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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- Daybooks
Series Number
- A0862
Summary
- This series consists of daily record of receipts and disbursements kept by the State Comptroller. Each entry gives the name of payor or payee, name of account, warrant number, journal letter and page number. The daybooks cover the entire range of state activities.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Expense copybooks
Series Number
- A3359
Summary
- This series consists of binders containing letterpress copies of lists of payments apparently made or received by the governor's office from 1917-1923. Entries generally provide date; name of person, company, or state agency; amount; and purpose of payment. The volumes also contain lists of amounts of interest earned on Canal Fund moneys in banks throughout the state. Each entry on these lists provides name of bank, location (New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, etc.), and amount of interest earned.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Copies of documentation establishing ownership of lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B1260
Summary
- This series consists of documents obtained by the State Comptroller's Office in its effort to establish ownership of lands sold for unpaid taxes. Documents include letters and certificates testamentary; letters and certificates of administration; and letters documenting grants of power of attorney.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Auburn Prison invoices, receipts, and vouchers relating to prison purchases
Series Number
- B1274
Summary
- This series consists of invoices, receipts, and vouchers documenting Auburn Prison purchases of food, equipment, and supplies. For each purchase, the records contain an invoice submitted by the contractor listing the items delivered, date delivered, and price; a receipt from the prison with date items were received; and a prison voucher completed by the contractor and approved for payment.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Clinton Prison cash book
Series Number
- B1248
Summary
- This series consists of a journal recording Clinton Prison's cash receipts, disbursements, and balances and as such provides an on-going record of the prison's income, expenditures, and cash on-hand. Categories include cash receipts, balances, and disbursements. Entries list name of account, fund or payee.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to damages awarded by the Canal Appraisers for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and for construction of other canals
Series Number
- B2027
Summary
- This series consists of an index to damages awarded by the Canal Appraisers for the enlargement of the Erie Canal and for the construction of other canals, particularly the Chemung and Chenango Canals. Data includes claimant name; county where claimant's property was located; filing number; date; volume and page reference; amount of the award and when paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Canal Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to direct tax books
Series Number
- A1189
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to direct state tax levied on real property. The index is by county, town name, township, land patent, city, ward, or other unit of land. The tax referred to was probably the annual mill tax on land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Prisoners' deposit vouchers from Institution for Defective Delinquents, Napanoch
Series Number
- A1162
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of vouchers for payment of bills for food, tobacco, and other personal items purchased by Napanoch inmates. Payments were made from earnings deposited with the prison superintendent. Vouchers include name and signature of inmate, date and total amount of purchase. Invoices from local stores are attached to the vouchers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Opinions of the Attorney General and court decisions concerning the sale of lands for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B1261
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledger
Series Number
- B1498
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger containing debits, credits, and other transactions. Accounts and headings, include State Treasurer; Oneida Bank; building fixtures and drains; furniture; attendants, assistants, and labor; fuel; lights; provisions; individual patient accounts; books and stationery; leases; farm, garden and barn; grounds improvements; officers' salaries; patients clothing; accounts of individual counties; and water supply. Balances of all accounts are given for some years.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of cash received
Series Number
- B0976
Summary
- This series consists of daily entries of cash received from corporations in payment of the corporation tax on capital stock and gross earnings. Types of corporation included: transportation, telephone, telegraph, gas and water, and others.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Corporation Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrants for payment
Series Number
- A0863
Summary
- The Office of Comptroller was established to settle accounts of the state and to keep records of all state funds, accounts, and expenses. This series contains listings of payments of state funds, indicating to whom paid; reason for payment; amount; and totals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Affidavits of non-occupancy of lands purchased at Comptroller's tax sales
Series Number
- B0988
Summary
- This series consists of affidavits of purchasers of land at Comptroller's tax sales, stating that the land purchased was wholly unoccupied and vacant. The affidavits were filed with the Comptroller to prove that no occupant had rights to redeem land from the tax sale.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payments journal
Series Number
- B0977
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of payments for expenses of state departments, commissions, officers, schools, hospitals, funds, and other aspects of state government. Each entry gives date, amount of payment, and category of payment (such as salaries, expenses, construction, etc.).
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- William Beard estate papers
Series Number
- A1200
Summary
- This series consists of statements and tables of income (mainly rents), from taxes on the real estate of the late William Beard whose lands were to be acquired by the Barge Canal Terminal Commission for its terminal in New York Harbor. Also included are working papers submitted by the Comptroller's office to the Attorney General in litigation over the estate. They include data on the operation of the old Erie Basin, which had apparently been leased to Beard as agent of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of the repayment of the loan of 1808
Series Number
- A1044
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger from the office of the comptroller containing entries relating to the repayment of the loan of 1808. Entries are arranged by debtor and list payments of principal and interest.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bi-monthly accounts of monies received and disbursed
Series Number
- A4128
Summary
- These records consist of bi-monthly accounts of monies received and distributed by the Paymaster General's Office, 1883-1886.
Creator
- New York (State). Paymaster General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund mortgage payment ledger
Series Number
- B1622
Summary
- The U.S. Deposit Fund was established to make surplus monies from the U.S. Treasury available to states as loans for improved real estate. This series consists of a ledger recording United States Deposit Fund mortgage payments. Entries include mortgage number; original mortgagor; date; unpaid principal; name and address of present owner; and dates payments were made on principal and interest.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of Canal Commissioners for expenditures on branch canals
Series Number
- A1087
Summary
- Included are accounts for the following canals: Oswego, Genesee Valley, Black River, Chenango, Cayuga and Seneca, Chemung and Crooked Lake, as well as the Oneida River Improvement. Each entry provides name of payee; after date; location or type of work performed; and amount due.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts and returns of canal tolls by railroads
Series Number
- A1093
Summary
- The State Canal Department collected tolls on railroad freight on lines parallel to canals until 1851, when the tolls were abolished. This series consists of bound documents relating to payment of canal tolls by railroads in New York State.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.