Research

New York Colony Treasurer's Office Abstracts of Warrants ("Payments from the Public Chest")


Some content may contain outdated and offensive terminology. See: New York State Archives Statement on Language in Descriptive Resources


Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:
This series originally contained abstracts of warrants recorded in separate volumes of "licenses and warrants" and "treasury warrants". Of the volumes referenced in the abstracts, only one volume of treasury warrants survives (see Series A1887). Warrants were issued by the governor authorizing the state treasurer to pay specified sums to persons who provided goods or services to New York.
Creator:
Title:
Abstracts of Warrants ("Payments from the Public Chest")
Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1702-1705
Series Number:
A3190

Scope and Content Note

According to a survey conducted prior to the New York State Capitol building fire of 1911, this series originally contained "abstracts of warrants, the numbers on the warrants corresponding with those in volume 6 of Licenses and Warrants and volumes 7 and 8 of Treasury Warrants." These volumes were part of what J. V. N. Yates referred to as "Miscellaneous Manuscripts" in his 1820 catalogue of records in the Office of the Secretary of State. Warrants were issued by the governor authorizing the state treasurer to pay specified sums to persons who provided goods or services to the State of New York. See "Report on the Public Archives of New York," in Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1900, Vol. 2: Report of the Public Archives Commission (Albany: Government Printing Office, 1901).

Volume 6 of Licenses and Warrants was destroyed in the 1911 Capitol fire. The surviving portion of Volume 7 of Treasury Warrants is now part of State Archives Series A1887, entitled Treasury Warrants; Volume 8 was destroyed in the 1911 fire.

Related Material

A1887 Treasury Warrants, 1702-1704, 1732-1776, contains the sole surviving volume referenced by this series.

Access Restrictions

This series is closed to research due to severe burn damage suffered during the New York State Capitol building fire of 1911.

Access Terms

Geographic Name(s):
Subject(s):
Genre(s):
Function(s):