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New York State Banking Department Financial Records


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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 series includes a wide variety of records relating to bank administration, operations, and accounting. The records document the state's activist supervision of banks under the Safety Fund Act, passed in the aftermath of the Panic of 1837.
Creator:
Title:
New York State Banking Department financial records
Quantity:

85.4 cubic feet

242 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1835-1957
Series Number:
A0700

Arrangement

Arranged roughly by subject.

Scope and Content Note

The series includes a wide variety of records relating to bank administration, operations, and accounting. The records document the state's activist supervision of banks under the Safety Fund Act, passed in the aftermath of the Panic of 1837. Included are disciplinary letters; files on sealing and burning of notes; diaries of financial transactions; fund ledgers, daybooks, and blotters; certificates of securities; register's receipts of impressions; powers of attorney; transfer books; savings bank expense books; certificates of association of banks of deposit and discount; records of certificates of organization and authorization of private banks, bankers, brokers, and credit unions; journals; registers of receipt and disposal of notes; ledgers of notes in circulation; security registers; journals of bank notes, stocks, and bonds; and ledgers for general and miscellaneous accounts.

Acquisition Information

This series was transferred under records disposition numbers 10511 and 3898.

Processing Information

This series is an amalgamation of records separately accessioned in 1980 as Archives series B1115-B1180 and B1192-B1195. The 70 individual series were withdrawn and combined as series A0700 when volumes were reboxed by Archives staff in January 2000.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Volume

