County Treasurers, and private individuals. Relating to land taxes, the correspondence discusses surveys prior to taxation, amount of taxes due, notices of unpaid taxes, and other references to laws and regulations regarding land that the Comptroller was in charge of fulfilling.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of freight on Baxter Steam Canal Boats
Series Number
- A1034
Summary
- This series consists of lists of charges for freight carried by boats of the Baxter Steam Canal Boat Transportation Company. Information by boat includes number of trips made by each boat; boat's name; weight; and freight. Also included is information by destination; weight in pounds; and freight cost in dollars and cents.
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
- Account book for lumber business
Series Number
- A0841
Summary
- This volume contains miscellaneous accounts of an unidentified private firm, probably in Albany, dealing in lumber and firewood. It includes sales of firewood to the steamboats "Red Jacket" and "Victory."
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.