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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- County treasurers' tax sales records
Series Number
- B0937
Summary
- This series includes e lists of the property redeemed from county treasurers' tax sales, receipts and other items.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation relating to pension claims, First N.Y. Regiment Volunteers, Mexican War
Series Number
- A1254
Summary
- This series contains letters, affidavits, and other supporting documentation submitted to the state comptroller by veterans of the Mexican War or their legal representatives in order to verify military service and apply for pension funds. The documents contain detailed military service information including the claimant's rank, his company, the battles in which he was engaged, and any wounds he received.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
Title
- Accounts of monies paid into treasuries of Albany and Dutchess counties
Series Number
- A1240
Summary
- This series consists of returns for taxes paid into the Albany and Dutchess Counties treasuries. Records include lists of dated returns denoting the amount of money that was collected in each district of the County. Dutchess County returns may also include the names of the collectors for each district and information on how the tax money was disbursed.
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 audits and vouchers and state expenses
Series Number
- A1283
Summary
- This series consists of bound carbon copies of outgoing correspondence relating to audits conducted by the comptroller's office, and other transactions of state agencies overseen by the comptroller. Each volume is indexed individually.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports by county clerks and treasurers of land owned by counties and mortgaged to loan commissioners
Series Number
- B1262
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Newspaper receipt for printing notice
Series Number
- A0915
Summary
- This series consists of a receipt of payment of a bill for the publication of a notice in the <emph render="italic">Albany Morning Express</emph>. The notice set the terms for submission to the canal commissioners of contract proposals for work on the Black River Canal. The bill was paid by the commissioners, and the receipt gives the date; name of newspaper, publisher, and commissioner who made the payment; amount paid; and a newspaper clipping of the printed notice.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Card index to statements of tolls on canal passenger boats
Series Number
- B1879
Summary
- This series consists of a card index to Series A1057, Statements of tolls on canal passenger boats. Arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by name of boat; the index lists name of boat, city of origin, and date of toll. No passenger names are given.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund ledger of accounts with commissioners for Cayuga County
Series Number
- A0865
Summary
- This ledger summarizes the financial status of the portion of the United States Deposit Fund allocated to Cayuga County. Ledger entries include dates and amounts of interest receipts and new loans (credit side), dates and amounts of payments (debit side), and yearly balances.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tax assessment roll for Town of Rochester, Ulster County
Series Number
- B0959
Summary
- This series is a copy of the original tax roll for the town of Rochester, filed in the Comptroller's office. Entries give the name of the taxable, assessed valuation, and the amount of tax.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accountant ledger
Series Number
- A1206
Summary
- These compiled payment accounts include debits and credits made out and audited by the Comptroller. Information includes name, date, expenditure amounts, and totals. Accounts include payments to government officials (e.g., Simeon DeWitt, Martin Van Buren), contractors, and state facilities.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Returns of arrears of United States direct tax
Series Number
- B0965
Summary
- This series documents the non-payment of the 1815 U.S. direct tax on real property in the eastern part of New York. The tax was collected by local officials and paid by the Comptroller to the U.S. Treasury. Each entry states the name of the delinquent taxable; his residence; name of occupant; location and description of lands; description of buildings thereon (houses, barns, mills, etc.); acreage taxed; assessed valuation; and amount of tax due.
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 search certificate form books
Series Number
- B0971
Summary
- This series consists of a book of sample blank forms relating to tax title searches, tax sales, record searches, etc. The forms were used in the Division of Taxation, Department of Taxation and Finance.
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 Civil Service and appointments
Series Number
- A1362
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence to the Civil Service Commission and various individuals. The letters contain information on: the appointment of officers of the State; salaries; resignations; and various employment issues in which Civil Service is involved.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Craig Colony at Sonyea Treasurer's report
Series Number
- A1404
Summary
- Officers of state institutions were required to submit itemized accounts of monthly receipts and expenditures to the Comptroller. This series contains a report, which includes a transmittal letter to the supervisor of state charities; a bank statement; statements of personal service, food, fuel, light, power, water, clothing, furniture, household supplies, general administration, traveling expenses, and building repairs; an abstract of vouchers submitted; and a statement of home and farm products of the institution, with product values.
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 reports and correspondence relating to State Education Funds
Series Number
- A3207
Summary
- This series consists of incoming correspondence and drafts of reports and outgoing correspondence compiled by the State Comptroller's office. Most of the documents relate specifically to the management and disbursement of funds appropriated for educational purposes and therefore under the oversight of the Board of Regents. Records document grants for establishment of libraries and for other charitable purposes; management and appropriation of funds for common schools, colleges, and academies; status of the finances of the Board of Regents; and funds raised by lotteries, especially as provided for in the Lottery Act of 1814, and appropriated for educational purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Engineers' abstracts and vouchers for survey of canal routes
Series Number
- A1158
Summary
- These vouchers and abstracts of vouchers document expenses incurred during surveys of proposed branch canals, some of which were never built. The abstracts listing the vouchers by date, name of payee, and amount, and related correspondence. The abstracts and vouchers are labelled with the name of the engineer, location of route surveyed, and total amount of vouchers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly schedules of accounts and balances in bank
Series Number
- A1164
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of monthly schedules of Comptroller's accounts, including the canal funds and municipal bond issues across the state. Also included are lists of balances of Canal Fund monies in various banks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canvasses of proposals for enlargement of Erie Canal and completion of Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- A1399
Summary
- These canvasses, arranged numerically by canal section number, are for proposals for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and completion of the Genesee Valley Canal. Each sheet contains section number, proposition number, name of bidder, amount of work to be done (grubbing, cleaning, bailing, draining, excavation, masonry, etc., in cubic yards), and quantity of materials needed, and dollar amounts proposed by each bidder.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statement of bonds and mortgages taken by City Chamberlain, New York County, on account of court and trust funds
Series Number
- A1400
Summary
- This series consists of a statement of bonds and mortgages for loans from trust funds and court funds. Each entry gives the name of the bondsman and address, premises covered by the mortgage, amount and date of the mortgage, interest, appraiser's value, assessed value, insurance coverage, and remarks. Also included is a transmittal letter from the examiner to the Comptroller, detailing irregularities in the appraisal of property pledged to secure mortgages.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certificate for deputy comptroller to sign warrants and audit accounts
Series Number
- A1366
Summary
- These standardized forms provide copies of certificates authorizing the Deputy Comptroller and Second Deputy Comptroller, to sign warrants or to audit accounts when the Comptroller is out of town. Included are the names of the Deputy and Second Deputy Comptroller, the period of time for which the authorization is valid and the signature of the Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.