Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
These letter books contain copies of outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller relating to canals and canal fund. Comptroller's involvement in the canal and the canal fund begins with initial legal establishment of both, and includes a range of laws. Some volumes include index..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways
Abstract:
This series consists of abstracts of expenditures, including payrolls of manual laborers for maintenance and repairs to various elements of the state canal system. The expenditures documented here apparently pertain to work on a grain elevator at Gowandus Bay, Brooklyn..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Title:
Series:
A1012
Dates:
1838
Abstract:
This schedule provides date of payment by Commissioners of the Canal Fund; surrender date of stock; name of holder; interest rate and issuing year; and amount of certificate..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund were given charge of all financial operations of the canal system. These records are abstracts or summaries of audited accounts for expenditures on canals, including accounts with Canal Commissioners. Entries include contract or voucher number, name of payee, amount, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This is a book of receipts for transfers of New York State six percent canal stock through the transfer office in New York City. Each entry includes transfer number; date; parties to conveyance and their residences; amount; and signatures of conveyor and a witness..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
Most of the documents are statements of deposit of Canal Fund monies in banks across the State. Generally they include date of statement, name bank, and amounts deposited on various dates. Interfiled with the statements are receipts, canceled checks, certificates of deposit, lists of canal toll deposits, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
This series contains quarterly returns of stockholders of the State's "Million Loan" and of canal loans between 1817 and 1823. The lists of stockholders include dates; names of stockholders; amount of stock held; and interest due..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
Entries provide name of bank, amounts of money on loan and on deposit, amount remaining in each bank, and grant totals. Money was presumably for receipts from tolls deposited by Commissioners of the Canal Fund..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Abstract:
The register of State bonds is organized by alphabetically, M-Z only, by city or town of bank holding the bond. Each entry includes name and location of bank; date of maturity, name, and amount of security;; date of bond and rate of interest.. Bonds were issued for many purposes, including highways, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0661
Dates:
1851
Abstract:
This volume is a register of contracts, field and office books, and other matters related to the Erie Canal enlargement in Monroe County. It also contains abstracts of expenditures presented by engineers of the Western Division for work on the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Title:
Series:
B0668
Dates:
1850-1851
Abstract:
This volume is a report of J. B. Stittson, Division Engineer of the Western Division of the Canal system. The report consists of: a tabular statement of engineering expenses on each subdivision of the Western Division for the year 1850; statements showing length and estimated costs of work done and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
This series, arrange chronologically, consists of entries for deposits and withdrawals in the account of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund in the Canal Bank..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Title:
Series:
A0815
Dates:
1853
Abstract:
This series contains subpoenas and subpoena tickets issued by the clerk of the Court for the Trial of Impeachments, August 14-16, 1853 of John C. Mather. Mather was convicted for unauthorized and excessive expenditures as canal commissioner..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
This series contains offers to lend money to the Canal Fund in return for stock. The loan proposals usually provide date; name of lender; purpose of loan; amount of the loan; and per cent interest on stock..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
These statements from the Comptroller's Office include daily bank balances to the credit of various funds constituting the Canal Fund..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund managed both revenues and debts associated with the development of the state's canal system. This series consists predominantly of printed resolutions pasted onto the pages of bound volumes. The records provide date, members present, resolution being considered, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of ledger accounts of the Commissioners of the Canal Fund (through 1826) and of the Canal of Fund New York State (starting 1827). Included are accounts with the Commissioners of the Canal Fund, Superintendent of Repairs, and banks in New York City and Albany in which Canal Fund .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Abstract:
The Commissioners of the Canal Fund oversaw all financial operations of the canal system. The left side of the volume consists of a daybook recording drafts on various banks in favor of various creditors of the Canal Fund. The right side contains a journal indicating debits and credits and posting of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Title:
Series:
A1090
Dates:
1826-1832
Abstract:
This volume contains state treasurer's account of canal tolls and salt duties deposited in various banks in upstate New York as a security for repayment of State canal stock as a security for repayment of State canal stock. Canal toll receipts and salt duties are entered as debit and corresponding deposits .........
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 of correspondence of the Canal Auditor relating to financial matters such as salaries, contracts and tolls..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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