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Displaying 426 Finding Aids
Title
- Tax accounts of the Treasurer of the City and County of New York
Series Number
- A0973
Summary
- This series consists of lists of "Insolvents of Taxes" for wards of New York City Information may include name, tax owed, address and reasons for non-payment. Also included are cover letters, statements of the City Treasurer, and miscellaneous receipts and accounts of collectors.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Certified abstracts of title of Forest Preserve lands
Series Number
- B2057
Summary
- The Forest Preserve Board was created to acquire land for the State of New York. This series consists of original abstracts of title and Comptroller's tax searches related to lands sold by the State Comptroller for unpaid taxes to be acquired by the State of New York.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Audited accounts of the comptroller
Series Number
- A1475
Summary
- The series consists of accounts audited by the state comptroller for monies due to the state treasury or owed to individuals or agencies by the state. Each entry includes name, date, brief description with amount due, and account balance. An index appears at the end of the volume.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to laws and court decisions affecting the state comptroller
Series Number
- A1461
Summary
- The series consists of an informal, handwritten subject index to laws pertaining to responsibilities of the state comptroller. Laws dating from 1784 to 1915 are referenced. The creation date is unknown, but entries are by several hands, perhaps added over time, and represent a working copy. Subjects are wide-ranging and in keeping with this historically important office. Quite often there is a precis of the legislation with its citation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statement of interest due to holders of New York State stock (various issues)
Series Number
- A1307
Summary
- This series consists of bound volumes containing statements of interest due to holders of state stock (including canal stock), with receipts. Each entry gives amount of stock (in dollars), stockholder's name, amount of interest due, date paid, and signature of stockholder or representative.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Comptroller's Office cancelled state stock certificates
Series Number
- A1449
Summary
- This series contains cancelled or unused certificates of state stock issued for construction of canals, railroads, the new Capitol, and for general fund expenditures. Accompanying many certificates are receipts for payment of principal and interest, powers of attorney for transfer of stock, a few stub books, lists of stockholders, and other miscellaneous documents. Scores of different stock issues are included; each issue was authorized by an act of the Legislature.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Treasurer's journal of receipts and expenditures
Series Number
- A1314
Summary
- This journal was kept by the Treasurer for receipts and expenditures of the state. Information includes date; receipt number; source of monies (taxes, e.g. quit rent, vendue duty, mortgages, etc.); amount; check and warrant numbers; payee (members of the legislature, other state and local officials, and various other creditors of the state) and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Examination of accounts of Battle Island Paper Company
Series Number
- A1472
Summary
- This report on the profitability of the Battle Island Paper Company, Fulton, relates to the company's claim for inadequate compensation for the appropriation of its water power rights during construction of the Barge Canal. The report includes a balance sheet; tables showing yearly balances; monthly summary accounts for manufacture and sale of sulfate; and details the company's assets and liabilities and its profit/loss accounts.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Field notes of the surveys of Brant Lake tract
Series Number
- A1466
Summary
- This series consists of transcriptions for survey field notes of tracts of land in Essex and Warren Counties copied from field books filed by the Surveyor General in the Office of the Secretary of State. The major surveys include Brant Lake Tract 1803 (F.B. no. 20), Paradox Tract, 1807 (F.B. no. 13), Hague Tract, 1817 (F.B. no. 11), and Scaroon (Schroon) Tract no. 2, 1803 (F.B. no. 20).
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger for state and private stock sale
Series Number
- A1300
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of ledgers of accounts for sales of stock. Each account lists name of stockholder, amount paid in (Canal Fund, Sinking Fund, banks, railroads, manufacturing companies, etc.), and amount of stock issued. A few addresses of stockholders are noted, especially for residents of other states and foreign countries. Also included is a separate alphabetical name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of payments of New York state bounty by the paymaster general
Series Number
- A1328
Summary
- This series consists of monthly statistical summaries of the number of men receiving payments from the paymaster general's office for sums varying from $10.00 to $150.00. The information contained includes number of men receiving each amount and total amount paid out for the month.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Unidentified indexes
Series Number
- A1467
Summary
- This series consists of at least six distinct indexes; most are partial or fragmentary. They reference names of banks, companies, or individuals to (account?) books or other unidentified records.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of taxes on corporations
Series Number
- A1301
Summary
- This ledger records taxes assessed on and paid by corporations. Information includes incorporated companies; amount of real and personal property owned; tax or commutation due; amount of stock owned by residents of the county; and amount of tax collected. Individual stockholders' names are not given, but the various incorporated companies (banks, insurance companies, turnpike and steamboat companies, etc.) are listed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's accounts with county treasurers for taxes due the state
Series Number
- A1315
Summary
- This series consists of accounts for taxes due the state from county treasurers. Information includes taxes due the state, with notes of total valuations of real and personal estate and balances; cash payments by county treasurers; fees of collectors and county treasurers; arrears for non-resident taxes by towns; and taxes on corporations brought forward from another book. Also included is an index to counties.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's blank forms
Series Number
- A0962
Summary
- The series consists of blank printed forms and circular letters used in the office of the Comptroller. Forms are numbered on endorsement, and the number of copies indicated.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Inventory of state property by the Commissioners of Quarantine
Series Number
- B1942
Summary
- This series consists of an inventory of property belong to the State of New York and of which the Commissioners of Quarantine are custodians. Listed are objects of value, such as rungs, desks, china, and glassware from the Office of the Commissioners of Quarantine, Swinburne Island, Hoffman Island, and the Steam Propeller, "State of New York."
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Correspondence relating to the payment of interest on loans from the Common School Fund
Series Number
- A1249
Summary
- The Comptroller was authorized to loan monies to towns and school districts from the school fund. This series consists of cover letters that accompanied payment of interest on those loans. Records include the amount for which the draft was made and may include the interest charged.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Entry documentation concerning the estate of Abraham De Peyster
Series Number
- A1261
Summary
- These records were created to assist with the recovery of unpaid duties from DePeyster's tenure as treasurer. The series contains list of bonds and notes, a maps of lots owned by DePeyster and then sold by his executors which list location, purchaser, sale terms, and the date; and accounts of sale that provide scattered inventory of what was bought from the DePeyster Estate.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bonds of state and local officials
Series Number
- A1331
Summary
- This series consists of a volume listing bonds filed by a wide variety of state and local government officers. Each entry includes date of bond, file number, office holder's name, and office. (The original bonds are lost.) Offices include, but are not limited to, registers and clerks of the Court of Chancery, Indigenous agents and superintendents (by reservation), superintendents of the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation, commissioners of military stores, paymasters general (military), state prison agents and clerks, commissioners of state roads and bridges, state lottery managers, Senate and Assembly clerks, and agents of "foreign" (i.e. out-of-state) insurance companies. County-level offices include commissioners of state loans, commissioners of the United States Deposit Fund, and county treasurers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstract of statement of monies received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the City of New York
Series Number
- A1319
Summary
- This series consists of booklets containing abstracts of fees and other monies received by the Clerk of the Supreme Court in the City of New York or his deputy. The abstracts were compiled and submitted to the Comptroller in pursuance of a law regarding compensation of Clerks of the Supreme Court. The statements give names of individuals and amounts.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.