Comptroller's subordinate ledgers A1309

Comptroller's subordinate ledgers

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

This series consists of Comptroller's account ledgers with county loan officers and individuals related to loans, with auctioneers for duties, and for stock shares. The second ledger also includes information on New Military Tract lots (location, lot number, acreage, purchaser); accounts of persons who provided services to the state including Hartford Convention delegates, supporters of aged or sick slaves, surveyor Benjamin Ellicott; and Indian agents and commissioners; certificates of receipt of arrears of quit rents; and accounts with various colleges.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Comptroller's subordinate ledgers

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1796-1827

Series Number:

A1309

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of Comptroller's ledgers of accounts with loan officers, auctioneers, etc. Entries are in ledger form with debits and credits balanced. Neither volume is indexed.

Ledger 'A' includes accounts with loan officers in various counties in the state for loans of 1786 and 1792; accounts for shares held by the state in stock of the Bank of New York and the Bank of the United States and in 3% Stock of the U.S; account with the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company; and accounts with various individuals who received loans from the Comptroller or who gave mortgages for state lands. The rest of the book contains accounts of officially appointed auctioneers in the various counties, who were required to pay duties to the Comptroller according to value of goods sold. At end of the book is an account of payments on the Loan of 1786, during years of 1798-1800, arranged by county. Years covered by this ledger are 1798-1807.

A second ledger principally contains accounts with the loan commissioners in the various counties in the state for Loans of 1796, 1792, and 1808; and accounts with auctioneers for duties owed by them to the state, 1817-26. At beginning of the book there are undated lists of lots in the New Military Tract, giving township name, lot number, number of acres, purchaser's name and amount (folios 1 and 2 are missing); also miscellaneous audited accounts of the state with various individuals who provided special services to the state, 1796, including delegates to the Hartford Convention of 1786, support of aged or sick slaves, Benjamin Ellicott's survey and map of the Preemption Line, expenses of various Indian agents and commissioners, etc. Following this and preceding the main body of accounts are a few pages of certificates of receipt of arrears of quit rents, 1800-1801, signed by the Comptroller and the Treasurer. At end of volume are further miscellaneous accounts, including Hamilton College, Union College, Fairfield Medical College, the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, a ferry from Hudson to Athens, etc.