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Displaying 134 Finding Aids
Title
- Accounts of prison factory work
Series Number
- A0860
Summary
- This series consists of weekly accounts from the Comptroller's Office of items produced and value in the State Prison Factory (Newgate Prison, New York City), by nailers, carpenters, coopers, tailors, a paper ruler, weavers, a furrier, shoemakers, and women seamstresses.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0974
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes. Each entry gives name of decedent, amount of tax under old law, amount of tax under new law, total amount due, and loss or gain to state. Entries are grouped under county name.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- School for the Blind annual report of accounts
Series Number
- B0433
Summary
- This series consists of an annual report of accounts of the State School for the Blind. Included are monthly disbursements; annual receipts; "cost per capita,"; and occasionally number of employees on individual accounts. Account categories include information on officers and employees; managers' expenses; specific food items; "articles expendable"; apparel manufactured; utilities; medicinal supplies; farm equipment and supplies; industrial arts equipment and supplies; and transportation and amusements.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Accounts of monies expended at Auburn Prison
Series Number
- A1062
Summary
- This series consists of vouchers for payment submitted to the Comptroller's Office by officials at Auburn Prison. Expenditures are listed for prison maintenance items such as food, utensils, and clothing, as well as for administrative items such as office supplies. Payments for guards and yard keepers also appear, as do expenses for the discharge of prisoners. Agents' reports, monthly compiled statistical accounts of expenditures, are found for some months.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Copies of accounts audited by the Auditor General for bills presented to the State
Series Number
- A0870
Summary
- This series consists of two original volumes (Vol. A and Vol. B) of accounts for obligations incurred by the state from 1775-1794. Entries include abstracts of pay and ration rolls for militia officers and private soldiers; accounts for supplies purchased or requisitioned; accounts for soldiers' back pay or widows' pensions; accounts for loyalist lands leased or sold; accounts for service by state officers and; accounts of port fees. Original manuscript indexes to Volumes A and B and bound photostatic copies of the two original volumes are also included in the series.
Creator
- Council of Appointment of the State of New York
Access Restrictions
- Due to fragility of original volumes, digital versions should be consulted initially.
Title
- Treasurer's accounts of payments made
Series Number
- A3202
Summary
- This series consists of booklets containing chronological entries of payments by Treasurer Gerardus Bancker. Entries include payee name, the voucher number, payment amount and sometimes the purpose of the payment. Records are restricted due to burn damage.
Creator
- New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to burn damage. Records have been conserved and may be used with care.
Title
- Register of stone cutters
Series Number
- A3174
Summary
- This series consists of listings of the names of employees engaged in stonecutting on the new State Capitol building construction project. Most entries provide the name and dates indicated by a single day and month. Entries end with a numerical figure possibly representing hours worked by the given individual, or, in cases where two names appear, the amount of job time completed by both.
Creator
- New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of tax monies received
Series Number
- A1345
Summary
- This series consists of accounts, apparently of tax money, received by the State Comptroller from various state and local agencies and organizations. Information includes date, name of organization or agency, amount (probably received), and remarks (these include such notes as tax, repairs, common school fund).
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Vouchers and abstracts of disbursements for U.S. Geological Survey expenses
Series Number
- A3234
Summary
- The series consists of abstracts of account disbursements, vouchers, and receipts for field expenses incurred by members of the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) working in New York State while making a topographic survey and map of the state. Information on the USGS forms includes worker's name, title, voucher number, date, expense designation, and amounts owed and paid. An itemized statement and signed receipt(s) are also typically included.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts relating to excise tax of the Colony of New York
Series Number
- A3191
Summary
- This series consists of loose documents, on which is recorded the amount of excise tax collected on the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the various counties during a given year. In most documents, the names of commissioners collecting the excise tax in each county are listed along with the amount collected.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Construction account ledgers
Series Number
- B1679
Summary
- This series records materials costs for construction and maintenance projects conducted at the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children and (successor Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives. Projects include plumbing/drainage systems improvements, wiring or telephone installation, heating system reconstruction, repairs, equipment expenditures, and cost for industries (e.g., farm colonies). Arranged by project and year, entries include expenses, billing date, description of the material or item and the total amount due. Volume 2 is restricted due to severe mold damage.
