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Title

Exhibit map of Taggarts Paper Company land claim

Series Number

A0488

Summary

This "Map of the Taggarts Paper Co Land on Township 2 Brown's Tract Herkimer County N.Y." was used as an exhibit in the Court of Claims case, the Taggarts Paper Company Claim No. 10335. The map is an annotated copy of a topographic map and shows natural features of land and water, as well as trails, roads, lumber camps, and lot and range numbers. The meaning of the annotations or the significance of the sequestered land blocks depicted is unknown.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Claims

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

South Mall project claims records

Series Number

16198

Summary

This series consists of materials used by the legal staff of the Office of General Services to negotiate and/or litigate claims by South Mall (Empire State Plaza) project contractors and consultants which could not be settled under the Equitable Adjustment Act of 1969.

Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Office of Counsel

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Index to canal damage awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims

Series Number

B1965

Summary

This series consists of a one-volume, partial index to Series B0602, Canal Damage Awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims. Each entry includes name of claimant, date of filing, file or claim number, amount granted, canal, judgment number, and date of payment.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Selected audited accounts of state civil and military officers

Series Number

A0802

Summary

The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State with the United States, Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Indian agents, s, Adjutant General, and Quarter Master General. The series also contains financial documents and claims relating to "detached" militia companies that were placed under Federal command during the War of 1812.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

Photocopying is restricted because most of the documents are fragile and many of them are pasted in overlapping sets on a folio page.

Title

Correspondence and related records concerning claims

Series Number

A4127

Summary

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence, letters of transmittal, affidavits, questionnaires, and statements of service, mostly concerning claims submitted by Civil War veterans for bounty money due. Many of these claims contain questionnaires mailed by the Paymaster General's Office to claimants and statements of service sent from the United States War Department. Both of these forms provide information on a veteran's military record such as: name; rank; company; regiment; date of enlistment; date of discharge; and other information.

Creator

• New York (State). Paymaster General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Claim files from victims injured in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Series Number

B1956

Summary

This series consists of 402 claim files of victims injured. Record types include checklist forms, applications for payment, and a wide variety of additional documentation. Such documentation includes birth, marriage, and death certificates; medical information concerning the nature and timing of injuries; and letters, photographs, utility bills, and other records submitted to support a claim. The files include both successful and denied claims.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. World Trade Center Relief Fund

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Birth and marriage certificates, medical records, and social security numbers are found throughout the series.

Title

Claims submitted for expenditures incurred in the organization, equipment, and subsistence of troops mustered into federal service

Series Number

A4116

Summary

This series consists of miscellaneous claims, correspondence, vouchers, and receipts received and audited by the Auditing Board. A law of 1862 appointed the Inspector General, Judge Advocate General and Quartermaster General to constitute an auditing board to examine claims "incurred in the organization, pay, equipment, quartering, subsistence and other proper expenses of troops raised... for the service of the United States...and which...have not hitherto been allowed and paid."

Creator

• New York (State). Auditing Board

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Compensation claims of former commissary general

Series Number

A1251

Summary

This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence and newspaper clippings concerning former Commissary General Storms and his efforts to obtain compensation for payments due for supplies of arms, military stores, and accoutrements to arsenals, members of the militia and brigades, and for services as agent for settling the demands of this state against the United States. Included is correspondence and newspaper clippings sent from General Storm to the Adjutant General's Office.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Stenographer's minutes of Jackson and Perkins against the State of New York in the Court of Claims

Series Number

B0387

Summary

This series consists of four volumes of stenographer's minutes documenting the case of Jackson and Perkins v. the State of New York, which was tried before the Court of Claims in Rochester and Syracuse during the months of October and November 1917. The case evolved from property damage claims that the company filed against the state, alleging that repeated flooding of the Clyde River was directly linked to construction of the Barge Canal. Final disposition of the case is not documented in the records.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Adjutant General's Office resignations and various claims records

