receipts (financial records)

Scope and Contents From the Series: The General Treasurer was responsible for collecting monies in the form of fees and taxes due the colony and then the state. The General Treasurer was also responsible for making payments upon "Orders" received from various public agencies of the colony for various goods provided and services rendered. This series consists largely of documents recording individual orders received and payments made as well as payments due to the General Treasurer. Inluded also is one file on Claims against...

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Receipts for payments made on notes of state debt. Information includes date of payment, name of person holding the note, amount ofthe note, amount paid, signature of note holder or agent of same. These receipts were entered in the Register of State Debt (FC-6) according to a note in the front of each book.

Abstract The Narragansett Indian collection is a compilation of documents extracted from manuscript proceedings of the general assembly. Comprising 196 items, the records consist primarily of eighteenth & nineteenth century acts & resolutions, petitions, memorials & reports issued as relating to land transfers between tribal leaders & the colony / state, or between individual members residing both inside & outside of Rhode Island. Several stray items surrounding efforts toward...

Abstract The Narragansett Indian collection is a compilation of documents extracted from manuscript proceedings of the general assembly. Comprising 196 items, the records consist primarily of eighteenth & nineteenth century acts & resolutions, petitions, memorials & reports issued as relating to land transfers between tribal leaders & the colony / state, or between individual members residing both inside & outside of Rhode Island. Several stray items surrounding efforts toward...

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Function: To record the number of copies of maps of the State distributed to officials of the state and towns. Includes: Receipts for copies of a map of the state issued to state and town officials. Includes date of receipt, number of copies received, agency receiving the maps, name of person receiving the maps.

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The State House Commission journal was used to record expenditures related to the care and upkeep of the state house. The journal records include the date, invoice number, payee, service or supply rendered, ledger folio number, total amount of invoice, posting date, amount charged to individual accounts, and totals.