Outgoing correspondence relating to tax searches A1326

Outgoing correspondence relating to tax searches

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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:

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 the request was submitted. Tax records that these letters relate to are readily apparent in State Archives holdings.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Outgoing correspondence relating to tax searches

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1893-1895

Series Number:

A1326

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

These letterbooks are carbon copy responses to requests for searches of taxes and sales for taxes on portions of land.

Each letter lists any taxes and tax sales and date of those taxes and tax sales for the specific plot of land for which the request was submitted. The Comptroller was responsible for selling land for payment of delinquent taxes and these records were apparently the ones used in conducting the searches. Searches were conducted by clerks in the Comptroller's Office for various individual title companies and lawyers. The tax records that these letters are made up from are not readily apparent in the holdings of the State Archives.