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Displaying 102 Finding Aids
Title
- Lists of tax assessments on railroads
Series Number
- A0987
Summary
- This series consisting of a list of railroad tax assessments documents the state's Franchise Tax on steam or electric surface or elevated railroads. Each list gives name of steam surface, elevated or street surface railroad, total mileage, total net income, and net income, mileage in state, amounts assessed on income and mileage, and amount of total assessment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledgers of accounts with county treasurers
Series Number
- B0850
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers containing entries of debits and credits for payments by and to county treasurers by and to the Comptroller. Most entries concern the state tax on real and personal property and the state's payment of taxes on lands to be sold for unpaid taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Auburn and Syracuse Railroad waybills
Series Number
- A1046
Summary
- These bills were submitted to the Comptroller, and provide date; time of run; name of superintendent; destination; type of freight; and railroad charges. Bills were submitted to the Comptroller in accordance with a law of 1834 incorporating the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad Company and requiring it to pay canal tolls on freight it carried and to submit statements thereof to the Comptroller.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Treasurer's account of canal tolls and salt duties deposited in banks
Series Number
- A1090
Summary
- This volume contains state treasurer's account of canal tolls and salt duties deposited in various banks in upstate New York as a security for repayment of State canal stock as a security for repayment of State canal stock. Canal toll receipts and salt duties are entered as debit and corresponding deposits in the Ontario, Geneva, Rochester, Utica, Ontario, Mohawk, Waterford Branch, Troy, and Mechanic's and Farmer's Banks are entered as credit. Monthly and annual totals are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Affidavits of publication of county treasurers' notices of tax sales
Series Number
- B0932
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Published notices of lands sold for unpaid taxes and unredeemed
Series Number
- B0846
Summary
- This series consists of notices listing lands sold by the state comptroller for unpaid taxes and still unredeemed. Each notice lists parcels by location; by patent, tract, township etc.; then by lot number or street address. Notices also state the acreage, the quantity of land sold and unredeemed, and the amount required to redeem the parcel from tax sale. Names of owners and purchasers are not included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department Canal Toll Collector's ledgers
Series Number
- A1080
Summary
- This series consists of statements of cargo on canal boats on which toll was not paid, kept by a Canal Toll Collector's Office, location not given. Each entry gives clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of articles; miles traveled; rates; and tolls.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Duplicate thanksgiving proclamations issued by governors of other states and territories
Series Number
- A4113
Summary
- This series consists of proclamations issued by governors of northern states and territories, with the exception of one received from Arkansas. The proclamations were compiled by the Bureau of Military Statistics and its successor, the Bureau of Military Record, between 1863 and 1866. Essentially, the proclamations are messages from the governor to the people prescribing a specific day (usually in November) on which prayers and thanksgiving should be offered and the reasons why.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to taxation and sale of state land
Series Number
- A1358
Summary
- This series consists of letters sent by the Comptroller and Deputy Comptroller to individuals, organizations, and government organizations. The correspondence relates to school taxes requested to be paid on State lands; highway taxes levied against state land; exchanges with people wishing to purchase tracts of state land; and appraisals of the value of state land.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Abstracts of muster rolls for substitutes unassigned to any unit during the Civil War
Series Number
- B0813
Summary
- This series consists of printed abstracts that partially describe the military service of substitutes from New York who were mustered into service but never assigned to either a federal or a state unit. Information includes name; date and place of enlistment; age; length of enlistment; date mustered in; grade; birthplace; occupation; eye and hair color; complexion; height; congressional district number; and name and residence of the man who furnished the substitute.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Records of the War of the Rebellion
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accounts of property transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0973
Summary
- This series consists of a summary record of property transfer taxes paid to the State Comptroller. Information includes the date of receipt; receipt number; decedent; name of person paying tax; payer's address; amount paid; amount of gifts, legacies, etc.; and remarks. There are no indexes to names of decedents.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence from clerks of boards of supervisors regarding the assessment of taxes
Series Number
- A1238
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence from county boards of supervisors, tax assessors and county clerks to the Comptroller's Office regarding the assessment and/or collection of New York State taxes. Topics include deadlines for reports to the Comptroller's Office, information to facilitate the compilation of assessment rolls, the receipt of forms and questions concerning the assessment of taxes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Roster of Staff Officers and Enlisted Men of the 128th Regiment, New York Volunteers
Series Number
- A4143
Summary
- This series consists of volumes providing the names of enlisted men and officers who constituted the 128th Regiment, New York Volunteers. In addition to name, the roster provides: rank; birthplace; date of discharge; wounds received (usually a brief description); date and place of death, if applicable; date deserted, if applicable; promotions received and dates, if applicable; and date of discharge.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly statements of mortgage taxes collected by counties
Series Number
- B0972
Summary
- This series consists of monthly statements from county treasurers concerning the mortgage tax. Each entry gives total number of mortgages recorded; total mortgage taxes collected; expenses of recording office (clerks, printing, postage, etc.); date account was approved; amount of mortgage taxes refunded; amount of taxes received by county treasurer; expenses of county treasurer; amount of taxes received by State Treasurer; amount of taxes in hands of county treasurer; and total net taxes.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Historical notes on New York Volunteer regiments
Series Number
- A4134
Summary
- This series consists of volumes compiled by the Bureau of Military Statistics detailing the organizational history of New York States Volunteer infantry, artillery, and cavalry regiments that participated in the Civil War. Included is information on the unit's recruitment; organization; terms of enlistment; presentation and final disposition of flags; uniforms and equipment; and mustering out.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes
Series Number
- A1040
Summary
- This series contains rough drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes presumably made for the Revised Statutes published in 1829.
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
- Geographical registers of comptroller's tax deeds
Series Number
- A1071
Summary
- These registers from the Comptroller's Office provides geographic access to conveyances of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes. Information includes town name or ward number; lot number; tax year; description of parcel conveyed; acreage; payment date; payor; tax paid; total taxes; interest due; cost of sale; sale price; portion of parcel sold; acres sold; purchaser; date of redemption or conveyance; redeemer or grantee and redemption amount. There were no tax sales for non-Forest Preserve counties after 1893.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Attorney General's Office Scrapbook Containing Printed Copies of the Laws of New York
Title
- Scrapbook containing printed copies of the Laws of New York
Series Number
- B0913
Summary
- This series is a scrapbook which has various laws of New York pasted into it. This book belonged to Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., who served as attorney general of New York State from January 1, 1878 to December 31, 1879. The laws do not seem to have any connection to each other. The book also contains appointments of Schoonmaker, although many of them are pasted over.
Creator
- New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of taxes paid on passengers of steamboats
Series Number
- A1264
Summary
- This series consists of tax lists for steamboats Richmond, Paragon, and Chancellor Livingston. . The Canal Fund law includes a one dollar tax upon each steamboat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance between 30 and 100 miles. Proceeds were deposited in the Canal Fund. The tax monthly lists provide the total number of passengers. In some instances, the passenger totals are broken down into daily figures.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.