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New York State Treasurer's Office Treasurer's Daybook


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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 one disbound daybook in which the State Treasurer recorded the state's daily financial receipts and expenditures. Given the date span of the series, many of the recorded transactions document Revolutionary War activities of the new state government and its citizens. A wide variety of expenditures involved in supporting the state's war effort can be found in this daybook.
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Treasurer's daybook
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1778-1784
Series Number:
A3205

Arrangement

Entries in the daybook are recorded chronologically.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of one disbound daybook in which the State Treasurer recorded the state's daily financial receipts and expenditures. Given the date span of the series, many of the recorded transactions document Revolutionary War activities of the new state government and its citizens. Transactions document payments to regimental and company commanders; financial support of delegates to the Continental Congress; payments to citizens who provided food, clothing, supplies, or equipment for military units; payments to express riders; payments to citizens for transporting supplies by land or by sea; payments to citizens for recruiting soldiers to serve in military units; and payments to individuals who served on various state committees or in other public roles.

The entries in this daybook duplicate entries recorded in the Treasurer's Journal Vols. 1 and 2, which comprise Series A3200. The reason for duplicate recording is not known.

Related Material

A0005 Journals, Ledgers, and Registers of Receipts and Payments by the State, 1775-1951

A3200 Treasurer's Journal, 1775-1784

A3201 Auditor's Journal, 1775-1793 and

A3203 Treasurer's Ledger of Financial Transactions, 1775-1782 contain related financial records from the Revolutionary War period.

Access Restrictions

This series suffered moderate burn damage in the New York State Capitol building fire of 1911. Records are fragile and should be handled carefully under supervision of State Archives staff.

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