Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal A3131

Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal

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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:

These vouchers were submitted to a canal commissioner and accompanied by a receipt for money paid by him. Vouchers specify monies paid for appraising property; moving buildings; advertising for proposal; excavating earth; and constructing or altering locks, waste weirs, dams, and other canal structures.

Creator:

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

Title:

Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal

Quantity:

3 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1837-1848

Bulk Dates:

bulk 1848

Series Number:

A3131

Arrangement

Numeric by voucher number.

Administrative History

The Erie Canal Enlargement was authorized by legislation of 1835 and 1838. Earlier legislation (1819, 1821, 1826) required the Canal Commissioners to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle their accounts with the Comptroller.

Scope and Content Note

These vouchers were submitted to a Canal Commissioner and are accompanied by a receipt for money paid by him.

Vouchers specify the nature of the debt incurred by the state in connection with the Enlargement: appraising property; moving buildings; advertising for proposal; excavating earth; constructing or altering locks, waste weirs, dams, and other canal structures; etc. The earlier vouchers include a separate receipt, while the later ones are printed forms bearing the receipt on the same sheet. The vouchers are numbered consecutively from 1 to 5400. Vouchers for the Erie Canal Enlargement from 1849 to its completion in 1862 are presumed to be destroyed.