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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- Unidentified indexes
Series Number
- A1180
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of personal or corporate name to page number references. They probably indexing accounts submitted to the comptroller for payment, documented in unspecified account books.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subject index to laws
Series Number
- A1194
Summary
- This index was apparently created by the Comptroller's Office as a reference to legislation relevant to its functions. For each subject a brief title or description of the pertinent law and its citation (year, chapter, and section) are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Affidavits of publication of tax sale and redemption notices
Series Number
- B0931
Summary
- This series documents the announcement of pending tax-sales and redemptions of lands. Included are affidavits of publication of tax sale and redemption notices for land to be sold for taxes; county treasurers' receipts; notices of mortgage liens on land to be sold for taxes; published lists of lands to be sold; lists of newspapers publishing the notices; and lists of people receiving the notices. Also included are a map and tax assessment lists for draining a marsh in Madison County.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bonds and correspondence regarding public defense
Series Number
- A1252
Summary
- This series consists of bonds, schedule of receipts for reimbursement of New York State stock and correspondence concerning the issuance of bonds used for New York's defense. Bond information includes issue date, to whom, and for what amount; schedule of receipts information includes reimbursement date, holders name, attorney, certificate number, certificate date, amount, and bonds interest rate. Most correspondence is from bankers to the Comptroller's Office about the issuance of the bonds. Also included are bonds issued by law.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation for building and maintenance of government facilities
Series Number
- A0825
Summary
- This series contains records of repairs and other work done on government buildings. By the 1797 law appointing a state comptroller, state officials and agencies were to account to the comptroller for any state money they spent, and to make compensation for money they owed to the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrants for payments to government officials and legislators
Series Number
- A0831
Summary
- The warrants for payment in this series generally include: payee's name; office held or reason for payment; sum to be paid; date; name of treasurer and comptroller; and a certificate of the payee's account, signed by the President of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, or Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of companies chartered in New York State
Series Number
- A1291
Summary
- Corporations were individually chartered by acts of the legislature. This series is a list of companies chartered in New York State. Information is given on title of company; date of charter; limitation; location; amount of capital; and object (e.g. a marine insurance co). The index lists 14 categories of manufacturing companies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office certificates of sale of land for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0918
Summary
- This series consists of records certifying the purchase of parcels of land for unpaid taxes. Certificates include purchaser; number of acres or size of lot purchased; county; lot number and description; amount paid; and date of sale. Some certificates include an assignment to a third party.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Payment receipts for lands purchased at tax sales
Series Number
- B0930
Summary
- This series consists of receipts issued by the State Treasurer for payment for lands sold at Comptroller's tax sales. Each receipt states name of purchaser, amount paid, date of tax sale, and date of receipt. The series is incomplete; not all tax sales are represented.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Records concerning the raising of troops and payment of bounties to volunteers
Series Number
- A1253
Summary
- This series consists of military board resolutions, correspondence, memorandums, payment totals for the militia, bounty payment tables, vouchers, and warrants pertaining to the raising, equipping, and paying of New York State's Militia during the Civil War. Records deal mainly with payment of bounties for troops raised and contain summary data of sums requested and received.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills and receipts of the superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs
Series Number
- A1247
Summary
- This series consists of bills and receipts from the office of the Superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs submitted by law to the Comptroller's Office. The series consists receipts and bills for work performed on constructing aqueducts from reservoirs at Salina and two reservoirs at Getties. The receipts are mostly for labor and supplies rented during this construction project.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Receipts and accounts for state expenses
Series Number
- A0978
Summary
- This series consists of miscellaneous documents from the Comptroller's Office mostly routine receipts, accounts, affidavits, lists and other ephemeral items. Of note is a letter relating to Quit Rents, a survey map of the Bayner and Company Patent, bills for household furniture, judge's order relating to wrecking of brandy and gin barrels, and salary statement for clerks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to applications to redeem property from tax sales
Series Number
- B0851
Summary
- This series is an index to Applications to Redeem Property from Tax Sales, series B0847. The index lists names of persons redeeming lands sold for unpaid taxes; county; description of lands redeemed; year of tax sale; and box and document numbers of records in series B0847. The series is incomplete; some books are missing.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bids and payments for land sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0845
Summary
- This series documents money received for sale of land for unpaid taxes. Information includes names of successful bidders and the amounts bid for each parcel, by county. Totaled at the bottom of the column is the amount bid, the amount paid and date of payment. Starting with the 1859 tax sale the entries also state the date when the purchaser received the certificate of payment.
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 tax searches
Series Number
- A1326
Summary
- The Comptroller was responsible for selling land for payment of delinquent taxes. These records were apparently used in conducting tax searches for various individual title companies and lawyers. Each letters lists any taxes and tax sales and associated dates for the specific plot of land for which the request was submitted. Tax records that these letters relate to are readily apparent in State Archives holdings.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Fiscal records relating to state court expense taxes and to court employee retirement funds
Series Number
- B1375
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from the state comptroller to chief financial officers of cities and counties concerning the collection and disbursement of the court expense tax as well as lists the names, titles, pay rates, and deposit amounts for all personnel in the state's judicial districts participating in the Supreme Court Employees Retirement Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Copies of certificates of appointment of notaries public
Series Number
- A1063
Summary
- This series contains copies of certificates of appointment, submitted by the county clerk to the State Comptroller. Each form gives name of notary public, term of office, signature of governor's private secretary, and sworn affidavit. Forms are present only for Rensselaer County, and even these are apparently a fragmentary series.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payment authorization to treasurer
Series Number
- A0839
Summary
- These records, from the Comptroller's Office consist of warrants to pay salary of the Attorney General.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily journal
Series Number
- A1329
Summary
- This series consists of a chronological record of payments made by the State. Information includes the person, agency, or institution to which payment is to be made; warrant number; amount; and daily totals. Payments were made to brigade inspectors; the banking department; county treasurers; the court of errors; and on accounts such as expenses of the Comptroller's Office, expenses of the geological survey, postage for state offices, and expenses of the building of the new state hall.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.