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Displaying 12 Finding Aids
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
- Weekly statements of canal shipments to or from tide water
Series Number
- A1172
Summary
- Toll collectors submitted weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through the ports of New York, Albany, West Troy, and Waterford to the Comptroller. Statements give the quantities of merchandise (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, etc.) cleared to, and of produce (wheat, flour, ashes, beef, pork, etc.) left from the Erie and Champlain Canals.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lock tenders' monthly reports of lockages
Series Number
- A1135
Summary
- Reports from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department include information on date; number and location of lock; number of boats passing east, west, north and/or south ,an affidavit that the report is correct. Also included are a few reports of the number of lock tenders employed on various locks, giving names, ages, length of service; and a few weekly reports of goods shipped east or west from Buffalo.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bills of lading and clearances for cargoes
Series Number
- A1139
Summary
- This series contains bills of lading and clearances for cargoes. Information includes boat name; shipment date; name of consignee for each shipment of goods; description and value of articles; where shipped from and to; weight; miles traveled; and tolls charged for each group of articles shipped. Since private forms were often used there is a wide variety of billheads.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Governor's speech files
Series Number
- 13704
Summary
- These files contain drafts, final versions, and summaries of the governor's speeches, dedications, remarks, and testimonies. Also included are notes; corrections; schedules of events; background materials; and press releases. The speeches address issues such as economics; housing; banking; trade; health and nutrition; energy; mass transit; the Cold War; Love Canal; 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid; and 1980 Democratic National Convention in New York City.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor. Press Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Weigh Masters' annual statements and inventory and weekly abstracts
Series Number
- A1136
Summary
- The annual statement from the Office of the Auditor of the State Canal gives monthly totals of the number and weights of cargoes at weigh locks on the Erie Canal. The weekly abstract includes the number of loaded boats weighed and/or bound for various destinations, and the poundage of cargoes weighed every day. The inventory lists furniture, laws, regulations, and directives found in the weigh masters' offices.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Annual statistical reports of cargoes cleared at various canal ports
Series Number
- A1175
Summary
- These tables submitted by canal toll collectors provided quantity (feet, pounds, barrels, etc.) of freight passing up or down the canal. Commodities included: lumber, timber, shingles, lime, beer, oats, wool, iron, brick, cheese, butter, flour, ashes, wheat, salt, and "sundries." Reports are fragmentary but cover Albany, Troy, Whitehall, Utica, and Rochester for 1830, and for 1832 for West Troy, Utica, Rochester, and Buffalo.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subject files
Series Number
- 14141
Summary
- This series consists of the subject files of the Division of Industrial Sciences and Technologies, which was responsible for coordinating activities and formulating policies in the New York State Department of Commerce relating to the development of environmental, energy, technology, and scientific industrial programs. The records cover a wide range of topics, including energy policy, resources, and providers; discharge of PCBs into the Hudson River by General Electric; proposed legislation; air, water, and thermal pollution; recycling; and water quality and supply.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Industrial Sciences and Technologies
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Lists of freight on Baxter Steam Canal Boats
Series Number
- A1034
Summary
- This series consists of lists of charges for freight carried by boats of the Baxter Steam Canal Boat Transportation Company. Information by boat includes number of trips made by each boat; boat's name; weight; and freight. Also included is information by destination; weight in pounds; and freight cost in dollars and cents.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Documents relating to refund of overpaid tolls
Series Number
- A1141
Summary
- Vouchers in this series contain affidavit of the master of a boat stating that he did not proceed to the point for which the original clearance was issued, and a receipt for amount of difference paid him. Attached is a copy of the original clearance given by the toll collector, giving name of boat; where from; where bound; nature, quantity, and weight of cargo; miles to travel; tolls due; and total charges.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Assembly Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis Arab boycott investigation files
Series Number
- L0137
Summary
- The series contains records produced or collected in the Assembly Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis' investigation of the Arab boycott of businesses dealing with the State of Israel. These files contain transcripts of conversations between investigators and businessmen regarding their involvement; press clippings on the boycott and U.S. foreign trade; correspondence and memorandums; surveys of major banks regarding compliance with the boycott; reports from the Port Authority on the boycott's effects; and the report, "The Arab Boycott: Alive and Flourishing in New York."
Creator
- New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Office of Legislative Oversight and Analysis
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states
Series Number
- A1171
Summary
- This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo. Information includes quantity of general merchandise and of particularly commodities going west (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, oysters); and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard, wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is fragmentary.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.