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Title

Cashbook

Series Number

B1232

Summary

This series consists of a cashbook that served as an on-going record of the prison's income, expenditures, and cash balances. The funds relate principally to prison industries. Recorded under various prison accounts, information includes cash receipts, deposits, balances and cash disbursements.

Creator

• Auburn Prison

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Title

Accounts of unpaid taxes assessed on non-resident lands

Series Number

11276

Summary

This series contains accounts of unpaid taxes on lands owned by non-residents. Through 1893 the records cover all counties except New York (Manhattan); after 1893 only Forest Preserve counties are represented. The accounts were prepared by the town tax collectors, certified as accurate by the county treasurer, and forwarded to the state comptroller for filing. Accounts list parcels owned by non-residents on which taxes were unpaid, and show the acreage, assessed valuation, and amount of tax due.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Annual statements of accounts of Register, Assistant Register, and Clerks

Series Number

J0076

Summary

This series consists of annual financial statements made by the Register, Assistant Register, and Clerks of the Chancery Circuits pursuant to the 127th rule of the court. These statements were submitted to an Injunction or Taxing Master who was required to audit them, certify to their accuracy, and file them with the Chancellor or the appropriate Vice Chancellor. Each statement contains a listing by suit or matter of funds in possession of the court.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

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Title

Journal of receipts and disbursements

Series Number

B0104

Summary

This series consists of a daily account of receipts and expenditures at Clinton prison. Receipts include state appropriations and returns due to overcharges. Expenditure entries include voucher number; payee; itemized account of goods or services furnished; and total payment. Moneys were disbursed for monthly payroll, expenses of the prison, materials for the mining and manufacture of iron, transportation of convicts, and other expenditures.

Creator

• Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)

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Title

Cash accounts regarding the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal

Series Number

B0717

Summary

This series consists of accounts relating to the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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Title

Register of tolls paid by railroads on canals

Series Number

A0818

Summary

A list of tolls paid by railroads provides: date; company; bank; date of deposit; and tolls. The Canal Board was responsible for the levying of tolls relating to the Canal as outlined by a law of 1841; the Comptroller was a member of this board.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

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Title

Comptroller's accounts of taxes due for various state roads

Series Number

A1290

Summary

This series consists of statements of taxes due from landowners for laying or improving roads adjacent to their property. Each entry includes lot number, owner's name, tax due, date and amount of payment, and payee. Roads included are those from Chester to Canton, Hopkinton to North West Bay, St. Lawrence River to Albany, Salina to Adams, Turin to Emilyville, Salina to Redfield, and from Mexico Harbour to the town of Constantia.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Ledger of general accounts with county commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund

Series Number

A1284

Summary

This series consists of the U.S. Deposit Fund with the Comptroller. Each account contains entries for debits (interest on mortgage loans, rent or sale of property), and credits (compensation of the Commissioners and other expenses, interest payments to the Comptroller). Also included are draft summary totals for each county.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

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Title

Entry documentation for state agency expenses

Series Number

A0824

Summary

This series contains accounts, vouchers, receipts, bills, financial statements and other records of state agencies and officials relating to their expenses.. Included are: expenses during and debt after the Revolutionary War ca. 1780-1800; claims against the State by widows of loyalists whose estates were confiscated by legislative act, and petitions by purchasers of forfeited estates to extinguish claims against the estates.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Toll collectors' annual accounts

Series Number

A1157

Summary

These annual accounts include two documents: a monthly summary of debits for refunded tolls, salary of collector, pay of clerks, and deposits of tolls in designated banks; and of credits for tolls collected, clearances issued, and penalties levied; second document provides summary totals under each debit and credit column for the Erie and branch canals.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Resident and division engineers' abstracts and vouchers of expenditures

Series Number

A1130

Summary

This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department contains monthly abstracts of expenditures by resident and division engineers. Abstracts lists vouchers by number and include date; to whom and amount paid; for what purpose and location of the work. Receipted vouchers accompany the abstract.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

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Title

Licensing receipts account book

Series Number

A1355

Summary

This series consists of a monthly summary of fees received from various counties, usually the County Clerk. Arranged by county, the accounts list fees received by the Comptroller for some or all of the following: notary fees; dog licensing; stenographer's tax; and armory tax.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Bank account book for State Fire Marshal boiler fund

Series Number

B0836

Summary

This series consists of an account book with the First National Bank of Albany, New York, of Thomas J. Ahearn for the "State Fire Marshall Boiler Fund." The book shows manuscript entries (apparently credits/debits, with ending balances). The records may represent fees paid or equipment charges for boiler inspections.

Creator

• New York (State). Fire Marshal

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Title

Abstracts of vouchers certified by the governor

Series Number

A4205

Summary

This volume contains abstracts of vouchers pertaining to the support of the state's military at the outset of the Civil War. Each entry provides date, voucher number, description, and amount. The bulk of the series pertains to three million dollars appropriated to raise and equip 30,000 troops for federal service with vouchers for rations, bedding, eating utensils, uniforms, arms, equipment, and transportation costs. Other accounts relate to purchase of arms and equipment for the state's militia, for military hospital supplies, for quartering costs, and for personnel in the military bureaucracy.

Creator

• New York (State). Governor (1859-1862 : Morgan)

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Title

Accounts of courts of inquiry and fines

Series Number

A1369

Summary

This series contains accounts of fines levied against members of the State Militia. Chapter 222 of the Laws of 1818 reestablished the New York State Militia and provided (Section 25) for the accounting of fines levied by Courts of Inquiry (Courts Martial) by the state comptroller, and for collection of delinquent accounts by the sheriffs. Accounts contain general information about court proceedings, fines imposed, and payments made. In a few cases, the name of defendant and the nature of the charges are mentioned.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Unidentified indexes

Series Number

A1180

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of personal or corporate name to page number references. They probably indexing accounts submitted to the comptroller for payment, documented in unspecified account books.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

State Engineer and Surveyor certified abstracts of expenditures

Series Number

B0349

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

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Title

Commissioners of the Canal Fund index to unidentified canal accounts

Series Number

B1719

Summary

This series consists of one bound index to an unidentified ledger created by the Commissioners of the State Canal Fund. The actual ledger is not believed to be extant. The index contains references to banks, canals, personal names, officials, funds, stocks, and types of expenditures.

Creator

• New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

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Title

Bonds and correspondence regarding public defense

Series Number

A1252

Summary

This series consists of bonds, schedule of receipts for reimbursement of New York State stock and correspondence concerning the issuance of bonds used for New York's defense. Bond information includes issue date, to whom, and for what amount; schedule of receipts information includes reimbursement date, holders name, attorney, certificate number, certificate date, amount, and bonds interest rate. Most correspondence is from bankers to the Comptroller's Office about the issuance of the bonds. Also included are bonds issued by law.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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Title

Teachers' institute registers of attendance and accounts of expenses

Series Number

A2001

Summary

This series of unbound records consists of standardized forms providing detailed information on attendance and expenses of teachers' institutes. Teachers' institutes during this period were usually two week sessions organized and conducted at the county level for the purpose of instructing common school teachers in subject matter and teaching methods.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Instruction. Office of the Superintendent

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