Internal accounts and administration files, 1805-1847.

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Internal accounts and administration files, 1805-1847.

This series consists of receipts, bills, statements, reports, copies of orders, bank books, and correspondence originally filed with the Register relating to the internal fiscal operation and administration of the court. The series contains information on fees and other monies received by the court, court expenses and expenditures (including office expenses and salaries), the relationship between the court and banks, court investments, the work of Masters, and internal practices. Included in the series is a small group of letters from J. E. Hinman to Register James Porter concerning 1828-1829 legislation for the Oneida River improvement.

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