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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
Committee on Finance reports
Series — Publications: PB 002
Identifier: 1000.002
Dates:
1814, 1819, 1820
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
Finance Commission records
Collection
Identifier: 9701.001
Scope and Contents
The Boston Finance Commission records are comprised of three series: administrative files, project files, reports. The administrative files is a small series containing the records of the Finance Commissioner and the records of the Boston Assessing Committee. The project files include reports, correspondence, studies and related information on issues investigated by the Boston Finance Commission. The reports series includes both published and unpublished reports that were issued by the Finance...
Dates:
1908-1972
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Finance Commission reports and publications
Collection
Identifier: 9701.002
Scope and Contents
Includes Reports of the Boston Finance Commission and surveys on the Boston Public Schools, Building Department, Welfare Department, Health Department, Boston Elevated Railway, etc.
Dates:
1908-1974
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Financial records
Series
Identifier: 2400.014
Scope and Contents
Various financial records kept by the City Treasurer. Includes ledgers, journals, cash books, records of bonds, records of debt, etc.
Dates:
circa 1822-1980
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Financial records
Series
Identifier: 2420.006
Scope and Contents
Includes Ledgers of the Sinking funds, 1881-1894, 1921-1955; Cashbooks and Journals, 1881-1985 with gaps; Schedules of Investments, circa 1881-1945; Drafts, 1877-1898; Receipts and Disbursements, 1870-1882; and other miscellaneous volumes.
Dates:
1870-1985
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
Mayor's drafts
Series
Identifier: 2400.001
Scope and Contents
Requests by the Mayor to the City Treasurer to pay persons named the sums listed. From 1820-1822, the requests are made by the Selectmen.
Dates:
1820 September-1870 April
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Monthly statements
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2420.002
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of the monthly statements of the Sinking Funds submitted to the Mayor and City Council.
Dates:
1923-1952
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Receipts for City drafts
Series
Identifier: 2400.003
Scope and Contents
Record of receipt of payment of city draft. Includes amount and signature.
Dates:
1834-1871
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Record of payment of drafts
Series — Volumes: 1-10
Identifier: 2400.002
Scope and Contents
Record of payments of the drafts of the Mayor and Aldermen and County drafts of the Mayor and Aldermen. Volume 1 includes payment of drafts of the Overseers of the Poor.
Dates:
1822-1838
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Record of receipts and disbursements
Series
Identifier: 2400.012
Scope and Contents
Includes Daily Abstracts of Receipts and Disbursements, 1886-1914 and 1917-1918; Monthly Abstracts of Receipts and Disbursements, 1886-1902; and General Abstracts, 1921-1985 with gaps. Some volumes are in extremely poor condition.
Dates:
1886-1985 with gaps
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Record of unpaid drafts
Series — Volumes: 1-2
Identifier: 2400.004
Scope and Contents
Lists of unpaid drafts with disposition of item.
Dates:
1831-1852
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Sinking Fund Commissioners proceedings
Series
Identifier: 2420.001
Scope and Contents
Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Commissioners on the Sinking Funds for the payment or redemption of the City Debt.
Dates:
1871-1919
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Sinking Fund receipts
Series
Identifier: 2420.005
Scope and Contents
Includes receipts, correspondence, etc. of the Sinking Funds.
Dates:
1935-1943, 1951-1958
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Sinking Fund requirements
Series
Identifier: 2420.003
Scope and Contents
Record of the monthly requirements for the operation of the sinking funds.
Dates:
1882-1948
Found in:
City of Boston Archives
Sinking Fund votes
Series
Identifier: 2420.004
Scope and Contents
Records of votes taken by the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Dates:
1909-1951
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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