Accretion: A0700-80
1895, 1896 January 14-1897 December 31 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks (Some 1895 entries are included.) 1 1
1898 January-December, 1899 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks (NOTE: Volumes 3 and 4 are filed at the end of the series because they were missing when series was boxed. Some 1899 entries are included.) 2 2
1904 July 1-1905 July 1 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 3 5
1905 July 1-1906 February 1 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 3 6
1906 January-1907 January Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 4 7
1907 January 1-1907 December 31 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 4 8
1908 January-1908 June Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 5 9
1844 July 19-1848 March 31 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 5 10
1850 February 28-1851 October 23 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 6 11
1851 October 23-1853 May 27 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 6 12
1853 May 28-1854 October 25 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 7 13
1853 October 28-1856 March 26 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 7 14
1856-1857 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 8 15
1858-1860 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 8 16
1860-1861 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 9 17
1861-1862 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 9 18
1866 June 1-1866 December 31 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 10 19
1867 January 2-1870 February 23 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 10 20
1870 February 23-1888 April 28 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 11 21
1887 August 30-1924 January 18 Register of Examinations of Building and Loan Associations 12 22
1854 May 24-1876 January 1 Account Book of Interest Paid on Bank Notes, Stocks, and Mortgages 13 23
1847 May 1-1949 October 20 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 14 24
1849 October 21-1852 February 12 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 15 25
1850 May 31-1854 July 14 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 16 26
1857 September 12-1860 October 1 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 17 27
1860 October 2-1863 September 30 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 18 28
1863 October 1-1874 September 18 Daybooks Relating to Sealing and Burning of Notes 19 29
1844 September 19-1848 February 1 Comptroller and Register's Account Book with Index 20 30
1851 June 28-1866 April 20 Bank Fund Ledger 21 31
1911 January 24-1913 January 30 Register of Oaths of Directors of Savings and Loan Associations 22 32
1858 December 1-1870 June 1 Circulation Day Book for Incorporated Banks 23 33
1854 July 14-1858 November 26 Circulation Day Book for Incorporated Books 24 34
1851 June 28-1873 December 22 Bank Fund Daybook and Journal 25 35
1844 August 1-1850 May 31 Circulation Journal 26 36
1852 February 1-1866 February 5 Schedule of Bank Fund Stock 26 37
1845 June 16 Register Containing Articles of Association and List of Officers for the Long Island Bank 27 38
1870 December 6-1872 February 16 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks (SEE VOLUMES 54-68) 27 39
1870 July 18-1873 June 1 Daybook of Transactions with Individuals 27 40
1840 October 1-1843 January 1 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 28 41
1840 April 10-1870 September 16 Ledger of Protested Bank Notes 28 42
1840 April 1-1843 December 27 Comptroller's and Register's Account Book with Index 29 43
1838 October 24-1840 March 31 Comptroller's and Register's Account Book with Index 29 44
1890 July 20-1892 May 12 Register of out of State Investments and Mortgages 29 45
1901-1903 Register of Oaths Filed by Banks, Trust Companies and Savings and Loan Associations 29 46
1853 July 1-1855 July 31 Ledger of Paper Money in Circulation 30 47
1839 May 27-1852 May 19 Ledger of Paper Money in Circulation 30 48
1839 October 11-1842 January 21 Register of Account Books Relative to the Circulation of Bank Notes 30 49
1838 October 27-1839 October 9 Register of Account Books Relative to the Circulation of Bank Notes 31 50
1839 March 11-1840 April 13 Register Receipts of Impressions 31 51
1841 December 4-1866 November 8 Register Receipts of Impressions 31 52
1840 April 13-1846 October 27 Register Receipts of Impressions 32 53
1857 April 30-1857 December 8 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 32 54
1858 January 2-1858 December 20 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 32 55
1859 October 26-1860 December 27 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 32 56
1860 November 14-1861 December 10 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 33 57
1861 December 11-1962 December 15 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 33 58
1862 December 5-1863 December 4 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 33 59
1863 December 28-1864 October 18 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 33 60
1864 December 8-1865 December 18 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 34 61
1865 December 27-1866 December 6 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 34 62
1868 February 11-1870 November 1 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks (SEE VOLUME 39) 34 63
1874 March 6-1876 December 12 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 34 64
1879 November 13-1883 December 5 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 35 65
1884 November 18-1887 November 29 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 35 66
1888 November 30-1889 November 21 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 36 67
1877 December 15-1878 December 27 Certificates of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 36 68
1858 January 14-1891 May 11 Register of Power of Attorney 37 69
1852 May 4-1862 March 24 Register of Power of Attorney 37 70
1855 June 22-1860 August 7 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 37 71
1852 August 25-1855 August 22 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 38 72
1860 August 7-1870 May 26 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 38 73
1847 November 29-1849 December 3 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 39 74
1850 January 1-1852 August 24 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 39 75
1847 April 8-1849 December 31 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 40 76
1844 October 21-1847 November 23 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 40 77
