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Displaying 270 Finding Aids
Title
- Statement of lands sold for taxes
Series Number
- B0954
Summary
- This series consists of a published list of lands sold by the Comptroller for unpaid taxes. Each entry gives the sale certificate number; a brief description of the parcel sold; the acres sold; the name of the purchaser; the amount of the bid; and to whom the parcel was conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurers' statements of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0940
Summary
- This series contains statements that list lands of non-residents sold by county treasurers for unpaid taxes. Each statement gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acreage; name of the purchaser; number of acres sold; and amount received by 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
- Bills for state printing
Series Number
- A1223
Summary
- This series consists of bills compiled by the State Printer's Office for the printing and binding of New York State government publications. Included are a list of the acts, messages, reports and other government publications printed, cost to the State, and date of the bill. Also included are State agency reports and audits of bills questioning a particular charge.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Account book of salary payments to government officials and employees
Series Number
- A0840
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of a Cash Book recording salary payments by State Comptroller to the Governor, Chancellor, and other officials and employees of the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to quit rents
Series Number
- A1227
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, certificates, affidavits, copies of maps of land grants, surveys of patents and a list of persons forced to quit their farms for failure to pay quit rents. Most records are certificates and affidavits attesting to the amount of taxes due on real estate, ownership of land patents and lots, and remissions from quit rent. Also included are surveys of land patents and maps depicting lots and patents subject to quit rents.
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
- Entry documentation pertaining to the new emission of bills of credit
Series Number
- A1233
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipts, currency exchange ledgers, accounts of bills of credit, and cancelled lists of bundles of Continental money regarding the emission of currency by New York State. The receipts detail the cost of new printing plates, advertising costs, and cost of paper to print the new bills on. Also included is information on the amount of new emissions exchange for older notes and lists of bundles of old Continental notes.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- County treasurers' returns of unpaid taxes on non-resident lands
Series Number
- B0941
Summary
- This series consists of returns listing parcels owned by non-residents who had not paid their taxes. Their property was subsequently sold in the tax sales. Each entry on a list states the parcel location, lot number, acreage, assessed value, and amount of tax due. Each list includes the town tax collector's affidavit that the taxes remain unpaid.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrants issued
Series Number
- A1236
Summary
- This series consists of warrants issued by the Comptroller's Office for the payment of mandated State expenses. Later warrants request loans to equip and provide for the State Militia.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Applications to purchase state lands
Series Number
- A1381
Summary
- This series consists of applications that are sworn statements, giving name of applicant, date, parcel(s) description(s), and appraised value(s), with Treasurer's office payment receipts attached. Most applications are for the purchase of "Prison Lands" in the Old Military Tract in Franklin County. Also included are minutes of the Commissioners of the Land Office; miscellaneous deeds with related documents; and petition of John B. Van Allen for sale of certain parcels in Albany, with search and abstract.
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
- Entry documentation relating to pension claims, First N.Y. Regiment Volunteers, Mexican War
Series Number
- A1254
Summary
- This series contains letters, affidavits, and other supporting documentation submitted to the state comptroller by veterans of the Mexican War or their legal representatives in order to verify military service and apply for pension funds. The documents contain detailed military service information including the claimant's rank, his company, the battles in which he was engaged, and any wounds he received.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
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
- Resolution, agreements, and purchase list of the sale of college land scrip
Series Number
- A1297
Summary
- The Comptroller was authorized to sell land scrip for establishing a land grant college. This series records the names of individuals who purchased land scrip. Entries include, date the transaction was recorded, purchaser's name, residence, number of pieces of scrip purchased, total number of acres purchased, purchase price and scrip numbers. Also included are copies of agreements and contracts and resolutions made between the state and Ezra Cornell. These entries mostly pertain to the purchase of unsold scrip by Cornell.
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
- 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
- Newspaper receipt for printing notice
Series Number
- A0915
Summary
- This series consists of a receipt of payment of a bill for the publication of a notice in the <emph render="italic">Albany Morning Express</emph>. The notice set the terms for submission to the canal commissioners of contract proposals for work on the Black River Canal. The bill was paid by the commissioners, and the receipt gives the date; name of newspaper, publisher, and commissioner who made the payment; amount paid; and a newspaper clipping of the printed notice.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund ledger of accounts with commissioners for Cayuga County
Series Number
- A0865
Summary
- This ledger summarizes the financial status of the portion of the United States Deposit Fund allocated to Cayuga County. Ledger entries include dates and amounts of interest receipts and new loans (credit side), dates and amounts of payments (debit side), and yearly balances.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accountant ledger
Series Number
- A1206
Summary
- These compiled payment accounts include debits and credits made out and audited by the Comptroller. Information includes name, date, expenditure amounts, and totals. Accounts include payments to government officials (e.g., Simeon DeWitt, Martin Van Buren), contractors, and state facilities.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- List of receipts relating to land patents
Series Number
- A1212
Summary
- This series from the Land Tax Bureau consists of lists of patents and their value. The lists appear to have been compiled by a county official and then submitted to the Auditor-General's Office. Information includes patent owners' name, value of patents and certificates and interest. The receipt is dated and includes the name of the person who compiled the list.
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
- Legal documentation relating to state sales tax on land
Series Number
- A1376
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, forms, and legal notices relating to various aspects of the state's sales tax on land. The documentation contains information on: cancellation of sales tax for state land; nonresident taxes; applications to vacate, annul and set aside certain cancellations of tax sales and certificates; judgment rolls; referee reports; and notice, motion and proposed orders on specific cases.
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
- Monthly schedules of accounts and balances in bank
Series Number
- A1164
Summary
- This fragmentary series consists of monthly schedules of Comptroller's accounts, including the canal funds and municipal bond issues across the state. Also included are lists of balances of Canal Fund monies in various banks.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.