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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- Cancelled checks
Series Number
- A1447
Summary
- This series consists of checks drawn on various Albany banks. Information includes check and warrant numbers, signatures of canal auditor or comptroller and the treasurer, name of payee, date and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payment book to state agencies and officials
Series Number
- A1321
Summary
- This series contains payments made to state agencies and officials by the Comptroller's Office in keeping with its responsibility for paying bills and maintaining state financial records. Information includes payment date and amount paid to the following agencies and officials: infantry brigade inspectors; canal appraisers; constables; clerks; division inspectors; foreign poor in the New York City; New York Hospital; state prison inspectors; state library; orphan asylum; State Hall; sheriffs for attendance at Supreme Court; and newspapers for state advertisements.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's subordinate ledgers
Series Number
- A1309
Summary
- This series consists of Comptroller's account ledgers with county loan officers and individuals related to loans, with auctioneers for duties, and for stock shares. The second ledger also includes information on New Military Tract lots (location, lot number, acreage, purchaser); accounts of persons who provided services to the state including Hartford Convention delegates, supporters of aged or sick slaves, surveyor Benjamin Ellicott; and Indian agents and commissioners; certificates of receipt of arrears of quit rents; and accounts with various colleges.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of property valuations made for State taxes
Series Number
- B0315
Summary
- This series consists of property value abstracts submitted by the commissioners of taxes in each county to the Comptroller. County abstracts gives for each town or ward values on houses; lands; animal stock; carriages; clocks; watches; slaves between 12 and 51 years old; river sloops and residue of personal estate. Also included is a general abstract of state tax levied in each county. Abstracts of town taxes levied may be included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation submitted by the collector for the Port of New York
Series Number
- A0822
Summary
- This series contains records of the collection of duties at the port of New York. The records include accounts of payment of duties; accounts of the Collector's Office; salary accounts; receipts; and other related material. Information usually includes name; date; amount paid; and purpose of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Account book pertaining to cleaning ladies at the State Capitol
Series Number
- A1296
Summary
- This volume of handwritten-ink carbon copies of papers from the Comptroller's Office is titled "Cleaning at the Capital During the Session of the Legislature Up To Date." Each page lists names of cleaning ladies for a specific day (or session), beginning January 11, 1875.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to college landscrip fund
Series Number
- A1241
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, resolutions, receipts, agreements, and other legal records relating to the sale of lands granted to New York under the Morrill Act of 1892. The records deal mainly with the sale of lands or landscrips to various individuals, particularly Ezra Cornell and the establishment of Cornell University.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurer's lists of non-resident lands to be sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0936
Summary
- This series consists of lists that identify parcels to be sold by county treasurers for unpaid taxes. For each parcel, the notice provides the lot number and description; name of owner; acreage; and amount of taxes due. Some of the lists include resident as well as non-resident lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Claims of Spanish-American War volunteers
Series Number
- A1255
Summary
- State employees who voluntarily enlisted in the United States service during the Spanish-American War were entitled to pay as public employees from enlistment time until honorable discharge. This series consists of petitions and claims from State employees to the Comptroller's Office for pay due them. Records contain certified statements verifying the claimant's time and state employment, the name of the unit with which the claimant served and may include a statement of amount allowed the claimant.
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 correspondence concerning claims for war service and bills for military expenses
Series Number
- B1182
Summary
- Most of this series consists of letters written to the Comptroller requesting searches of records to confirm individuals' Revolutionary War service. Replies from the controller are not included. Additional material includes bills for repair and storage of small arms; memoranda concerning state military accounts; certificates of employment of clerks in the adjutant general's office; War of 1812 claim number 16,273; and a few claims for the state campaign badge awarded for military service during the Spanish-American War.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal auditor's decisions
Series Number
- A1082
Summary
- These are abstracts of decisions made by the auditor of the Canal Department regarding canal tolls and other regulations. The volume also records appointments and removals of canal toll collectors and other officials.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Name index of landowners with unpaid taxes in Sullivan County
Series Number
- B1627
Summary
- This series lists names of persons owning land in Sullivan County for which taxes were unpaid for the tax years 1924-1926. Each entry includes only the name of the property owner and a reference number. The source to which the number refers is unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly bank balances of Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1096
Summary
- This volume contains monthly totals of balances of canal money in various banks throughout New York State. Each monthly entry provides the name of the bank; amounts on loan and at what percent interest; amount on deposit and the amount remaining in each bank. An accretion consists of two folio sized volumes regarding the balances of banks that held Erie Canal fund monies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners
Series Number
- A1334
Summary
- This series contains accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. All such loans had to be approved by the Comptroller's Office. Arrange county by county, information includes the amount received; the amount in warrants issued; an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers (which may or may not relate to the accounts); and a list of dates and financial actions such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company
Series Number
- A1452
Summary
- Canal Commissioners were required to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle accounts with the comptroller relating to construction of a harbor or basin at Buffalo and Black Rock (western terminus of the Erie Canal). This series consists of accounts (receipts and bills) for expenditures by the Buffalo Harbor Company. Most accounts are receipts for cash salary payments for labor. Also included are itemized bills for purchases of food, produce, and materials.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of bank note impressions
Series Number
- A0957
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts of bank note impressions. Each account lists name of bank, number of impressions, and denominations in the vault of the Banking Department on morning of a given date.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily journals of receipts and disbursements
Series Number
- A1318
Summary
- This series consists of daily journals of receipts and disbursements by the Comptroller. Entries include receipts and disbursements and provide the following information: receipt or warrant number, name of individual account, and amount. Later volumes have monthly totals of receipts and disbursements. Totals for debits and credits are maintained in separate columns.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger accounts of Senate members, officers, and employees
Series Number
- A3241
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Journal of expenses for building State Hall
Series Number
- A1330
Summary
- This journal records payments in connection with the construction of State Hall, a government office building. Vouchers were submitted to the Comptroller for approval and payment for expenses: wages; building materials; cartage; and other supplies. It is impossible to determine to whom paid, what for, and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Weekly returns of deposits for salt duties, Onondaga Salt Springs
Series Number
- A1324
Summary
- This series contains bank deposits for salt duties paid to the state by private companies. The State entered into leasing agreements with companies who wished to manufacture salt at the Onondaga Salt Springs. The returns were submitted by the superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs to the Comptroller. Information recorded includes the date, day the weekends, the bank into which money was deposited, and weekly totals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.