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Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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This series consists of accounts submitted by the Canal Commissioners for audit by the Comptroller's office. It includes original contracts made by the Commissioners for the Construction of the Erie and Champlain Canals with their locks, feeders, aqueducts, etc., accompanied by contractors' receipts .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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Two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings document the construction and completion of the Erie Canal system. The articles describe the canal itself and summarize progress on its construction. Many are announcements of dinners and celebrations honoring the canal's completion. There are also many articles .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This volume is a ledger accounts of Commissioners of the Canal Fund for Erie and Champlain Canal Fund and stock, and for stock of the Cayuga and Seneca, Crooked Lake, Chenango, Oswego, and Black River canals. There are also accounts with the Canal Commissioners, Superintendents of Repairs, and banks .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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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

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund

 

 

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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

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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These are draft circulars to canal employees; tables of distances on canal; abstracts of blanks furnished to toll collectors; statements of tolls collected; and draft reports on canal affairs..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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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

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This volume, arranged by canal, then chronologically, contains accounts of superintendents of New York State's canals. Information includes: date monies paid out or received; nature of the transaction; amounts and figures on services and disbursements. Some correspondence clarifying particular entries, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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This series consists of proposals for construction for enlargement of the Erie Canal. Each entry provides proposal number; name of bidder and guarantors; section number; and amount of bid..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

Jamaica Bay - Peconic Bay Canal Board

 

 

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This series consists of an index to the administrative files of the Jamaica Bay-Peconic Bay Canal Board (Series B0238). Information includes the date, name of correspondent or subject, whether sent or received, identifying number or letter, and a brief content description..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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These cash books of J. Bowman, Toll Collector at Rochester, list names and amounts which are total daily. The books were presumably submitted to the Comptroller along with the accounts of the collector..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of accounts relating to the Eastern Division of the Erie Canal and the Champlain Canal..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of a cash book for accounts related to the Barge Canal. Information in the cash book includes date; payee; fund (general, Cayuga and Seneca, canal) from which the payment was taken; and monthly balances of each fund..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series contains certified final accounts for the construction and repair of various canals in the Western Division of New York State's canal system. Also included are signed affidavits attesting to the work completed..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of a Court of Claims list of appropriations and list of damage cases from January 1, 1900 to February 21, 1901, as well as a checklist to map numbers 1572 to 3536..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This "Form for entering field notes, quantities, etc. for a book of records to be deposited in the Comptroller's office" provides sample field notes for natural ground and for excavations of various types, along with diagrams and formulas for computing the cubic footage of excavation..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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This register includes two entries for each check, debiting the account of the Canal Commissioners and crediting the bank on which the check was drawn. Entries provide check number; date; account; bank drawn on; and payee. There are also about 8 letters from the Manhattan Company to the State Auditor .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This volume contains printed contracts and specification forms (all blank) for the Genesee Valley Canal. Included is a notice to contractors (October 31, 1838); excavation, lock, and bridge contracts; excavation, lock, bridge, aqueduct, and waste weirs specifications; and propositions for waste weirs, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways. Syracuse Office

 

 

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Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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These records document execution and fulfillment of contracts for canal construction and repairs. Included are agreements for excavation of the canal, for construction of locks, bridges, and other structures, and for general repairs; detailed work specifications; bonds for performance of work and payment .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives