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Displaying 548 Finding Aids
Title
- Entry documentation concerning the estate of Abraham De Peyster
Series Number
- A1261
Summary
- These records were created to assist with the recovery of unpaid duties from DePeyster's tenure as treasurer. The series contains list of bonds and notes, a maps of lots owned by DePeyster and then sold by his executors which list location, purchaser, sale terms, and the date; and accounts of sale that provide scattered inventory of what was bought from the DePeyster Estate.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bonds of state and local officials
Series Number
- A1331
Summary
- This series consists of a volume listing bonds filed by a wide variety of state and local government officers. Each entry includes date of bond, file number, office holder's name, and office. (The original bonds are lost.) Offices include, but are not limited to, registers and clerks of the Court of Chancery, Indigenous agents and superintendents (by reservation), superintendents of the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation, commissioners of military stores, paymasters general (military), state prison agents and clerks, commissioners of state roads and bridges, state lottery managers, Senate and Assembly clerks, and agents of "foreign" (i.e. out-of-state) insurance companies. County-level offices include commissioners of state loans, commissioners of the United States Deposit Fund, and county treasurers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstract of statement of monies received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the City of New York
Series Number
- A1319
Summary
- This series consists of booklets containing abstracts of fees and other monies received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the City of New York or his deputy. The abstracts were compiled and submitted to the Comptroller in pursuance of a law regarding compensation of Clerks of the Supreme Court. The statements give names of individuals and amounts.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual financial reports of municipalities' joint activities
Series Number
- 14494
Summary
- The State General Municipal Law requires the chief fiscal officer of every municipal corporation to make an annual report of its financial condition to the State Comptroller. The annual reports consist of computer generated forms prepared by the Comptroller's Office and sent to the corporations for completion and return. Reports typically include a description of assets, appropriations, liabilities, and fund equities; a statement of indebtedness; a list of bond issues; and a certification statement signed by the corporation's chief financial officer.
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
- Abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers for canal expenditures
Series Number
- A0013
Summary
- These monthly and bi-monthly abstracts, check rolls, and vouchers were submitted to the Canal Commissioners by Superintendents of Repairs. Arranged by canal starting with Erie, then chronologically by year, and alphabetical by name of Superintendent of Repairs, the records provide detailed information on labor performed (including laborers' names and wages) and expenditures on construction or repair projects on the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, Cayuga and Seneca, Chemung, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Genesee Valley, and Black River canals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers submitted for publishing session laws of 1893
Series Number
- A0952
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of vouchers itemized each chapter printed, column inches, and amount due to newspaper from the State. Attached to each voucher is a certificate from the Deputy Secretary of State that the publication was made according to provisions of Chapter 715 of Laws of 1892.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County Commissioners accounts relating to interest on the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1287
Summary
- This series consists of annual accounts of total amount of interest due and paid to the Comptroller from principal held by County Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund. Each account includes the names of the commissioners, date of balance, amounts of debits and credits, and any balance due (usually because of delinquent mortgagors).
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
- Blueprints of state buildings and county courthouses
Series Number
- A0199
Summary
- This series contains blueprint drawings of state, county, and town buildings and courthouses in the State of New York, as well as some contract specifications for labor and material for the construction of public buildings. Some blueprints may be restricted due to their poor condition.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Documents relating to existing facilities may be withheld under FOIL sect. 87.2(f) ("if disclosed could endanger the life or safety of any person").
- Some blueprints may be restricted due to poor condition. Consult with reference archivist before use.
