Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0807
Dates:
1797-1800
Abstract:
This series consists of accounts and receipts for services rendered or for money paid out by the Commissioners for Settling Claims for Land Ceded to Vermont for office supplies and newspaper advertisements addressed to potential claimants. The Commission was responsible for settling claims of persons .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0822
Dates:
1723-1838
Abstract:
This series contains records of the collection of duties at the port of New York. The records include accounts of payment of duties; accounts of the Collector's Office; salary accounts; receipts; and other related material. Information usually includes name; date; amount paid; and purpose of payment.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0826
Dates:
1794-1828
Abstract:
This series contains records submitted in support of raising funds and collecting voluntary contributions to fund the deepening of the Hudson River. The records include accounts, voluntary contributions and bonds, income and expense reports, receipts, and other related records. These records generally .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
A0832
Dates:
1796-1925
Abstract:
This series consists of records of the commissioners of Indian affairs and of state Indian agents. A law of 1779 appointed commissioners to ensure the security of the people of the state against future hostilities, and to demand compensation from Indians for previous hostilities. The commissioners were .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
These are receipts for expenses incurred by the New York State Fair Commission. The receipts are from newspapers or printing companies in return for publishing or printing an ad. They usually show the date, number of ads, and cost..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of miscellaneous documents from the Comptroller's Office mostly routine receipts, accounts, affidavits, lists and other ephemeral items. Of note is a letter relating to Quit Rents, a survey map of the Bayner and Company Patent, bills for household furniture, judge's order relating .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of receipts and itemized bills that reflect the expenses incurred by the Comptroller's Office. The records were compiled quarterly and provide information on money spent on personnel salaries, supplies, books, and legal allowances..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, receipts, depositions and an agreement relating to the purchase of firearms in Europe by the New York State government for the equipping of the State's volunteer militia. The series consists of mostly correspondence about the purchase .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series records money received by the Comptroller, whose office was responsible for receiving and distributing state funds Information includes date, name, residence, account (by mortgage tax or inheritance tax), amount, and amount refunded..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1213
Dates:
1893-1896
Abstract:
This series consists of agreements, special fund vouchers, certificates of construction, receipts, correspondence, and bills pertaining to the construction of the women's reformatory at Bedford, New York. The series contains detailed information on the construction costs of the various buildings for .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
11
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1233
Dates:
1786-1797
Abstract:
This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipts, currency exchange ledgers, accounts of bills of credit, and cancelled lists of bundles of Continental money regarding the emission of currency by New York State. The receipts detail the cost of new printing plates, advertising costs, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A1405
Dates:
1840-1865
Abstract:
This series contains semi-annual statements of interest due to holders of state stock issued to aid construction of the Hudson & Berkshire Railroad. Each entry gives the amount of stock, stockholders' names, amount of interest, date paid, and signature of the stockholder or attorney..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
A0873
Dates:
1796-1803
Abstract:
A proposed State Prison at Albany was authorized to be built under Chapter 30 of the Laws of 1796. A Board of Commissioners was appointed, which was authorized to purchase a lot not exceeding four acres, and a number of the records concern the controversy over the purchase of that land. It was also .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of receipt books for redemption of the stock for the "Million Loan" of 1818. Entries are alphabetical by stockholder name, and include amount of debt, number(s) of stock certificate(s), name of stockholder, amount redeemed, date paid, and signature .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
This series from the Comptroller's Office contains receipt books for stock by the state, and for funding of various loans. Each entry gives number of the stock certificate; species of stock ("Million Loan," other canal loans, and miscellaneous loans to the state); amount of stock; and signature acknowledging .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Abstract:
The bulk of the series consists of cancelled checks drawn on the National Commercial Bank between 1895 and 1900. In addition is a smaller amount of cancelled checks issued by the State Treasurer (1879-1880, 1895) and drawn on various banks. Each of these bears check and warrant numbers, amount, name .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Abstract:
This series from the Land Tax Bureau consists of lists of patents and their value. The lists appear to have been compiled by a county official and then submitted to the Auditor-General's Office. Information includes patent owners' name, value of patents and certificates and interest. The receipt is .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Abstract:
This series consists of receipts to county treasurers and State employees engaged in the distribution of laws pertaining to the collection of quit rents. Records include receipts for copies of the laws relative to the quit rents, receipts for monies received for the distribution of the laws, and newspaper .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Abstract:
The stub books in this series document the issuance of revenue bonds as loans for payment of volunteers in the Civil War. Bonds were issued and redeemable in amounts varying from $1,000 to $10,000, pursuant to Chapters 56 and 325 of the Laws of 1865 and Chapter 209 of the Laws of 1866. Each stub generally .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Title:
Series:
A1352
Dates:
1846
Abstract:
This is a transcription of the original receipt book listing land grants issued by Gerrit Smith in 1846, when he made a gift of 3,000 deeds to African Americans and poor white people. The book lists the following information relating to these grants: county name; township; tract; lot; quarter of lot; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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