Finding Aid Search Results
101
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
A1094
Dates:
1815-1839
Abstract:
This series consists of three pages listing contracts with banks allowing an interest on deposit of Canal monies at sixty days for 4.5 or 5% interest. Each entry provides the date of the contract; contract number; the name of the bank; and rate of interest..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
102
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
The maps in this series appear to have been created by the Office of Surveyor General in compliance with legislation of 1827 requiring a complete map and field notes. Most of the maps depict specific sections of the Erie Canal and show locks; bridges; railroad bridges across canals; locations of canal .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
103
Creator:
New York (State). Adjutant General's Office
Title:
Series:
A0020
Dates:
circa 1858-1876
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
104
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Abstract:
This series contains correspondence, memorandums, newspaper clippings, published and unpublished reports, draft legislation, notices of appointments to boards and commissions, and published articles. These records document issues with which the State Comptroller dealt such as bond issuances, the state's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
105
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Abstract:
This series consists of texts of speeches given by the comptroller to various state and local agencies and associations on a variety of topics such as tax reform, state spending, fiscal reform, government ethics, economic development, pension funding, state budget deficit, state credit rating, and campaign .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
106
Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
Title:
Series:
B0252
Dates:
1917-1948
Abstract:
This series, known as the "blue line maps," depicts lands acquired for canal purposes up to and including the construction of the Barge Canal. The maps show inner angles of the towpaths on the old canal; state owned property prior to Barge Canal construction; property appropriated for Barge Canal projects; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
107
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
B0602
Dates:
1835-1953
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
108
Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
A1380
Dates:
1835-1876
Abstract:
Canal commissioners were required to construct and maintain road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal and to construct farm bridges to accommodate landowners. This series consists of releases, vouchers, receipts, title searches, parcel maps, and resolutions authorizing commutations to claimants .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
Abstract:
The land appropriation files contain comprehensive legal documentation of the process by which the state acquired lands for the Barge Canal system (pursuant to Laws of 1909, Chapter 391, as amended), and of the state's title to those lands. The files document not only the transfer of legal title to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
110
Creator:
New York (State). Legislature. Legislative Commission on Public Management Systems
Title:
Series:
L0152
Dates:
1979-1988
Abstract:
These records document the commission's research and proposed reforms for increasing economy and efficiency in New York State government. The records include correspondence, memorandums, reports, draft legislation, hearing and conference transcripts, working papers, and publications. Most records relate .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
111
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
B2079
Dates:
2008, 2010-2011, 2014-2015, 2020
Abstract:
This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible websites of the New York State Department of Audit and Control, which is commonly known as the Office of the State Comptroller..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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