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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- List of pay certificates issued to New York Continental Soldiers by the U.S. Paymaster General
Series Number
- A0892
Summary
- These certificates, sometimes referred to as "Pierce's Certificates," were issued by U.S. Paymaster General John Pierce pursuant to a resolution of the Continental Congress adopted on July 4, 1783. They were issued to Continental Army soldiers and officers owed pay for service during the Revolution. This list gives voucher number; certificate number; name of recipient; date issued; principal amount of certificate; date interest began to accrue; and total amount of principal per voucher.
Creator
- New York (State). Auditor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Utica State Hospital daybooks and journals
Series Number
- B1497
Summary
- This series consists of accounting journals of the State Lunatic Asylum (later Utica State Hospital). Series includes a steward's journal listing payments made for supplies, food, services, labor, and routine maintenance; a vendor specific journal recording accounts payable by companies and providers; and a daybook and journal recording payments for household stores, patients' expenses, miscellaneous expenses, provisions, farm, and petty expenses.
Creator
- Utica State Hospital (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- Partially restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. The daybook and journal for the period 1883-1891 includes accounts of individual patients, whose identity is restricted. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- Entry documentation for state asylums
Series Number
- A1226
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of payrolls, correspondence, bills, receipts, contracts, abstracts of vouchers, and one resolution for various New York State asylums including: New York State Asylum for Idiots, New York Lunatic Asylum, Binghamton Asylum for the Insane, New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women, New York State Inebriate Asylum, New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home, New York State Institution for the Blind, and the Long Island State Hospital.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General fund ledger
Series Number
- B0979
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers listing accounts of New York State with various banks.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund title searches
Series Number
- B0992
Summary
- This series consists of standard title searches, showing chains of title for property mortgaged to secure loans from the U.S. Deposit Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of court cases relating to trust funds
Series Number
- A1344
Summary
- This series documents money received through Court action. Information includes title of action or proceeding; court in which proceeding took place (Surrogate or Supreme); date received; and amount received. There is an index in the front, which arranges the information alphabetically by county. This information was apparently collected by the Comptroller in conjunction with his duty of overseeing the finances 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
- Financial Clerk's accounts for delegate and staff expenses
Series Number
- L0079
Summary
- This volume records the expenses of Convention delegates and staff. For each individual, there is a record (divided into 18 pay periods) of mileage, number of days that expenses cover, amounts paid, and dates expenses paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1915
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Case file of securities deposited in the Comptroller's Office
Series Number
- A1350
Summary
- This series consists of bound standard forms, identified as securities deposited in the State Comptroller's Office. Information includes the name of the person whose estate is being settled; a list of securities received (par value, description, denomination due, coupons due); the date of withdrawal; and witnessing by the Deputy Commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- State Engineer and Surveyor Barge Canal terminal final accounts
Series Number
- B0364
Summary
- This series consists of blank final account forms for the construction of Barge Canal terminals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Trial balance book for the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0370
Summary
- This series consists of a trial balance book used to monitor accounts related to the Barge Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index to accounts of loan officers, auctioneers, and mortgagors
Series Number
- A1191
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to names of persons acting as commissioners for loaning money; as auctioneers submitting accounts to the State Comptroller; and as mortgagors of state lands. It also lists page references to accounts for counties (i.e., county treasurers).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bonds for the New York and Erie Railroad Company
Series Number
- A1860
Summary
- This series consists of a register of bonds issued to raise funds for the construction of the New York and Erie Railroad Company. The register contains copies of the original bonds - each of which is registered, countersigned, and compared with the original bond and is signed by Archibald Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State. Entries, numbered from one to 3,000, are for $1,000 and are dated August 17, 1847.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index book to mortgages, land sales, and bank accounts of loan commissioners
Series Number
- A1451
Summary
- The volume (labeled variously as "Loan Commissioner Book" and "Index Book Y") combines an index to names of mortgagees (referenced to pages in an unspecified ledger) with lists of sale of state lands in accordance with Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1897, as amended in 1898, and bank accounts held by unidentified loan commissioners. Neither the purpose nor the author of the entries is known.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bond securities
Series Number
- B2018
Summary
- The information in these registers record bonds issued by the state comptroller to villages, towns, cities, and counties in trust for various funds for debt payment. Information includes name of fund, municipality, date and amounts, rates of interest, amount of principal and interest paid by date, and sometimes remarks. The records were generated pursuant to Laws of 1895, Chapter 394; Laws of 1903, Chapter 147; Laws of 1909, Chapter 21; and the Consolidated Act of 1822.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Miscellaneous accounts journal
Series Number
- B1277
Summary
- This series consists of a receipts and disbursements journal. Accounts relate to receipts and disbursements for women and men state industries, compensation, convict earnings, special funds, capital and regular maintenance and repairs. There are daily amounts and monthly totals.
Creator
- Auburn Prison
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proof of publication of list of wild, vacant and forest lands owned by the state
Series Number
- B1263
Summary
- This series contains information about vacant land owned by the State of New York in Clinton County. The records were compiled pursuant to Chapter 711 of the Laws of 1893, which allowed the Comptroller to advertise a list of the wild, vacant, and forest lands for which the State held title. The Comptroller's notice as to ownership lists towns, lot numbers, a brief description of the land, and the number of acres.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly payroll books
Series Number
- B1667
Summary
- This series consists of monthly payrolls "of attendants and servants" at the New York State Asylum for Idiots (1876-1890) and the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children (1891-1911). Occupations of those listed include cook, baker, seamstress, table girl, nurse, attendant, gardener, hall girl, farmer, engineer, man, gymnast, and carpenter, among others. Payroll format changes slightly over time.
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statements and receipts for interest due to holders of New York State stock issued to aid the Hudson and Berkshire Railroad Company
Series Number
- A1405
Summary
- This series contains semi-annual statements of interest due to holders of state stock issued to aid construction of the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad. Each entry gives the amount of stock, stockholders' names, amount of interest, date paid, and signature of the stockholder or attorney.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Institution for the Blind ledger accounts
Series Number
- B0431
Summary
- This series consists of ledger accounts for the Institute of the Blind, created while the institution's facilities in Batavia were under construction. Entries are listed under categories such as construction, steam heating apparatus, and furniture, as well as by individual company account names. Each entry includes date, description, and price.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Journals pertaining to state institutional buildings
Series Number
- B0343
Summary
- This series consists of journals documenting appropriations and expenditures for the design, construction, improvement, repair, and maintenance state institutional buildings such as state hospitals, buildings operated by the State Board of Charities, state prisons, state normal schools, armories, State Capitol, Executive Mansion and miscellaneous other public buildings. Entries document procurement of building materials and; supplies; payment of draftsmen; vendors; contractors; laborers; inspectors and other professionals.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.