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Displaying 270 Finding Aids
Title
- Accounts of state lotteries
Series Number
- A1322
Summary
- This volume of accounts of the State Lottery is for the five medical science and seven literature lotteries. Included are some or all of the following information: amount grossed; expenses related; amount to be accounted for by managers; balance; date of lottery; amount of prizes; distribution of money after lottery; and names of managers.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts for construction of New York State Lunatic Asylum, Utica
Series Number
- A1450
Summary
- This series consists of small leather bound or paperbound books containing accounts for construction of the New York State Lunatic Asylum at Utica. Each book contains an account with a supplier of construction materials (lumber, nails, paint, etc.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's accounts with individuals
Series Number
- A1308
Summary
- This series consists of books containing accounts with individuals or firms. Each account gives name of individual or firm; residence; and entries for amounts carried over from account books kept by "Bloodgood," Breese," and Fairlie," whose identity and positions are unknown. The second volume also contains entries for interest, which may indicate that these are accounts for state debentures.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of abstracts of audited accounts for governor's military expenses
Series Number
- A1320
Summary
- This series is an abstract of Governor Tompkins expenditures for ordnance, military pay, and individual claims relating to the War of 1812. Information includes voucher number, date, person to whom payment was made, amount allowed, amount suspended, and amount rejected. Handwritten notes by the person reviewing the vouchers are included.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of bank deposits and withdrawals
Series Number
- A1453
Summary
- This series consists of monthly accounts of monies deposited with the Manhattan Company and with other banks across the state. Each account states the total amount of deposits and withdrawal during the preceding month, and the debit and credit columns are balanced.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Cancelled checks
Series Number
- A1447
Summary
- This series consists of checks drawn on various Albany banks. Information includes check and warrant numbers, signatures of canal auditor or comptroller and the treasurer, name of payee, date and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Payment book to state agencies and officials
Series Number
- A1321
Summary
- This series contains payments made to state agencies and officials by the Comptroller's Office in keeping with its responsibility for paying bills and maintaining state financial records. Information includes payment date and amount paid to the following agencies and officials: infantry brigade inspectors; canal appraisers; constables; clerks; division inspectors; foreign poor in the New York City; New York Hospital; state prison inspectors; state library; orphan asylum; State Hall; sheriffs for attendance at Supreme Court; and newspapers for state advertisements.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Comptroller's subordinate ledgers
Series Number
- A1309
Summary
- This series consists of Comptroller's account ledgers with county loan officers and individuals related to loans, with auctioneers for duties, and for stock shares. The second ledger also includes information on New Military Tract lots (location, lot number, acreage, purchaser); accounts of persons who provided services to the state including Hartford Convention delegates, supporters of aged or sick slaves, surveyor Benjamin Ellicott; and Indian agents and commissioners; certificates of receipt of arrears of quit rents; and accounts with various colleges.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County commissioners' minute and account books of the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A1282
Summary
- This series consists of minute and account books kept by the County Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund. Books typically contain minutes of actions of the Commissioners, including: allotment of monies to towns and city wards; statements of loans awarded; annual reports to the Comptroller; lists of persons to whom notices of default were served; mortgages synopses including name of mortgagor, date, terms, and property boundaries; minutes receipts and disbursements; and receipts for monies credited to the state.
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 submitted by the collector for the Port of New York
Series Number
- A0822
Summary
- This series contains records of the collection of duties at the port of New York. The records include accounts of payment of duties; accounts of the Collector's Office; salary accounts; receipts; and other related material. Information usually includes name; date; amount paid; and purpose of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Closed U.S. Deposit Fund mortgages and farm loan mortgages
Series Number
- A0836
Summary
- This series from the Bureau of Unclaimed Funds consists of correspondence and standardized forms for submitting payments of principal and interest on U.S. Deposit Fund mortgages. The Comptroller was assigned the function of receiving these payments, which would then be deposited in the State Treasury. Each file consists of correspondence recording payments on each loan until the date of its satisfaction.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Audit and Control. Office of Unclaimed Funds
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Legal documentation relating to college landscrip fund
Series Number
- A1241
Summary
- This series consists of correspondence, resolutions, receipts, agreements, and other legal records relating to the sale of lands granted to New York under the Morrill Act of 1892. The records deal mainly with the sale of lands or landscrips to various individuals, particularly Ezra Cornell and the establishment of Cornell University.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- County treasurer's lists of non-resident lands to be sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0936
Summary
- This series consists of lists that identify parcels to be sold by county treasurers for unpaid taxes. For each parcel, the notice provides the lot number and description; name of owner; acreage; and amount of taxes due. Some of the lists include resident as well as non-resident lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Claims of Spanish-American War volunteers
Series Number
- A1255
Summary
- State employees who voluntarily enlisted in the United States service during the Spanish-American War were entitled to pay as public employees from enlistment time until honorable discharge. This series consists of petitions and claims from State employees to the Comptroller's Office for pay due them. Records contain certified statements verifying the claimant's time and state employment, the name of the unit with which the claimant served and may include a statement of amount allowed the claimant.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Monthly bank balances of Canal Fund
Series Number
- A1096
Summary
- This volume contains monthly totals of balances of canal money in various banks throughout New York State. Each monthly entry provides the name of the bank; amounts on loan and at what percent interest; amount on deposit and the amount remaining in each bank. An accretion consists of two folio sized volumes regarding the balances of banks that held Erie Canal fund monies.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office Land Tax Bureau register of lands sold by the Surveyor General
Series Number
- A1337
Summary
- This series records land sold by the Surveyor General. Volumes list date of bond; obligor of bond; lot; tract; acre; date and amount of first payment; amount of bond; date of delivery to State Comptroller; previous debtor for reverted land (where relevant) and year of reversion; and amount due of reversion.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lists of bonds and mortgages on state lands delivered to the Attorney General
Series Number
- A1323
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's office records action on bonds and mortgages for state lands. Information includes date; lot number; mortgage or bond holder; and whether it was returned, foreclosed, paid in full, or delivered to Attorney General. Also indicated is date, some monetary amount and additional markings of capital letters that are unidentified.
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
- County commissioners' annual reports of the U.S. Deposit Fund
Series Number
- A0983
Summary
- Surplus monies received from the U.S. Treasury were loaned to county residents on mortgages on improved land at 7% interest. These records include annual reports and related documents of the Commissioners of the U.S. Deposit Fund in each county of the state. They contain lists of mortgagors; statements of principal and interest due and paid; lists of delinquents with interest due and summaries of legal actions against them; interest paid to the State; bonds of the Commissioners; correspondence and receipts.
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
- Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners
Series Number
- A1334
Summary
- This series contains accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. All such loans had to be approved by the Comptroller's Office. Arrange county by county, information includes the amount received; the amount in warrants issued; an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers (which may or may not relate to the accounts); and a list of dates and financial actions such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of bank note impressions
Series Number
- A0957
Summary
- This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of accounts of bank note impressions. Each account lists name of bank, number of impressions, and denominations in the vault of the Banking Department on morning of a given date.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.