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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- New York State Prison financial records
Series Number
- A1149
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts and vouchers submitted to the State Comptroller for audit by the agent of Newgate Prison. Also included are balance sheets; pay rolls; inventories of property; lists of materials purchased; accounts of work done in prison factory, for prison construction, and for sheriffs for delivering prisoners; and "final accounts" on closing of the prison in 1828.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Appropriations cash book
Series Number
- B0975
Summary
- This series appears to consist of cash paid pursuant to Legislative appropriations. State expenditures include arsenals, asylums, bridges, clerical salaries, courts, fuel, normal schools, the natural history survey, governor's expenses and salary, prisons, Legislative expenses, military statistics, the new Capitol, printing, etc. Entries give date, name of payee, authorizing law, amount, and balance in each account.
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 escheats
Series Number
- A0849
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, rent receipts, and repair, improvement, and maintenance bills relating to the rental of escheated property. When the title to property failed from defect or lack of heirs, the land then reverted, or escheated, to the people of the state. The state then appointed temporary administrators, often local judges, to supervise the rental and maintenance of the property until possible heirs could be identified, or other disposition of the land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Draft of index to first volume of "Laws of New York 1777-1786,
Series Number
- A0875
Summary
- This series is an alphabetical index to names and subjects in the Laws of New York from 1777 to 1786. The first page indicates that the index is to Loudon's Edition. This probably refers to an edition of the laws printed by Samuel and James Loudon's publishing firm.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Adjutant General's Office accounts of State Militia
Series Number
- A0861
Summary
- The majority of these records are comprised of contracts and correspondence relating to the purchase and repair of military equipment such as weapons and ammunition for use by the state militia. These account listings track the existing and expected stores of such equipment. Accounts largely pertain to the War of 1812 and its aftermath. Later records include assessments of fines on militia units and individuals serving in them, as well as citations of sheriffs.
Creator
- New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund reports and lists
Series Number
- B1063
Summary
- This series consists of documents relating to the Comptroller's administration of U.S. Deposit Fund. Included are: summary report of transactions of county loan commissioners; report of lands rented by county loan commissioners; register of lands acquired throughout foreclosure of U.S. Deposit Fund mortgages; lists of mortgages in force; index to mortgagors; requests for reduction in principal of mortgages; lists of active and closed mortgages; mortgage schedules; miscellaneous letters; court papers; lists and reports relating to mortgages.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Highway money system reports by county boards
Series Number
- A1375
Summary
- This series consists of reports of tax levied for the repair of highways by the Board of Supervisors for the respective counties. Information includes town name; assessed valuation and equalized valuation of real estate in the town; assessed valuation of real estate exclusive of all incorporated villages; assessed valuation of personal property exclusive of all incorporated villages that maintain their highways as separate road districts; highway tax; extraordinary repairs; and total tax.
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 Treasurer's Office accounts and tax assessment lists
Series Number
- A3210
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of revenues and expenditures recorded by the Treasurer of New York Colony, 1721-1729, and tax assessment lists submitted by Superintendents of Taxes to the Treasurer of New York State, 1779-1788. The records document the first, second, and third wards of the City of Albany as well as the following counties: Albany, Dutchess, Montgomery, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Ulster, and Westchester.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Vouchers and accounts of Commissioners of Quarantine, New York City
Series Number
- A1028
Summary
- Vouchers for supplies and services for the office of commissioners of Quarantine and for its tug boat, "State of New York"; transmittal letters of the president of the Board of Commissioners of Quarantine; and a statement of money disbursed for repairs and maintenance, 1904-1905. Also included is a schedule of outstanding accounts for the Quarantine Station on Staten Island for 1924.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Stock ledgers
Series Number
- B1672
Summary
- The series consists of ledgers providing dates, value, and quantity information on "stock" goods received, stored on-hand, or issued during 1894-1914 at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Mined Children. Entries are by product, and then chronological by date (month/day). For goods received, there is information on date (month/day), receiving book folio (page number), value, and quantity. For goods available on-hand, date and quantity are shown. For goods issued, information includes date, quantity, and issuing book folio (page number).
Creator
- Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accounts of prison factory work
Series Number
- A0860
Summary
- This series consists of weekly accounts from the Comptroller's Office of items produced and value in the State Prison Factory (Newgate Prison, New York City), by nailers, carpenters, coopers, tailors, a paper ruler, weavers, a furrier, shoemakers, and women seamstresses.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of apportionment of monies for schools, academies, hospitals, and orphan asylums
Series Number
- A1203
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office contains registers of accounts of school monies distributed to counties from the Common School Fund; distributed to academies from the Literature and the U. S. Deposit Fund; distributed to academies for the purchase of books, maps, globes, and scientific apparatus, and for education of common school teachers, of monies distributed to orphan asylums and to hospitals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Treasurer's certificates to Revolutionary War veterans from New York State
Series Number
- A1217
Summary
- These are certificates issued to veterans for service in the Levies or Militia. Included are: veteran's name, rank, amount owed to veteran; date veteran's name appeared on payroll or abstract, and certificate number.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0974
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes. Each entry gives name of decedent, amount of tax under old law, amount of tax under new law, total amount due, and loss or gain to state. Entries are grouped under county name.
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 General account ledgers
Series Number
- A0269
Summary
- This series consists of volumes containing tabulations of expenditures submitted to the Comptroller's Office by state agencies and local governments on a yearly basis. Each page lists the dates of expenditures, a brief summary, and the amount of the expenditure. Within each volume, entries are arranged by agency or local government name; however, these names are not arranged in a noticeable order.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Documents relating to deposit of Canal Funds in banks
Series Number
- A1163
Summary
- Most of the documents are statements of deposit of Canal Fund monies in banks across the State. Generally they include date of statement, name bank, and amounts deposited on various dates. Interfiled with the statements are receipts, canceled checks, certificates of deposit, lists of canal toll deposits, and resolutions of bank board of directors for the deposit of funds.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School for the Blind annual report of accounts
Series Number
- B0433
Summary
- This series consists of an annual report of accounts of the State School for the Blind. Included are monthly disbursements; annual receipts; "cost per capita,"; and occasionally number of employees on individual accounts. Account categories include information on officers and employees; managers' expenses; specific food items; "articles expendable"; apparel manufactured; utilities; medicinal supplies; farm equipment and supplies; industrial arts equipment and supplies; and transportation and amusements.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of expenditures for the Barge Canal
Series Number
- B0341
Summary
- This series consists of typewritten abstracts of expenditures made by the Superintendent of Public Works for the Western Division Engineer's Office. The abstracts outline expenditures for repairs, maintenance, and supervision of the New York State Canal System.
Creator
- New York (State). Superintendent of Public Works
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Institution for the Blind daybooks
Series Number
- B0427
Summary
- This series contains daily financial transactions for provisions, supplies, equipment, and purchase or repair expenditures incurred during the course of the Institute for the Blind's operations and activities. Transactions are listed for equipment and supplies relating to farming, broom making, beadwork, and carpentry; library and school books; musical instruments; school room furnishings; bedding and other household items; fuel; clothing; and groceries.
Creator
- New York State Institution for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal stock transfer receipt book
Series Number
- A1089
Summary
- This is a book of receipts for transfers of New York State six percent canal stock through the transfer office in New York City. Each entry includes transfer number; date; parties to conveyance and their residences; amount; and signatures of conveyor and a witness.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.