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Custodial History

The documents in this series were selected from records of the State Comptroller's Office by the State Historian for their historical value. The documents were transferred from the Comptroller's Office to the New York State Library in 1910. The documents were unfolded, arranged by subject and name of officer, and mounted on large sheets of paper in preparation for binding into volumes. The sheets suffered smoke and water damage during the Capitol fire of March 29, 1911, but the documents are intact. The sheets remained unbound, and the records were transferred from the State Library to the State Archives in 1978.

Building Contract for Arsenal to be Located in Albany. This item was removed from the series as part of the Freedom Train exhibit that traveled the state from January 1949 to February 1950 (L. 1948, Ch. 659).