1843 April 27-1847 March 30 Daybook of Interest on Stocks at Banks 41 78
1862 January 2-1864 September 29 Register of Stocks and Mortgages 41 79
1864 October 1-1867 September 20 Register of Stocks and Mortgages 42 80
1852 May 3-1868 June 22 Register of Mutilated Impressions Burned 42 81
1838 October 26-1842 August 19 Register of Bank Note Plates 42 82
1856 February 11-1888 October 1 Register of Quarterly Balances Book 42 83
1840 June 29-1856 August 12 Register of Bank Redemption Agents 42 84
1890 November 20-1891 November 24 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 43 85
1902 November 11-1903 November 21 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 43 86
1898 November 17-1899 December 11 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 43 87
1892 November 30-1894 March 22 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 43 88
1894 November 24-1895 November 30 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 44 89
1896 November 30-1897 November 23 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 44 90
1906 November 26-1908 February 7 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 44 91
1900 November 27-1901 November 26 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 44 92
1908 December 28-1909 December 13 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 45 93
1910 December 15-1911 December 7 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 45 94
1912 December 6-1913 December 6 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 45 95
1914 December 14-1916 January 12 Register of Securities Held in Trust for Banks 46 96
1851 November 10-1860 December 3 Register of Securities 46 97
1861 January 2-1868 December 26 Register of Securities 47 98
1866 June 12-1880 January 26 Register of Stocks, Bonds, and Mortgages Transferred 47 99
1857 April 2-1862 September 30 Register of Stocks, Bonds, and Mortgages Transferred 48 100
1862 October 2-1862 October 31 Register of Stocks, Bonds, and Mortgages Transferred 48 101
1848 June 22-1874 October 30 Registers of Stock 49 102
1841 Registers of Stock 49 103
1844 August 1-1850 January 1 Bank Note Circulation Ledger 50 104
1839 October 25-1898 February Register of Certificates of Organization and Association of Individual Banks 50 105
1893 September 15-1909 October 14 Accounts of Saving Bank Expenses 50 106
1870 March 1-1875 September 30 Accounts of Saving Bank Expenses 51 107
1886 March 4-1909 October 5 Accounts of Saving Bank Expenses 51 108
1857 April 1-1857 September 30 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bond 52 109
1857 September 30-1858 February 3 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 52 110
1858 February 4-1858 July 31 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 53 111
1858 August 2-1859 February 7 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 53 112
1859 February 8-1859 September 3 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 54 113
1859 Setpember 5-1860 March 20 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 54 114
1860 March 21-1860 September 27 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 55 115
1860 September 28-1861 March 21 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 55 116
1861 March 22-1861 September 9 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 56 117
1861 September 10-1862 March 7 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 56 118
1862 March 8-1862 August 18 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 57 119
1862 August 19-1863 April 8 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 57 120
1863 April 9-1863 October 16 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 58 121
1863 October 17-1864 May 8 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 58 122
1864 May 9-1864 December 15 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 59 123
1864 December 16-1865 July 20 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 59 124
1865 July 20-1866 June 6 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 60 125
1866 June 6-1867 January 8 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 60 126
1867 January 9-1868 March 13 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 61 127
1868 March 14-1872 January 15 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 61 128
1872 January 16-1877 March 28 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 62 129
1877 March 30-1891 December 31 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 62 130
1892 January 4-1907 February 13 Journal of Bank Notes, Stocks, and Bonds 63 131
1840 May 13-1841 September 1 Diary of Bank Notes 63 132
1842 December 27-1844 May 31 Diary of Bank Notes 64 133
1844 June 1-1845 July 12 Diary of Bank Notes 64 134
1845 July 12-1846 October 29 Diary of Bank Notes 65 135
1846 November 2-1847 October 11 Diary of Bank Notes 65 136
1847 October 11-1848 July 6 Diary of Bank Notes 66 137
1848 July 8-1849 April 6 Diary of Bank Notes 66 138
1849 April 7-1849 October 27 Diary of Bank Notes 67 139
1849 October 30-1850 April 29 Diary of Bank Notes 67 140
1850 April 29-1850 November 30 Diary of Bank Notes 68 141
1850 December 2-1851 June 5 Diary of Bank Notes 68 142
1851 November 20-1852 June 4 Diary of Bank Notes 69 143
1852 February 14-1854 September 30 Diary of Bank Notes 69 144
1851 June 6-1851 November 19 Diary of Bank Notes 70 145
1852 June 5-1852 December 23 Diary of Bank Notes 70 146
1852 December 24-1853 May 30 Diary of Bank Notes 71 147
1853 June 1-1853 November 3 Diary of Bank Notes 71 148
1853 November 4-1854 March 23 Diary of Bank Notes 72 149
1854 March 23-1854 August 29 Diary of Bank Notes 72 150
1854 August 30-1855 January 19 Diary of Bank Notes 73 151
1855 January 20-1855 July 5 Diary of Bank Notes 73 152
1855 July 5-1855 December 19 Diary of Bank Notes 74 153
1855 December 20-1856 May 6 Diary of Bank Notes 74 154
1856 May 7-1856 October 23 Diary of Bank Notes 75 155
1856 October 24-1857 April 4 Diary of Bank Notes 75 156
1857 June 23-1858 June 29 Diary of Bank Notes 76 157
1862 September 12-1864 April 18 Diary of Bank Notes 76 158
1864 April 16-1865 June 7 Diary of Bank Notes 77 159
1865 June 8-1866 May 31 Diary of Bank Notes 77 160
1843 April 25-1849 December Comptroller's Ledger of General Transactions 78 161
1892 May 18-1895 October 29 Certificates of Association of Banks of Deposit and Discount 78 162
1892 May 18-1905 November 11 Certificates of Association of Banks of Deposit and Discount 78 163
1896 January 15-1901 October 4 Certificates of Association of Banks of Deposit and Discount 79 164
1911 January 24-1916 October 31 Certificates of Association of Banks of Deposit and Discount 79 165
