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Displaying 9 Finding Aids
Title
- Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers
Series Number
- A0802
Summary
- The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.
Title
- Claims submitted for expenditures incurred in the organization, equipment, and subsistence of troops mustered into federal service
Series Number
- A4116
Summary
- This series consists of miscellaneous claims, correspondence, vouchers, and receipts received and audited by the Auditing Board. A law of 1862 appointed the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General and Quartermaster General to constitute an auditing board to examine claims "incurred in the organization, pay, equipment, quartering, subsistence and other proper expenses of troops raised... for the service of the United States...and which...have not hitherto been allowed and paid."
Creator
- New York (State). Auditing Board
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
- New York Military Agency superintendent's ledger regarding field offices' accounts
Series Number
- A4138
Summary
- This volume details the financial status of each of the New York Military Agency's field offices, mainly for the year 1865 (only three entries are for 1867). The ledger also records accounts with individuals with whom the agency had business relationships. Usually, specifics of a transaction are not provided. Rather, general notations such as expenses, expenditures, services, check, or voucher are used when recording debits or credits.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rough abstracts of expenditures for salaries and ordnance
Series Number
- A4110
Summary
- This series consists of handwritten abstracts of expenditures which, for the most part, detail the names, grades, positions, and salaries paid to individuals serving in the Military Department. Other abstracts provide information on ordnance distributed to various units but these are few in number and differ greatly in content. Offices which submitted abstracts include those of the Surgeon General, Inspector General, Commissary General, Judge Advocate General, Paymaster General, and Quartermaster General.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of soldiers who visited the Washington office
Series Number
- A4136
Summary
- This register contains names and needs of soldiers who visited the Washington, D.C. office of the New York Military Agency between December, 1863 and May, 1865. Information in the register includes soldier's name, rank, residence, regiment, company, location, date and reason for visit.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Case registers of New York medical agents
Series Number
- A4137
Summary
- This series consists of two bound volumes compiled by Medical agents assigned to the Washington office of the New York Military Agency. The registers date between February, 1865 and September, 1866. Volume one relates mainly to the processing of soldiers' claims for back pay, invalid pensions, or other monetary concerns. Volume two records claims of soldiers in hospitals applying for discharges, transfers, or furloughs.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Duplicate correspondence directed to and received from military offices
Series Number
- A4130
Summary
- This series consists almost entirely of duplicate correspondence and special orders dating between May and August 1861. In addition, there are a few items dating from 1862 and one document dating from 1866. These are mainly copies of bills, vouchers and ordnance inventories. The correspondence in this series deals almost exclusively with the organization and supply of volunteer units raised by the state in response to President Lincoln's call for men in 1861.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Paymaster General's Office administrative files
Series Number
- A4118
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, vouchers, abstracts and statements of receipt, lists of expenditures, copies of special orders, reports, claims, lists of officers and men paid, and volunteer certificates issued for bounty money received. The records in this series deal mainly with routine administrative duties such as certifying the accuracy of accounts submitted for payment and the actual payment of funds to individuals for goods or service purchased by the state's military establishment.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.