Financial and administrative records of canals, 1838-1880.

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Financial and administrative records of canals, 1838-1880.

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Records documenting operation of the canals include: rough tallies of cargo loaded on canal boat "Sovereign" at various ports, 1838; statements of publication of notices by Commissioners of the Canal Fund, 1841, 1844, 1846; statements of tolls submitted to the Canal Commissioners for reimbursement, 1842-1844, with receipts for tolls paid; vouchers issued by Commissioners of the Canal Fund, 1843-1846; receipts for payment of certificates issued by Canal Board for Erie, Champlain, and Chenango Canals, 1844-1846; auditor's warrants for payments from Canal Fund through the Manhattan Company, 1850-1852, with receipts; section contracts for enlargement of the Cayuga and Seneca Canal, 1859; inventory of furniture in possession of Collector of Canal Tolls at Lockport, 1866; a few routine letters to the Canal Board, 1874-1875; and estimates of cost of repairs to the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, Cayuga and Seneca, and Chenango Canals, 1880, submitted by section superintendents to the Superintendent of Public Works, with warrants to the Auditor of the Canal Department to pay. Documents were originally folded, endorsed, and tied in bundles corresponding to category of document and year.

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New York (State). Dept. of Audit and Control.

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These records were generated as a result of the duty of the Comptroller to maintain clerical accounting records for the state. From the description of Computer-produced appropriation ledger abstracts for state agencies, 1968-1969. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 77686278 Appraisal of damages was first carried out by a Canal Commissioner and two canal appraisers pursuant to Laws of 1817, Chapter 262; the Revised Statutes of 1829, Part I, Chapter 9,...

New York (State). Office of the Canal Commissioners.

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The Erie Canal Enlargement was authorized by legislation of 1835 and 1838. Earlier legislation (1819, 1821, 1826) required the Canal Commissioners to take receipts for all expenditures and to settle their accounts with the Comptroller. From the description of Vouchers for expenditures on enlargement of the Erie Canal, 1837-1848, bulk 1848. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 78601920 James Geddes was appointed engineer in charge of the survey by the Commissioners ...