Creator
- Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives
Access Restrictions
- Volume 2 isRestricted due to severe mold damage,pending treatment.
Title
- Canal superintendents' accounts
Series Number
- A0857
Summary
- This volume, arranged by canal, then chronologically, contains accounts of superintendents of New York State's canals. Information includes: date monies paid out or received; nature of the transaction; amounts and figures on services and disbursements. Some correspondence clarifying particular entries, and attesting that work was completed or monies received 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
- Ledger of accounts with county treasurers
Series Number
- B0995
Summary
- This ledger contains state comptroller's accounts with the county treasurers for deficiencies in collections by local tax collectors (taxes of 1799 through 1809).
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) insolvency papers
Series Number
- J2000
Summary
- This series includes documents relating to the assignment and sale of property of insolvent debtors who petitioned for relief, or the attachment and sale of property of "absconding, concealed, or non-resident debtors" in response to the petition of creditors. Most of the petitions were directed to the Recorder of the City of New York. Other petitions were directed to a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Documents include petitions of debtors and their creditors requesting sale of property; affidavits of creditors; accounts of debts owed to creditors; orders for assignment of property to trustees for sale; and documents discharging the debtors from further liability. Most of the files related to debtors residing in New York City. Some files relate to debtors elsewhere in the state.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- Most of the documents are fragile; use and copying may be restricted.
Title
- New York State School for the Blind financial records
Series Number
- B2601
Summary
- This series contains a treasurer's account book documenting an account kept of monies received by the Superintendent of the New York State School for the Blind and deposited monthly with the treasurer.
Creator
- New York State School for the Blind
Title
- Expense accounts related to Commissioners for Inland Navigation Between the Great Lakes and the Hudson River
Series Number
- A0881
Summary
- This series consists of expense accounts of James Geddes and others for surveying and other services related to the Erie Canal waterway. The individual expense accounts include a detailed report of the activities and expenses of James Geddes. There is also an audited account of the Commissioners' expenses. The accounts usually give the name of the person making the report; the date; and the reasons for each payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of receipts and taxes paid by athletic clubs
Series Number
- A0934
Summary
- A law of 1911 required all athletic clubs to pay a tax of 7.5 percent on gross proceeds of boxing or sparring matches and submit statements of the proceeds and tax to the State Comptroller. Money was used to pay expenses of the State Athletic Commission, established in 1911. Each typewritten carbon account gives name of club, date of contest (boxing match), gross receipts, and tax paid.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Final estimates and accounts
Series Number
- B0377
Summary
- This series contains final estimates, accounts, and measurements for a variety of canal and canal related structures including locks, roads, shores, bridges, sluices, excavations, culverts, linings, puddlings, dams, and embankments. Volumes contain detailed, multi-colored drawings and sketches, monochrome photographs, blueprints, and linen maps. Records pertain to the Middle Division of the Enlarged Erie Canal, Black River Canal, Chenango Canal, Chenango Canal Extension, and Oneida Lake Canal.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register pertaining to various accounts and subjects
Series Number
- A4207
Summary
- These records were used by the Bureau of Military Statistics to document various activities. Most records deal with accounts of the Military Record Fund; administrative expenses of the Bureau of Military Statistics; and organization and equipment and supplies issued to New York State Militia and Volunteer regiments. Also included are reports, forms, articles missing from the Bureau of Military Statistics, and general orders from the Adjutant General's Office.
Creator
- New York (State). Bureau of Military Statistics
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of municipal securities held in various state funds
Series Number
- A1343
Summary
- This series contains financial actions relative to securities purchased for various state funds. Information includes the name of the security, rate, coupon or regular, amount; principal paid (date and amount) and relevant year. Accounts are arranged by fund types such as the common school fund, United States deposit fund, literature fund, military record fund, and highway debt sinking fund.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.