Series Number

A4125

Summary

This series consists of a small quantity of resignations, submitted by officers resigning their commissions, forwarded to the Adjutant General's Office. The resignation will normally provide the name of the individual resigning, rank, regiment, date, and reason for resignation. The remainder of the series consists of a varied collection of vouchers and receipts which pertain mainly to expenditures incurred by National Guard units after the Civil War.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Claim files from families and dependents of victims killed in September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Series Number

B1955

Summary

These files include checklist forms, applications for payment, and a wide variety of additional documentation. Such documentation includes birth, marriage, and death certificates, but may also include letters, photographs, utility bills, and other records to support a claim. The files contain both successful and denied claims.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. World Trade Center Relief Fund

Access Restrictions

Restricted to protect personal privacy. Birth, marriage, and death certificates, as well as social security numbers, can be found throughout the series.

Title

Copies of Monroe County Clerk's Office records of awards, deeds, and claims for canal lands

Series Number

B0691

Summary

This series consists of copies of records for canal lands originally held in the Monroe County Clerk's office. These records include copies of deeds, releases of damage, claims for damages, awards given to claimants, and descriptions of land appropriations.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

War of 1812 veterans' certificates of claim awards and related records

Series Number

A0020

Summary

This series consists mostly of affidavits documenting a claimant's right to reimbursement from War of 1812 service in a New York militia or volunteer unit, as well as certificates issued to claimants after the Adjutant General's Office reviewed and adjusted their claims. The bulk of the series documents in-state claimants.

Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Checklist of maps and list of Court of Claims awards regarding land appropriations

Series Number

B0666

Summary

This series consists of a Court of Claims list of appropriations and list of damage cases from January 1, 1900 to February 21, 1901, as well as a checklist to map numbers 1572 to 3536.

Creator

• New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Miscellaneous papers concerning legislative matters

Series Number

L0009

Summary

This series consists of mainly correspondence, but also reports, minutes of land office commissioners, depositions, memoranda, lists of expenditures and appropriations, petitions, and claims. These may have been the working papers of Senator Thomas Hillhouse. Also included are financial matters such as claims requiring settlement or appropriations made by the legislature.

Creator

• New York (State). Legislature. Senate

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

New York State Comptroller's Office correspondence concerning claims for war service and bills for military expenses

Series Number

B1182

Summary

Most of this series consists of letters written to the Comptroller requesting searches of records to confirm individuals' Revolutionary War service. Replies from the controller are not included. Additional material includes bills for repair and storage of small arms; memoranda concerning state military accounts; certificates of employment of clerks in the adjutant general's office; War of 1812 claim number 16,273; and a few claims for the state campaign badge awarded for military service during the Spanish-American War.

Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Canal damage awards by Canal Appraisers, Board of Claims, and Court of Claims

Series Number

B0602

Summary

This series consists of certified copies of awards by the Canal Appraisers (through 1883) and by the Board of Claims (1883-1897), and of judgments by the Court of Claims (1897-1953). These awards were made for damages to lands adjacent to state canals. Many such damages were sustained by private persons when their lands were appropriated temporarily or permanently for repairs or enlargement of the Erie Canal, for the so-called $9,000,000 improvement at the turn of the century, and for construction of the Barge Canal system.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Audit and Control

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Applications for land grants

Series Number

A0272

Summary

The series consists of applications for grants of unappropriated land by letters patent from New York Colony and State. Along with the applications are related reports, surveys, maps, warrants for surveying lands and drafting of letters patent, objections to title, and letters.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

A0272-19: Map is fragile and should be handled under the supervision of an archivist.

Title

Negative photographs of State institutions, Barge Canal locations and structures, and highways

Series Number

B0223

Summary

These negative photographs were taken for use in settling Court of Claims litigation such as State contracts for the construction of highways, buildings, and other structures; appropriation of land and water; employee negligence; damages due to defects in the State's highway system. The negatives are filed in jackets with the Court of Claims number, negative number, name of facility, institution or location, direction of view, by whom taken, date, and pertinent remarks written on each jacket.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.