Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B1186
Dates:
1841-1869
Abstract:
Most of the documents in this series are associated with the Court of Chancery. Documents reference many different cases including one involving Philip Phelps and another involving the Commercial Bank of Albany. Other documents relay the names of employees of the Court of Appeals Clerk's Office and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
Letters mostly concern canal contracts, tolls, bonds, and other financial matters and the petitions request that individuals be appointed to jobs in the canal system. Also included are letters complaining about the condition of the canals or the performance of canal employees..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of auctioneers' sales statements listing daily totals of moveable goods or real estate sold at auction (mostly commercial auctions), amounts, and amounts of duty paid at various percentages. The statements were submitted every three months to the Comptroller. Most of the statements .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of correspondence from the Deputy Comptroller and the Comptroller with state and local officials such as Commissioners of the Land Office and County Treasurers, and private individuals. Relating to land taxes, the correspondence discusses surveys prior to taxation, amount of taxes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
The Comptroller was responsible for selling land for payment of delinquent taxes. These records were apparently used in conducting tax searches for various individual title companies and lawyers. Each letters lists any taxes and tax sales and associated dates for the specific plot of land for which .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
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). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of statements of taxes due from landowners for laying or improving roads adjacent to their property. Each entry includes lot number, owner's name, tax due, date and amount of payment, and payee. Roads included are those from Chester to Canton, Hopkinton to North West Bay, St. Lawrence .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Canal Commissioners
Abstract:
This list of petitions to the Canal Commissioners provides the number and date of petition; name of petitioner; and "nature of the petition and action had." Petitions are numbered 1 through 120 and concern location of the Erie Canal enlargement; construction of bridges, culverts, docks, and other structures; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of an inventory for documents contained in "sundry boxes deposited in the upper loft of the State Hall". The documents range in date from Revolutionary War to the 1820's. and include accounts of/for: Governors; Commissioner of Conspiracies; army provisions; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a list identifying items that were purchased from O'Brien and Mahan's for use at the Governor's Mansion in Albany. The bill describes each type of item purchased, the price per unit, the number of units purchased, and the total that was payed for them. The bill also lists the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
Applications for barbers' certificates of qualification were made to the Board of Barber Examiners, which regulated barbering, and required sanitary inspection of barbershops. Information on applications includes barber's name, place of business and residence; length of time in barber business; age .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
These are abstracts of decisions made by the auditor of the Canal Department regarding canal tolls and other regulations. The volume also records appointments and removals of canal toll collectors and other officials..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series contains copies of certificates of appointment, submitted by the county clerk to the State Comptroller. Each form gives name of notary public, term of office, signature of governor's private secretary, and sworn affidavit. Forms are present only for Rensselaer County, and even these are .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a receipt of payment of a bill for the publication of a notice in the Albany Morning Express. The notice set the terms for submission to the canal commissioners of contract proposals for work on the Black River Canal. The bill was paid by the commissioners, and the receipt gives .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series includes a one page circular in which the Comptroller requests uniformity in the accounts and returns of courts martial. It also contains general regulations for recording and submitting such information..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of the Comptroller's correspondence with county treasurers regarding bounties paid for destruction of illegal fishnets. Included are certificates signed by town supervisor describing seized nets, giving their type, size, and value and a receipt for bounty payment. Also included .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a ledger documenting expenditures authorized by various appropriation acts of the legislature. The ledger records acts appropriating funds and lists payments made to entities such as state agencies, offices and positions..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of an inventory of property belong to the State of New York and of which the Commissioners of Quarantine are custodians. Listed are objects of value, such as rungs, desks, china, and glassware from the Office of the Commissioners of Quarantine, Swinburne Island, Hoffman Island, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series of daybooks ("tax diaries") documents daily receipts of delinquent taxes paid to the comptroller during the grace period prior to the sale of the property for unpaid taxes. Each entry shows the years taxes are owed; name and address of person paying tax; county and lot or tract; date and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B1842
Dates:
1776-1786
Abstract:
This series consists of a card file indexing Series A1065, Lists of Certificates of Payment by the Treasurer. Cards provide name and certificate number. Some cards are marked as "burned" at the end of the file..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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