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New York Colony Treasurer's Office Entry Documentation Submitted to the Treasurer


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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 financial documents received by the colonial Treasurer's Office in settling public accounts. Documents vary greatly in content and include enumerations of specific expenses paid; a general account of the several emissions of paper currency; queries posed by the Commissioners for Examining the Publick [sic] Accounts; lists of persons owed money by virtue of several legislative acts; and a list of charges of the colonial government "in time of peace."
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Entry documentation submitted to the Treasurer
Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1762-1772
Series Number:
A3198

Scope and Content Note

This small series consists of nine financial documents received by the colonial Treasurer's Office in settling the accounts of the province. Documents vary greatly in content and include enumerations of specific expenses paid; a general account of the several emissions of paper currency (dating back to 1714); queries posed to the treasurer by the Commissioners for Examining the Publick [sic] Accounts; lists of persons owed money by virtue of several legislative acts; and a list of charges of the colonial government "in time of peace."

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