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Displaying 17 Finding Aids
Title
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund index to unidentified canal accounts
Series Number
- B1719
Summary
- This series consists of one bound index to an unidentified ledger created by the Commissioners of the State Canal Fund. The actual ledger is not believed to be extant. The index contains references to banks, canals, personal names, officials, funds, stocks, and types of expenditures.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund index of stockholders of Million Dollar Loan
Series Number
- A1454
Summary
- This series consists of an alphabetical index of stockholders in the state's "Million Dollar Loan." Names listed include those of private citizens, insurance companies, state officials, banks, trust funds, and colleges. The index refers to a "Ledger A" which is apparently no longer extant.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Engrossed minutes and index
Series Number
- A1077
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. Subjects documented in this series include disbursement of funds, stock purchases, redemption of canal stock by individual stock holders, and the Erie Canal enlargement fund. These are final minutes of the Rough Minutes in series A1076. Series B0316, Index to Minutes indexes this series from 1817-1854.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of audited canal accounts
Series Number
- A1084
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund were given charge of all financial operations of the canal system. These records are abstracts or summaries of audited accounts for expenditures on canals, including accounts with Canal Commissioners. Entries include contract or voucher number, name of payee, amount, and occasionally a brief note of purpose of the expenditure. Volume 2 includes accounts for the enlargement of the Erie Canal (1835-1840).
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Schedule of Erie and Champlain Canal stock redeemed by the Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1012
Summary
- This schedule provides date of payment by Commissioners of the Canal Fund; surrender date of stock; name of holder; interest rate and issuing year; and amount of certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
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.
Title
- Bank book
Series Number
- A0813
Summary
- This series, arrange chronologically, consists of entries for deposits and withdrawals in the account of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund in the Canal Bank.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly balances of canal monies in banks
Series Number
- A1097
Summary
- Entries provide name of bank, amounts of money on loan and on deposit, amount remaining in each bank, and grant totals. Money was presumably for receipts from tolls deposited by Commissioners of the Canal Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissioners of the Canal Fund daybook and journal number 8
Series Number
- A1083
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund oversaw all financial operations of the canal system. The left side of the volume consists of a daybook recording drafts on various banks in favor of various creditors of the Canal Fund. The right side contains a journal indicating debits and credits and posting of various transactions.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Documents relating to deposit of Canal Funds in banks
Series Number
- A1163
Summary
- Most of the documents are statements of deposit of Canal Fund monies in banks across the State. Generally they include date of statement, name bank, and amounts deposited on various dates. Interfiled with the statements are receipts, canceled checks, certificates of deposit, lists of canal toll deposits, and resolutions of bank board of directors for the deposit of funds.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rough minutes
Series Number
- A1076
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. This series consists predominantly of printed resolutions pasted onto the pages of bound volumes. The records provide date, members present, resolution being considered, and vote. Series B0316 indexes this series through 1854 and final versions of the minutes are found in Series A1077.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal Fund loan proposals
Series Number
- A1038
Summary
- This series contains offers to lend money to the Canal Fund in return for stock. The loan proposals usually provide date; name of lender; purpose of loan; amount of the loan; and per cent interest on stock.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of stockholders of Million Dollar Loan and canal loans
Series Number
- A0883
Summary
- This series contains quarterly returns of stockholders of the State's "Million Loan" and of canal loans between 1817 and 1823. The lists of stockholders include dates; names of stockholders; amount of stock held; and interest due.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statements of proceeds from sales of Canal Fund lands
Series Number
- A1395
Summary
- Each statement of proceeds in this series provides year, proceeds from lands sold (location not given), and distribution of monies to the Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and the Oswego Canal Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bonds of banks holding deposits of Canal Fund monies
Series Number
- A1170
Summary
- This series consists of articles of agreement between the State of New York in a bank, specifying terms and conditions of deposit of monies of the canal fund; and of forms supplied by the Canal Department outlining the terms and conditions of the bank directors acceptance of the agreement. Also included are letters, memoranda, and canceled checks.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Resolutions and reports of the Commissioners
Series Number
- A0905
Summary
- This series documents the activities of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund. It includes an 1818 report listing receipts and payments and explaining certain aspects of the report; resolutions passed by the commissioners in 1825 regarding tolls, contracts, and other matters and providing the date and names of the commissioners present at the meeting.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.