Administrative correspondence, 1821-1932.

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Administrative correspondence, 1821-1932.

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The comptroller of public accounts served as the state's chief financial officer responsible for virtually all revenue and accounting functions. In 1868 the office of comptroller of public accounts was abolished, and its functions became the responsibility of the state auditor. This series consists of correspondence, financial reports from county jails, reports on the number and type of business licences issued by county judges of probate, receipts for various services rendered, county tax assessment reports, sales reports from county auctioneers, petitions, financial statements from insurance companies, land sale certificates, bonds, and various miscellaneous documents. Specific topics of interest include transactions regarding the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, and the establishment and administration of the Alabama Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Correspondence to and from Peter Bryce, director of the Insane Hospital in Tuscaloosa is also in this series. Also of special interest are the records regarding the State Boundary Commission's activities negotiating boundary disputes with the state of Florida. The series contains correspondence to and from State comptrollers and auditors Arthur Bingham, Malcolm A. Chisholm, George W. Crabb, Duncan Blue Graham, William J. Greene, Robert M. Reynolds, Joel Riggs, and Jefferson C. Van Dyke.

23 cubic ft. (16 records center cartons, 14 archives boxes and 1 oversized folder).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Comptroller of Public Accounts.

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Chisholm, Malcolm A., 1809-1898.

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Reynolds, Robert McConnell, 1826-1885.

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Alabama. State Boundary Commission (1868-1940).

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Bingham, Arthur, 1819-1894.

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Graham, Duncan Blue, 1814-1866.

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Riggs, Joel, 1812-1865.

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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company

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Van Dyke, Jefferson C., 1801-1857.

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Crabb, George W., 1802-1846.

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Alabama. Auditor's Office

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Bryce, Peter, 1834-1892

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Peter Bryce (1834-92) was a pioneering figure in the field of mental health. Practicing in the post–Civil War era, he championed more humane therapeutic treatments for the mentally ill. He held important offices in both state and national organizations relating to the health professions and was the first superintendent of the state mental hospital that now bears his name. Bryce was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Peter and Martha Smith Bryce. He graduated with disti...

Alabama. Auditor's Office

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Greene, William J., 1817-1885.

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Alabama. Institution for the Deaf and Dumb (1860-1870).

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