1914 November 20-1922 January 26 Certificates of Organization and Authorization of Private Banks, Private Bankers, Personal Loan Broker, and Credit Unions 79 166
1914 May 19-1917 May 9 Certificates of Organization and Authorization of Private Banks, Private Bankers, Personal Loan Broker, and Credit Unions 80 167
1905 March 10-1915 February 23 Certificates of Organization and Authorization of Private Banks, Private Bankers, Personal Loan Broker, and Credit Unions 80 168
1902 April 10-1911 January 9 Certificates of Organization and Authorization of Private Banks, Private Bankers, Personal Loan Broker, and Credit Unions 80 169
1916 June 1-1919 November 8 Certificates of Association of Banks of Deposit and Discount, Mortgage Companies, and Miscellaneous Corporations 81 170
1919 August 29-1921 July 7 Certificates of Authorization and Organization of Banks of Deposit and Discount Trust Companies, Investment Companies, Miscellaneous Corporations and Savings and Loan Association 81 171
1921 June 8-1923 May 4 Register of Application Certificates of Banks for Authorization of Fiduciary Powers 82 172
1896 January 9-1921 February 8 Register of Affidavit of Publication of Orders or Changes of Names of Banks 82 173
1884 May 20-1893 January 23 Journal of Expenses for Special Examination 83 174
1893 January 25-1895 March 22 Journal of Expenses for Special Examination 83 175
1895 March 29-1897 March 31 Journal of Expenses for Special Examination 84 176
1897 April 1-1898 December 31 Journal of Expenses for Special Examination 84 177
1899 January 4-1904 September 30 Journal of Expenses for Special Examination 85 178
1910 September 2-1914 February 28 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 85 179
1914 March 11-1917 January 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 86 180
1917 February 1-1919 May 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 86 181
1919 June 3-1921 June 11 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 87 182
1921 June 13-1923 May 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 87 183
1923 June 1-1925 January 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 88 184
1925 February 3-1926 November 15 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 88 185
1926 November 17-1928 June 30 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 89 186
1928 July 2-1929 December 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 89 187
1930 January 2-1936 June 30 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 90 188
1936 July 1-1943 March 31 Journals of Transactions Relative to Stocks 90 189
1850 January 1-1870 June 1 Ledger of Bank Notes in Circulation 91 190
1838 October 30-1842 Registry Ledger (Notes in Circulation) 91 191
1842 December-1846 December 11 Registry Ledger (Notes in Circulation) 92 192
1841 September 14-1842 November 11 Note Register (Received and Delivered) 92 193
1838 October 30-1842 March 17 Note Register (Notes in Circulation) 93 194
1838 July 10-1847 December 10 Note Register (Bank Certificates and Orders) 93 195
1843 May 9-1851 September 26 Note Register (Notes in Circulation) 94 196
1848 January 1-1854 April 5 Note Register (Received and Delivered) 95 197
1849 December 1-1851 November 5 Ledger of Paper Money in Circulation 96 198
1847 January 1-1849 June 30 Ledger of Paper Money in Circulation 97 199
1838 October 30-1840 September 24 Note Register (Securities Deposited for Circulating Notes) 98 200
1844 January 1-1847 April 30 Note Register (Notes Delivered) 98 201
1841 September 2-1843 January 1 Note Register (Delivered and Received) 99 202
1844 June 20-1844 October 15 Note Registered (Received and Disposed of) 99 203
circa 1863 Register of Plates 100 204
1839-1847 Registry Ledger (Notes in Circulation) 100 205
1854 October 2-1857 September 12 Diary 101 206
1848 April 1-1850 February 27 Register of Sealing and Burning of Notes 101 207
1843 April 25-1844 October 19 Register of Plates 102 208
1871 December 26-1873 December 12 Register of Securities 102 209
1867 January 15-1867 November 23 Register of Securities 102 210
1858 December 16-1859 July 18 Register of Securities 102 211
1839 March 11-1840 August 8 Register of Securities 103 212
1838 October 20-1863 May 1 B1121-80 Note Register (Note in Circulation) (Possibly) Bonds, Mortgages, and State Stock Receipts Comptroller's Office 103 213
1851 July 1-1863 September 30 Register of Checks Issued from Bank Funds 103 214
1859 June 1-1862 January 2 Register of Stocks 103 215
1867 September 21-1873 February 14 Register of Stocks 104 216
1865 February 11-1866 October 24 Order Book: American Bank Note Company 104 217
1843 May 2-1847 October 13 Comptroller's Ledger (Incorporated Bank Department: Letters (NOTE VOLUME 219 is MISSING) 104 218
1854 March-1863 July 2 Register of Notes 105 220
1863 March 1-1874 August 7 Register of Notes 106 221
1850 April 24-1922 January 29 Roster of Corporations 107 222
1946 March 31-1957 November 19 General Ledger of the Banking Department 107 223
1839 July 1-1846 March 29 General Ledger of the Banking Department 108 224
1930 January 1-1939 July 1 General Ledger of the Banking Department 108 225
1930 January 11-1934 July 30 Cash Receipts Journal 109 226
1934 August 1-1934 June 30 Cash Receipts Journal 109 227
1939 July 6-1944 November Cash Receipts Journal 110 228
1944 December 1-1946 March 30 Cash Receipts Journal 110 229
1852 November 1-1856 February 11 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 111 230
1855 September 1-1858 August 24 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 112 231
1858 September 1-1862 January 31 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 113 232
1862 February 1-1865 April 7 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 114 233
1865 May 1-1870 May 12 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 115 234
1870 June 1-1911 May 16 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 116 235
1919 January 1-1929 December 7 Ledger of Notes in Circulation 117 236
1884 June 10-1895 February 1 Ledger of Expenses for Examinations 117 237
1924 August 23-1929 July 25 Ledger of General Transactions 118 238
1917 September 10-1920 December 29 Ledger of Miscellaneous Accounts 119 239
1910 October 10-1917 June 21 Ledger of Miscellaneous Accounts 120 240
1902 October 1-1910 October 1 Ledger of Miscellaneous Accounts 121 241
1898 October 1-1902 October 11 Ledger of Miscellaneous Accounts 122 242
1900 January 26-1901 November 14 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 123 243
1902 January 1-1904 July 1 Abstracts of Disciplinary Letters to Banks 124 244