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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- Accounts of taxes on incorporations
Series Number
- A0965
Summary
- Accounts of taxes on incorporated companies, in five sewn booklets varying in content and format.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Leases of toll collectors' offices
Series Number
- A1448
Summary
- This series, arrange chronologically by year, then alphabetical by location of office, consists of leases for toll collectors' offices. Information includes description of premises leased, date of lease, location of the office, terms of payment and annual rent. Beginning in 1858, the information was compiled on a specific printed form. There are many gaps in the series.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts with county treasurers for sales of "The Natural History of New York"
Series Number
- A3277
Summary
- This series consists of records of accounts from county treasurers for sale of the publication, <emph render="italic">The Natural History of New York</emph>. It includes quantity sold and payments received.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of expenditures for Barge Canal maintenance
Series Number
- B1380
Summary
- This series documents expenditures made by the superintendent for routine maintenance of the Barge Canal. It consists of abstracts of expenditures created by the Superintendent of Public Works for the State Comptroller's Office.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Injunction Master's annual reports on the accounts of guardians, committees and receivers
Series Number
- J2076
Summary
- This series consists of the annual reports of Injunction Masters on the accounts of all court appointed guardians, committees, and receivers in their circuits. These reports were originally filled with the Chancellor and appropriate Vice Chancellor pursuant to court rule 156. The reports are in narrative form and contain the following information for each account: whether it was kept correctly; whether there was any waste or inappropriate use of the funds; and whether funds were properly invested and secured.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Ledgers for bonds and mortgages held by the State of New York
Series Number
- A1280
Summary
- This series consists of account ledgers for bonds and mortgages held by the State Comptroller. Each account lists mortgagor or obligor name; date and amount of bond; location of mortgaged property; interest due; and payments on principal and interest or other credits. Most accounts are for sales of lands formerly part of Indian reservations and unappropriated lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Schedule of bids for improvement bonds for canals, highways, and parks
Series Number
- A1054
Summary
- This series of schedules of bids from the State Comptroller's Office contains the name of the bond issue and date, authorizing laws, bid number, name and address of bidders, amount of bid, deposit with bid, date the deposit was returned, and to whom the deposit was returned. The bids were removed from an account book.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York Military Agency superintendent's ledger regarding field offices' accounts
Series Number
- A4138
Summary
- This volume details the financial status of each of the New York Military Agency's field offices, mainly for the year 1865 (only three entries are for 1867). The ledger also records accounts with individuals with whom the agency had business relationships. Usually, specifics of a transaction are not provided. Rather, general notations such as expenses, expenditures, services, check, or voucher are used when recording debits or credits.
Creator
- New York Military Agency
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal
Series Number
- A3131
Summary
- These vouchers were submitted to a canal commissioner and accompanied by a receipt for money paid by him. Vouchers specify monies paid for appraising property; moving buildings; advertising for proposal; excavating earth; and constructing or altering locks, waste weirs, dams, and other canal structures.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rough abstracts of expenditures for salaries and ordnance
Series Number
- A4110
Summary
- This series consists of handwritten abstracts of expenditures which, for the most part, detail the names, grades, positions, and salaries paid to individuals serving in the Military Department. Other abstracts provide information on ordnance distributed to various units but these are few in number and differ greatly in content. Offices which submitted abstracts include those of the Surgeon General, Inspector General, Commissary General, Judge Advocate General, Paymaster General, and Quartermaster General.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Payroll for workers employed in building State Hall
Series Number
- A1295
Summary
- This series contains volumes listing job category (carpenter, laborer, stone cutter, etc.); names of individuals performing job; number of days worked for a specific period; and wages per day and amount paid to workers building 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.
Title
- Summary of appropriations requested by state government agencies
Series Number
- A0835
Summary
- These records consist of standardized forms submitted by state agencies to the Comptroller's Office related to: salaries and services; general expenses; maintenance; permanent outlays; miscellaneous purposes; portions of appropriations now in force estimated to lapse; and portions of appropriations now in force estimated to be unexpended. They detail items for expenditure, amount and remarks. The salary schedule contains employee names, position, types of duties, Civil Service grade and date of entry into State service.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills of costs
Series Number
- J1152
Summary
- This fragmentary series contains bills of costs awarded to winning parties. Each bill contains a list of costs incurred by the plaintiff in the progress of civil action from the initial retaining fee and warrant of attorney to filing of the execution. Court rules specified the costs to be allowed in actions in Supreme Court. Costs taxed in each case were included in the final judgment award.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Payment ledger
Series Number
- B1949
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger documenting expenditures authorized by various appropriation acts of the legislature. The ledger records acts appropriating funds and lists payments made to entities such as state agencies, offices and positions.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers and bills submitted by the Andersonville Monument Dedication Commission
Series Number
- A1460
Summary
- This series contains receipted vouchers and accompanying bills and invoices for commission expenses and for dedication of the monument. The monument was for New York soldiers who perished at Andersonville prison.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger of state funds
Series Number
- A1306
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts of various state funds: the General Fund (including State Debt); Common School Fund; Literature Fund; various canal funds; Mariners' Fund; and Banking Fund (including accounts of funds in individual banks). On debit side are entries for bonds issued, on credit side for bonds cancelled. The account of the Common School Fund has columns for bonds for lands, for loans of capital, and for sales of public stock and bank stock.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrant and check register for various accounts
Series Number
- A1312
Summary
- This series consists of a register giving the date of check, number of warrant, account name, number of check, and bank on which it was drawn (Commercial Bank, Manhattan Company, or "Country and other" banks).
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 stock issued for construction of Long Island Rail Road
Series Number
- A1474
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers for state stock. On the debit side of the ledger accounts are entered sales or transfers of shares; on the credit side is entered redemption, with dates. At the end of the volume is the account of the State of New York with the Long Island Railroad and a name index.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School for the Blind general ledger accounts
Series Number
- B0440
Summary
- This series consists of a variety of ledger accounts documenting costs or charges for institution maintenance, expenses, and student support. The majority of the accounts pertain to private companies, but others apparently refer to individual students. Other distinct accounts pertain to individual counties, cash, and funds from/to the state treasurer.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Audited accounts of Onondaga Commissioners
Series Number
- A0964
Summary
- Audited accounts for services by Onondaga Commissioners and for advertising their meetings and publishing the joint resolution of the Senate and the Assembly regarding titles to land in the Counties of Onondaga and Cayuga.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.