Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners A1334

Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners

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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 accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. All such loans had to be approved by the Comptroller's Office. Arrange county by county, information includes the amount received; the amount in warrants issued; an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers (which may or may not relate to the accounts); and a list of dates and financial actions such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services.

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title:

Accounts of the County Loan Commissioners

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:

1802-1807, 1827-1851

Series Number:

A1334

Arrangement

By county in each volume.

Administrative History

Laws of 1792, Chapter 25 provided for the loaning of state money to clients via county officials designated as the loan officers or loan commissioners. The commissioner had the power to make loans. The payments were made by the treasurer, and were subject to the approval of the Comptroller's Office.

Scope and Content Note

Consisting of two volumes, this series contains accounts that provide a financial record of state money loaned via county loan commissioners. The first volume includes, county by county, the amount received between 1800 and 1805 and the amount in warrants issued. The second half of the first volume has an alphabetical county list of maps with correlated numbers, but it is impossible to determine what maps are referred to in this section. The second volume gives a county-by-county list of dates and financial actions in the account such as interest, salaries, transfers, and payments for related services. There is no index.