Payment book for work on canals A1410

Payment book for work on canals

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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 shows accounts of payments to individuals and firms for work on the state's canals. For each account, there is a brief description of the work contracted for, date of payment, payee (mostly "to cash") and payment amount. Amounts are totaled when more than one job is present under the account named. Payments are listed for work on the following canals: Erie; Champlain; Oswego; Cayuga and Seneca; Chemung; and Crooked Lake.

Creator:

New York (State). Bureau of Canal Affairs

Title:

Payment book for work on canals

Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

1 volume

Inclusive Dates:

1817-1841

Series Number:

A1410

Arrangement

Arranged roughly by canal.

Scope and Content Note

The series shows accounts of payments to individuals and firms for work on the state's canals. For each account there is a brief description of the work contracted for, date of payment, payee (mostly "to cash") and payment amount. Amounts are totaled when more than one job is present under the account named.

Payments are listed for work on the following canals: Erie (1817-1836); Champlain (1818-1841); Oswego (1825-1829); Cayuga and Seneca (1825-1830); Chemung (1830-1834); and Crooked Lake (1831-1836).