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New York State Comptroller's Office Outgoing Correspondence


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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 contains outgoing correspondence from the Comptroller's Office to county treasurers, individuals, law firms and state agencies. Subjects include taxation or payments for services and requests for clarification on reports. Some volumes are missing.
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Comptroller's Office outgoing correspondence
Quantity:

35.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1807-1909
Series Number:
A1075

Arrangement

Chronological by date letter was sent out.

Scope and Content Note

These volumes provide fair copies and later carbon copies of the outgoing general correspondence.

Correspondence relates to various functions of the Comptroller's Office: correspondence to county treasurers acknowledging receipts of State tax monies; correspondence with individuals and law firms relating to taxation or payments for services; correspondence with State agencies reminding them to send expenditure statements or asking for clarification on their reports. Some volumes are missing. There are three volumes of correspondence for 1894-1895 by Comptroller James Roberts which duplicate the years, but not the subject matter, of those in the volumes which comprise the main body of this series. The subject matter of these letters still relates to official business of the Comptroller. The reason for the separation of these volumes from the main body has not been determined.

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