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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
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
- 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
- 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
- Vouchers, payment orders, and payrolls for highway maintenance and repair
Series Number
- A0936
Summary
- Supply vouchers and payment orders are duplicate printed forms sent to the Highway Commission Auditor in Albany, who submitted them to the Comptroller pursuant to legislation of 1909. The forms provide order number; date; name and address of supplier; amount of labor or materials (cement, tools, pipe etc.) required; signatures of Division Engineer and Deputy; and road number and location.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Index to War of 1812 claim certificates
Series Number
- A1182
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Receipt books for redemption of "Million Loan"
Series Number
- A1196
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipt books for redemption of the stock for the "Million Loan" of 1818. Entries are alphabetical by stockholder name, and include amount of debt, number(s) of stock certificate(s), name of stockholder, amount redeemed, date paid, and signature of stockholder or representative. At end of each book is a "Recapitulation" of amount redeemed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of municipal securities held in various state funds
Series Number
- A1343
Summary
- This series contains financial actions relative to securities purchased for various state funds. Information includes the name of the security, rate, coupon or regular, amount; principal paid (date and amount) and relevant year. Accounts are arranged by fund types such as the common school fund, United States deposit fund, literature fund, military record fund, and highway debt sinking fund.
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
- 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.
Title
- Accounts of Senate and Assembly expenses
Series Number
- A1353
Summary
- This series is a record of accounts of expenses by the Legislature for items, primarily of a "housekeeping" nature (i.e. telephone company accounts, postage, telegraph payments, funeral related expenses, and travel expenses for investigative committees). Accounts include sergeant at arms; committee on Soldiers and Sailors Home at Bath; phone company accounts; and telegraph company accounts. The information contained in these accounts is date; person or purpose; and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index of newspapers in which notices of redemption of state stock were published
Series Number
- A1192
Summary
- Notices of state stock redemption were routinely published in newspapers statewide to meet legal requirements. The series is a list of newspaper titles. No actual notices or any other information on stock transactions are present.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Inventory of documents stored in State Hall
Series Number
- A1186
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of an inventory for documents contained in "sundry boxes deposited in the upper loft of the State Hall". The documents range in date from Revolutionary War to the 1820's. and include accounts of/for: Governors; Commissioner of Conspiracies; army provisions; War of 1812 expenditures; roads and bridges; building the Capitol and State Hall; wolf bounties; and for building and maintaining Auburn Prison.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Superintendents of repairs' unpaid accounts
Series Number
- A1179
Summary
- This series contains abstracts of unpaid accounts, submitted to the controller for one section of the canal during the 60 day period. Each abstract provides data purchase or labor performed; to whom payment due; purpose of payment; reason not paid; and amount owed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.