Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Canal Department
Abstract:
This series from the Office of the State Comptroller contains certified copies of registers of canal boats kept by the auditor. Information includes names of the boats; where they are from; boat tonnage; owner's names and the date; and a certificate of registry filed with collectors when the name of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Canal Board
Abstract:
These records relating to canals include power of attorney filed with the Canal Auditor or the controller for many different purposes. Most furnished evidence of assignment of contracts for work on canals by the original contracted their party; assignments of state canal stock; transfers of claims against .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series, arranged chronologically, records original name of boat as registered; hailing place; new name; new hailing place (often different from original); and date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1057
Dates:
1827-1829
Abstract:
These chronological lists of passengers were submitted monthly by masters of boats traveling the Erie Canal. Required for taxation purposes, the lists provide name of boat; date of travel; names of passengers; and distance traveled. The card index indicates names of boats in chronological and alphabetical .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Title:
Series:
B1353
Dates:
approximately 1896-1974
Abstract:
This series consists of working copies of contract plans used by the Operations and Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works and predecessor units. These "office copies" include attachments in the form of maps and plans detailing revisions and updates to original plans. Included are hydrologic .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a card index to Series A1057, Statements of tolls on canal passenger boats. Arranged chronologically by year and then alphabetically by name of boat; the index lists name of boat, city of origin, and date of toll. No passenger names are given..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This volume contains miscellaneous accounts of an unidentified private firm, probably in Albany, dealing in lumber and firewood. It includes sales of firewood to the steamboats "Red Jacket" and "Victory.".........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Abstract:
This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists weekly reports listing date of inspection; clearance number; where issued; name of boat; hailing place; name of master; destination; draft of boat (in feet of water); nature of cargo; "character of inspection" (measurement used); .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1178
Dates:
1834
Abstract:
Proprietors of freight boats carrying passengers established agreements on fees to be paid for each boat they operated upon the canals. Each agreement provides name of provider; name of boat line; registered name and hailing place for each boat in the line; proprietor signature; and date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). New Capitol Commission
Abstract:
This series documents the shipment via canal vessels of stone used for the construction of the new State Capitol building. Entries include the name of the transporting vessel and the date of shipment. Also included is information that apparently pertains to the platform cars used to transport the material; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation. Division of Waterways Maintenance
Abstract:
The series consists of nonactive registration applications and certificates of registry for vessels operating on the Barge Canal system, as well as documentation of vessels' trips on the canal. Applications provide information on each vessel, including vessel type, dimensions, history, and owners. The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Abstract:
This series consists of lists of charges for freight carried by boats of the Baxter Steam Canal Boat Transportation Company. Information by boat includes number of trips made by each boat; boat's name; weight; and freight. Also included is information by destination; weight in pounds; and freight cost .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1079
Dates:
1838-1839
Abstract:
These are passenger lists for daily steamboat trips between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Provided are names; destinations; number of party; and fares paid. The series also includes daily accounts of Roswell Haskell with steamboat "Red Jacket" for receipts and disbursements..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
A1136
Dates:
1860-1882
Abstract:
The annual statement from the Office of the Auditor of the State Canal gives monthly totals of the number and weights of cargoes at weigh locks on the Erie Canal. The weekly abstract includes the number of loaded boats weighed and/or bound for various destinations, and the poundage of cargoes weighed .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Abstract:
Vouchers in this series contain affidavit of the master of a boat stating that he did not proceed to the point for which the original clearance was issued, and a receipt for amount of difference paid him. Attached is a copy of the original clearance given by the toll collector, giving name of boat; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of tax lists for steamboats Richmond, Paragon, and Chancellor Livingston. . The Canal Fund law includes a one dollar tax upon each steamboat passenger for each trip of over 100 miles, and fifty cents for any distance between 30 and 100 miles. Proceeds were deposited in the Canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways. Syracuse Office
Abstract:
This series consists of plans, drawings, and specifications used in building the state's buoy boat fleet at the Syracuse Canal Shops. Buoy boats were used to maintain and refuel kerosene lighted buoys on the state's canal system. Also included are typed and handwritten lists of labor, materials, equipment, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Chief Clerk of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
A1080
Dates:
1847, 1856
Abstract:
This series consists of statements of cargo on canal boats on which toll was not paid, kept by a Canal Toll Collector's Office, location not given. Each entry gives clearance number; date; name of boat; home port; master's name; articles shipped; where from; where bound; weight of articles; miles traveled; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives