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Agreements and bonds register

 Series — Volume: 1
Identifier: 2200.016
Scope and Contents Register of agreements and bonds. Lists date, name, street and object.
Dates: 1864-1896
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Appropriation records

 Series
Identifier: 2200.005
Scope and Contents The Appropriation ledgers document the monthly obligations taken on by each department and how these obligations were paid for, including general drafts, payroll drafts, and special drafts. They also present the initial total amount provided by appropriation for each department as well as any additional amounts obtained through other means (e.g. loans) to meet the year-end total departmental obligations.
Dates: circa 1840-1960 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Auditing Department annual reports and publications

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2200.019
Scope and Contents Includes copies of the Auditor's Reports which are annual reports of the receipts and expenditures of the City. Also includes miscellaneous publications of the Auditing Department. Annual reports can also be found in the City Documents series.
Dates: 1821-2001 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Bills and Receipts for Payment

 Series
Identifier: 2200.002
Scope and Contents Includes bills and receipts for services and materials purchased by the City of Boston, circa 1822-1870. The records are generally grouped by department and date and record the materials or services purchased, the cost and a signature or note approving the purchase.
Dates: 1813-1921 with gaps (bulk, 1822-1870)
Found in: City of Boston Archives

City Council orders

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: 2200.022
Scope and Contents Three bound volumes of City Council financial orders sent to the Auditing Department, 1918 October 21-1922 December 4.
Dates: 1918 October 21-1922 December 4
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Committee on Accounts proceedings

 Series
Identifier: 2200.001
Scope and Contents note The ordinance passed August 2, 1824 establishing the position of Auditor of Accounts also established a joint committee of the City Council as part of a new system of accountability in the expenditures of the City. Includes the proceedings of the meetings of the Committee on Accounts.
Dates: 1824-1837
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Contract and lease index

 Series
Identifier: 2200.015
Scope and Contents note Index to contracts, 1865-1895 and leases, 1865-1904. Contracts section lists contractors, object and date completed.
Dates: 1865-1904
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Contracts

 Series
Identifier: 2200.014
Scope and Contents Includes select contracts retained for historical purposes. Includes contracts for school buildings, public works and other significant projects.
Dates: 1923-1967
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Debt records

 Series
Identifier: 2200.006
Scope and Contents The Debt records document all the debt of the City of Boston. This includes the City Debt, the Water Debt, and any additional bonds or notes issued by the City. Also included are records for the City’s Sinking Fund; the Sinking Fund serves as a means by which the City pays down its debt.
Dates: circa 1842-1938
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Deeds to city property, etc.

 Collection
Identifier: 2200.003
Scope and Contents note This collection includes records of deeds of property to the City of Boston, etc. that were filed with the City Auditor's Office. The types of instruments included are street deeds, quitclaim deeds, agreements, easements, partial releases of mortgages, release of damages, warranty deeds, etc. The records relate primarily to properties taken or purchased for school, police and fire purposes, laying out and widening streets, and other city departments and functions. The collection includes...
Dates: 1803-1968; Majority of material found within Bulk, 1823-1938
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Employee earnings reports

 Series
Identifier: 2200.021
Dates: 2011-2015
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Index of discharged city employees

 Series
Identifier: 2200.010
Scope and Contents Includes name, residence, class, date of employment, date of discharge, cause of discharge and discharge number.
Dates: 1898-1902
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Journals

 Series
Identifier: 2200.007
Scope and Contents Journals are a daily record of the financial activity of the City of Boston. They record the financial transactions of the City in the order in which they occurred. All entries appear in chronological order; an alphabetical index often appears at the front of each volume.
Dates: circa 1822-1965 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Ledgers

 Series
Identifier: 2200.008
Scope and Contents The Ledgers are a record of the financial activity of the City of Boston by department or account. As opposed to the Journals, which record all activity chronologically, the Ledgers record all transactions by department or account on a monthly or yearly basis.
Dates: circa 1820-1963 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Lists of Officials and Employees

 Collection
Identifier: 2200.009
Scope and Contents Lists of Officials and Employees include the name, address, designation (job title), compensation, date of election or appointment, and for some years the date first entered the employ of the City or County for all officials and employees of the City of Boston and Suffolk County. Volumes exist for the years 1888 and 1905-1966 excluding 1919 and 1921.
Dates: 1888, 1905-1966 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Mayor's approvals

 Series
Identifier: 2200.020
Dates: 1918-1923 with gaps
Found in: City of Boston Archives

New Suffolk County Courthouse contracts

 Series
Identifier: 2200.017
Scope and Contents Two bound volumes of contracts executed for the construction of the new Suffolk County Courthouse at Pemberton Square. Includes contracts, specifications and correspondence.
Dates: 1886-1893
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Opinions of the Corporation Counsel provided at the request of the City Auditor

 Series
Identifier: 2200.011
Scope and Contents note Legal opinions of the Corporation Counsel provided at the request of the City Auditor.
Dates: 1858-1942
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Payroll records

 Series
Identifier: 2200.018
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous records documenting payroll for various departments. Includes Fire Department, 1829-1868 with gaps; Schools, 1833-1870 with gaps; Police, 1869-1870; Water Works, 1869-1870; Chestnut Hill Reservoir, 1868-1869; Lamps, 1869-1870; Paving, 1869-1870; Health, 1868-1869, Auditing, 1875-1885; Welfare, 1920-1923; and Institutions, 1922-1923.
Dates: circa 1829-1923
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Receipts and expenditures

 Series
Identifier: 2200.012
Scope and Contents The Receipts and Expenditures provide a record of all monies coming into and going out from the City of Boston. The Expenditures document all payments made by each department in the City of Boston for a given fiscal year. There are payrolls, various expense journals, department account ledgers, and sub-division reports. The Receipts document all the revenue and income received by the City of Boston through its departments over the course of a fiscal year. Sources of revenue include loans,...
Dates: circa 1836-1954
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Record of deeds to Back Bay lands

 Series
Identifier: 2200.004
Scope and Contents Includes lists of lands sold/given by the Commonwealth, circa 1857-1868; and lands sold by the Boston Water Power Company, circa 1843-1869.
Dates: circa 1843-1869
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Retirement orders

 Series — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0600.001
Scope and Contents One volume of retirement orders received by the Auditing Department from the Board of Police, 1878-1903. Includes form documenting name of officer retired, placement on pension roll and amount to be received.
Dates: 1878-1903
Found in: City of Boston Archives

Suffolk County records

 Series
Identifier: 2200.013
Scope and Contents The Auditor for the City of Boston also serves as the Auditor of Suffolk County. The Suffolk County auditing records consist of receipts and expenditures, expense journals, account ledgers, payment records, court and county medical examiner financial records, as well as county payroll records.
Dates: circa 1829-1946
Found in: City of Boston Archives

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