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Displaying 34 Finding Aids
Title
- Abstracts of expenditures
Series Number
- A4413
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts of expenditures, including payrolls of manual laborers for maintenance and repairs to various elements of the state canal system. The expenditures documented here apparently pertain to work on a grain elevator at Gowandus Bay, Brooklyn.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of Canal Fund land sold by the Surveyor General
Series Number
- A0903
Summary
- These land sales records were made by the Surveyor General in compliance with resolutions of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The entries provide date of sale; description of the land; price; name of purchaser; and certification by the Surveyor General of the sale of the land.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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
- Engrossed minutes and index
Series Number
- A1077
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. Subjects documented in this series include disbursement of funds, stock purchases, redemption of canal stock by individual stock holders, and the Erie Canal enlargement fund. These are final minutes of the Rough Minutes in series A1076. Series B0316, Index to Minutes indexes this series from 1817-1854.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Reports, statements, and estimates of expenses of Western Division Engineer's office
Series Number
- B0668
Summary
- This volume is a report of J. B. Stittson, Division Engineer of the Western Division of the Canal system. The report consists of: a tabular statement of engineering expenses on each subdivision of the Western Division for the year 1850; statements showing length and estimated costs of work done and to be completed; and remarks of the Division Engineer regarding prices, quantities, construction, engineering issues, and progress of work.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of contracts, field and office books, and other matters relating to the Erie Canal enlargement
Series Number
- B0661
Summary
- This volume is a register of contracts, field and office books, and other matters related to the Erie Canal enlargement in Monroe County. It also contains abstracts of expenditures presented by engineers of the Western Division for work on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal Fund account book
Series Number
- A1085
Summary
- This volume is a ledger accounts of Commissioners of the Canal Fund for Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and stock, and for stock of the Cayuga and Seneca, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Oswego, and Black River canals. There are also accounts with the Canal Commissioners, Superintendents of Repairs, and banks in New York City, Albany, and elsewhere in which tolls and canal loans premiums were deposited.
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
- Abstracts of audited canal accounts
Series Number
- A1084
Summary
- The Commissioners of the Canal Fund were given charge of all financial operations of the canal system. These records are abstracts or summaries of audited accounts for expenditures on canals, including accounts with Canal Commissioners. Entries include contract or voucher number, name of payee, amount, and occasionally a brief note of purpose of the expenditure. Volume 2 includes accounts for the enlargement of the Erie Canal (1835-1840).
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Canal Commissioners contracts and accounts for construction and repair
Series Number
- A1125
Summary
- This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts for payment; check rolls for labor submitted by Superintendents of construction; abstracts and vouchers of the principal engineers and their assistants; and various documents relating to canal finances.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Subscriptions and redemption statements of canal stock, and lists of bank contracts for canal deposits
Series Number
- A1094
Summary
- This series consists of three pages listing contracts with banks allowing an interest on deposit of Canal monies at sixty days for 4.5 or 5% interest. Each entry provides the date of the contract; contract number; the name of the bank; and rate of interest.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Schedule of Erie and Champlain Canal stock redeemed by the Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1012
Summary
- This schedule provides date of payment by Commissioners of the Canal Fund; surrender date of stock; name of holder; interest rate and issuing year; and amount of certificate.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence relating to the canals and canal fund
Series Number
- A1269
Summary
- These letter books contain copies of outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller relating to canals and canal fund. Comptroller's involvement in the canal and the canal fund begins with initial legal establishment of both, and includes a range of laws. Some volumes include index.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Index to minutes
Series Number
- B0316
Summary
- This volume indexes both the Engrossed minutes of series A1077 and the Rough Minutes of series A1076. Each entry gives the name, subject, date and nature of action.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Daily statements of bank balances of the Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1056
Summary
- These statements from the Comptroller's Office include daily bank balances to the credit of various funds constituting the Canal Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Canal fund accounts (receipt and disbursement book)
Series Number
- A1081
Summary
- This series consists of ledger accounts of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund (through 1826) and of the Canal of Fund New York State (starting 1827). Included are accounts with the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, Superintendent of Repairs, and banks in New York City and Albany in which Canal Fund monies were deposited, accounts for expenses on canals, and for interest on canal stock.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Bank book
Series Number
- A0813
Summary
- This series, arrange chronologically, consists of entries for deposits and withdrawals in the account of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund in the Canal Bank.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Impeachment trial subpoenas and subpoena tickets for Canal Commissioner
Series Number
- A0815
Summary
- This series contains subpoenas and subpoena tickets issued by the clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, August 14-16, 1853 of John C. Mather. Mather was convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as canal commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's register of checks drawn for Canal Commissioners
Series Number
- A1316
Summary
- This register includes two entries for each check, debiting the account of the Canal Commissioners and crediting the bank on which the check was drawn. Entries provide check number; date; account; bank drawn on; and payee. There are also about 8 letters from the Manhattan Company to the State Auditor concerning state stock issues, 1857-1859; miscellaneous printed forms of the Canal Department, 1871-1873; and an unidentified list.
Creator
- New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Monthly balances of canal monies in banks
Series Number
- A1097
Summary
- Entries provide name of bank, amounts of money on loan and on deposit, amount remaining in each bank, and grant totals. Money was presumably for receipts from tolls deposited by Commissioners of the Canal Fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.