Title
- Payroll for construction of Auburn Prison
Series Number
- A1293
Summary
- Legislation of 1818 authorized the State Comptroller to settle accounts relating to the state prison to be built at Auburn. This series records payments to workers on the construction of Auburn Prison. A two-week cycle record is kept of category of worker; number of days worked; wage per day; and list of laborers in each category.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Financial reports of corporations
Series Number
- A0833
Summary
- This series contains financial records of corporations submitted to the Comptroller's Office. Many of the records resulted from acts passed by the state for the collection and assessment of taxes. The records include financial statements; annual reports of real estate holdings and capital stock; lists of stockholders, New York State Stock Certificates; certificates of acceptance of laws concerning them by officials of various corporations; and records relating to financial matters.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Historical abstracts concerning lands of western division, Erie Canal
Series Number
- A1469
Summary
- These historical abstracts concern lands in the Erie Canal's western division. The series consists of transcripts or abstracts of deeds, printed legislative documents, petitions to the Canal Board, a resolution of the Canal Board, statutes, and blueprint copies of maps of lands of the western district.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Division Engineer (Erie Canal : Western Division)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
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
- Lists of tax assessments on railroads
Series Number
- A0987
Summary
- This series consisting of a list of railroad tax assessments documents the state's Franchise Tax on steam or electric surface or elevated railroads. Each list gives name of steam surface, elevated or street surface railroad, total mileage, total net income, and net income, mileage in state, amounts assessed on income and mileage, and amount of total assessment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of apportionment of State monies
Series Number
- A1327
Summary
- This series consists of accounts recording payments to state-funded institutions. Information includes name of the school or institution; the amount received and the date paid. They are arranged by type of apportionment such as common school teacher; book; academy; agricultural societies; state school moneys; orphan asylums; hospitals; dispensaries; and charity weekday schools. These accounts were kept in accordance with the Comptroller's duty to oversee the state's financial affairs.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of deposits and withdrawals in bank accounts
Series Number
- A1333
Summary
- This series documents monthly transactions with various banks including Bank of New York; the State Bank, New York Bank: Mechanics and Farmers Bank; and Manhattan Bank. Information includes deposits; transfers; checks afloat; emissions; and checks drawn and unpaid. (Information for each month may vary.)
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- First Deputy Comptroller's speeches
Series Number
- 14131
Summary
- This series consists of texts of speeches given by either State Comptroller Arthur Levitt or Deputy State Comptroller Alfred Haight.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Office of the First Deputy Comptroller
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Daybooks of tax payments
Series Number
- B1608
Summary
- This series of daybooks ("tax diaries") documents daily receipts of delinquent taxes paid to the comptroller during the grace period prior to the sale of the property for unpaid taxes. Each entry shows the years taxes are owed; name and address of person paying tax; county and lot or tract; date and amount paid, by type and total; and the page number on which the amount owed is recorded in series B0848, Registers of Unpaid Taxes on Non-Resident Lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal Fund account book
Series Number
- A1085
Summary
- This volume is a ledger accounts of Commissioners of the Canal Fund for Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and stock, and for stock of the Cayuga and Seneca, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Oswego, and Black River canals. There are also accounts with the Canal Commissioners, Superintendents of Repairs, and banks in New York City, Albany, and elsewhere in which tolls and canal loans premiums were deposited.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of occupied lands in Erie County sold as non-resident lands in tax sales of 1826-1885
Series Number
- B1620
Summary
- This volume was apparently created by the Erie County Guaranteed Search Company and submitted to the State Comptroller. An accompanying memorandum indicates that the volume documents occupied or resident lands in Erie County mistakenly sold as unoccupied or non-resident lands for unpaid taxes in the tax-sales of 1826-1885. The memorandum further indicates that the signers wish to make application to the comptroller for redemption of all lots listed that had not already been cancelled or redeemed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of Chenango Canal
Series Number
- A1091
Summary
- This series consists of 3 volumes of measurements, calculations, and estimates for construction of the Chenango Canal. For each survey station (approximately three chains apart), there are calculations of cubic footage of excavation, embankment (towpath, berme, etc.), and lining, with comments and totals. For each section of the canal there is an abstract of the account for that section, listing work done, extra material used, pay rate, total amount due, date, and contractor's name.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.