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Displaying 18 Finding Aids
Title
- Financial and administrative records of canals
Series Number
- A0819
Summary
- These records document the operation of canals, including: rough tallies of cargo loaded on canal boat "Sovereign" at various ports; auditor's warrants for payments from Canal Fund through the Manhattan Company; and section contracts for enlargement of the Cayuga and Seneca canal, 1859; inventory of furniture in possession of collector of canal tolls at Lockport, 1866; and statements of publication of notices by Commissioners of the Canal fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence relating to canals
Series Number
- A1440
Summary
- Letters mostly concern canal contracts, tolls, bonds, and other financial matters and the petitions request that individuals be appointed to jobs in the canal system. Also included are letters complaining about the condition of the canals or the performance of canal employees.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
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
- Resident and division engineers' monthly estimates
Series Number
- A1129
Summary
- These are monthly estimates of work done and materials reflect a variety of construction and repair work related to structures and excavation on particular canal divisions. Each estimate provides number of canal section; name of contractors; and quantity, type, value, and sometime unit price of materials and labor to be supplied. The series also contains abstracts of the monthly estimates which list the name of canal, date, and engineers' name.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
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
- Western Inland Lock Navigation Company damage assessments and reimbursements
Series Number
- A1006
Summary
- These records document this company's claims for damages. Included are an appraisal report of on damages; resolution of the company's board of directors authorizing Barent Bleecker to receive award; Thomas Eddy's account of expense of appraisement; and a copy of legislative committee report on the company's petition.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
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
- Abstracts and vouchers of expenditures
Series Number
- A1126
Summary
- These monthly abstracts of expenditures were submitted for audit by the Comptroller's office. Each abstract lists vouchers by number and provides name of payee, nature and amount of expenditure. Expenditures are for ordinary repairs, new construction, repair of breaks in the canal, damages to adjacent lands, equipment for offices, building of State boats, advertising for proposals, etc.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Miscellaneous documents relating to canals
Series Number
- A1167
Summary
- The documents in this series from Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consist of vouchers, receipts, bills, clearances, and unidentified documents. Most are routine financial documents but a few concern canal operations.
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
- 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
- List of expenditures for work done on the Erie Canal
Series Number
- A1435
Summary
- This series consists of a list of expenditures on the Erie Canal and branch canals including name of canal and purpose of each expenditure.
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
- 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
- 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
- Financial and legal records filed with the Canal Department
Series Number
- A1160
Summary
- These records relating to canals include power of attorney filed with the Canal Auditor or the controller for many different purposes. Most furnished evidence of assignment of contracts for work on canals by the original contracted their party; assignments of state canal stock; transfers of claims against the state; and chattel mortgages on canal boats.S
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Board
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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.