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Displaying 552 Finding Aids
Title
- Statement of bank failures
Series Number
- A1390
Summary
- This series consist of tables that list banks that failed between 1845 and 1876, giving year of failure, name of bank, and (presumably) amount owed to the state. The origin and purpose of the tables are unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Voucher register
Series Number
- B1247
Summary
- The Clinton Prison voucher register provides a chronological list of all vouchers paid by the prison agent in response to invoices received from contractors. Information includes the sequential number of the voucher; the name of the issuing agent; the names of the contractors being paid; and a description of the goods and services supplied. Also included is a running total of voucher amounts paid.
Creator
- Clinton Prison (Dannemora, N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Auburn Prison accounts and vouchers of agent and warden
Series Number
- A1151
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers and accounts submitted by the Auburn Prison agent to the Comptroller's Office. Each voucher lists date services or materials were provided, amount owed, name of payee, a receipt and the payee's affidavit that the amount is correct. Attached to the vouchers are original bills or invoices. Abstracts for each month list and total the enclosed vouchers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cost account volumes for the Western Division of the Erie Canal and Genesee Valley Canal
Series Number
- B0398
Summary
- This series consists of monthly estimates relating to work to be done on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals. Information includes the quantity of material or work to be done; type of materials delivered; work to be completed (grubbing, masonry, lining, etc.); item prices; and total cost.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Vouchers for expenditures on account of canal fund
Series Number
- A1145
Summary
- Vouchers for Canal expenditures submitted for audit by canal officials to the Comptroller, Chief Clerk or Auditor of the Canal Department by Canal officials. The vouchers include name of payee, nature of expenditure, and amount of payment. Attached to vouchers are bills, invoices, orders to pay, and letters. Vouchers for refunds of overpaid tolls are also included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Financial and statistical data tables
Series Number
- 14196
Summary
- These tables of financial and statistical data for cities, villages and district superintendencies were compiled from reports submitted by individual schools and school districts during 1918-1919. The tables include detailed information on financial payments and receipts; buildings, property, and libraries; teachers and pupils; teachers training classes; normal schools; evening schools; Indian schools; vocational schools; private academies; villages and cities maintaining kindergartens; compulsory attendance; and comparison of statistics from all public schools in 1918 and 1919.
Creator
- New York (State). Education Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Minutes and working papers of the board to supervise the repairs upon the State Hall
Series Number
- A1169
Summary
- This series contains Board meeting minutes; correspondence of the Office of the Capitol Commissioner concerning the repairs; specifications for the renovation (including remarks on existing condition of building); lists of vouchers, bills for building supplies; and plans and specifications for elevators.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Factory Investigating Commission financial records
Series Number
- A3018
Summary
- This series contains vouchers, typed financial statements, and ledgers, recording expenses of the Factory Investigation Committee for salaries, office supplies, rent, and travel. The records generally provide payment date; to whom paid; purpose of payment; and amount paid. Two of the ledgers also provide lists of employees' names, addresses, and phone numbers.
Creator
- New York (State). Factory Investigating Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Vouchers for expenses submitted by Board of Barber Examiners
Series Number
- A1155
Summary
- This series contains vouchers for travel and other expenses incurred by members of the Board of Barber Examiners and submitted to the Comptroller's Office. Also included are receipts and cancelled checks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bear bounty affidavits
Series Number
- A1222
Summary
- This series consists of signed affidavits forwarded to the State Comptroller from Greene County officials certifying that the person named killed a bear(s) and is entitled to a ten-dollar bounty. The records contain the name of the Town Supervisor, Justice of the Peace, name of the Town and County, name of person collecting bounty, residence, location where bear was killed, date, amount of bounty, date of affidavit, date when bounty was paid, and the signature of the County Treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of decedent estates paying transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0955
Summary
- This series consists of a register of decedent estates paying transfer taxes. Information includes decedent's name; decedent's date of death; name of executor or administrator and his past office address; value of the estate; tax rate (an unexplained letter code); and date of estate appraiser's report.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Matron's ledger
Series Number
- B1493
Summary
- This series consists of a ledger of expenses for female patients kept by the matron of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica (N.Y.). Patient accounts are listed either under the county responsible for the expenses, or as private accounts. Articles issued for each patient are listed by date with price and presumably the patient's individual account number.
Creator
- New York (State). State Lunatic Asylum
Access Restrictions
- Restricted in accordance with Mental Hygiene Law, Section 33.13, relating to confidentiality of clinical records. Access is permitted under certain conditions upon approval by the Office of Mental Health.
Title
- List of shareholders in the Hudson River Railroad Company
Series Number
- A0896
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office lists persons who subscribed to stock in the Hudson River Railroad Company. The list includes the town; name of subscriber; and number of shares. An appendix listing names, number of shares, and total amount subscribed, is also included. At the end of the volume are signatures of officers and directors of the company.
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 Department of Taxation and Finance reports of sales of state lands
Series Number
- B0969
Summary
- This series consists of summary reports of sales of state lands by the State Engineer and Surveyor and its successors, including the Department of Public Works and the Division of the Land Office, as well as a few by the Conservation Department. Reports from state agencies making land sales were useful in assessing taxes on new property owners. Each report includes the name of purchaser, address, a detailed description of the property, and price paid.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Appeals register of disbursements, Chancery fund and library fund
Series Number
- J3241
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accounts of monies paid into treasuries of Albany and Dutchess counties
Series Number
- A1240
Summary
- This series consists of returns for taxes paid into the Albany and Dutchess Counties treasuries. Records include lists of dated returns denoting the amount of money that was collected in each district of the County. Dutchess County returns may also include the names of the collectors for each district and information on how the tax money was disbursed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Computer-produced appropriation ledger abstracts for state agencies
Series Number
- A0837
Summary
- These records were generated to maintain clerical accounting records for the state. Records are computer print outs summarizing information on appropriations for state agencies. They detail the amount of original appropriations; adjusted appropriations; payments; unallocated balance; and encumbered balance. The ledger abstracts do not include all agencies and years covered vary for agencies.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to audits and vouchers and state expenses
Series Number
- A1283
Summary
- This series consists of bound carbon copies of outgoing correspondence relating to audits conducted by the comptroller's office, and other transactions of state agencies overseen by the comptroller. Each volume is indexed individually.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports by county clerks and treasurers of land owned by counties and mortgaged to loan commissioners
Series Number
- B1262
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County treasurer's receipts for fees
Series Number
- J7013
Summary
- This series consists of receipts from county treasurers for money collected from attorneys for fees due to the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The county treasurers transmitted these monies pursuant to legislation of 1829 requiring them to receive and pay over all monies belonging to the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.