AUDITOR:
An Inventory of Its Warrants at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. State Auditor. | |
| Title: | Warrants. | |
| Dates: | 1857-1900. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Warrants constituting a detailed record of most state expenditures during the period when the state's physical and operational infrastructure was being developed, including itemizations of goods or services received with each transaction. Includes Minnesota Minute Men muster rolls and payrolls (1865-1866). | |
| Quantity: | 67.0 cubic feet (73 boxes, 1 oversize folder, and 4 items in Reserve). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
OTHER FINDING AIDS
An incomplete set of warrant registers for this period (separately cataloged) serves as a sort of index to and summary of the warrants.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. State Auditor. Warrants. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: [209?]; [215?]; [216?]; 226; 244; 246; 268
Processing Information:
Records for the period 1857-1870 were processed in greater detail than the later records in 2013; the detailed description portion of the finding aid provides further content detail.
Catalog ID number: 001704835
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
WARRANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1857-1870
Warrants for the period 1857-1868 were jointly issued by the Auditor and Treasurer. The State Treasurer issued warrants for the expenses of the state legislature; they are either marked with a B or are numbered as a separate set. The Auditor issued warrants for all other types of expenses. After 1868, the Auditor issued warrants for all expenses, legislative and non-legislative.
Expenses for the state legislature typically include per diem and mileage for state legislature members and printing of notices in newspapers. Other state expenses include payments to the census takers for the 1865 state census; teachers’ institutes held in various locations around the state; salaries; construction of the state hospitals/asylums, state prison, and other state facilities; delivering prisoners to the Stillwater State Prison; salaries and expenses of constitutional officers; production of the Civil War regimental flags; expenses of the commissioners who conducted the voting by Minnesota soldiers for the 1862 presidential election; and emptying the privies at the state capitol.
The warrants and related documents are arranged first in chronological order by year; thereunder by type of warrant, usually relating to the type of expense.
| 129.E.8.1B | Legislative Warrants and Affidavits, 1857-1859. 8 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Unnumbered warrants; includes Treasury Draft of Special Road Commissioners. | |||||||||||||
| 129.F.7.2F-1 | Legislative Warrants, 1860-1867. | ||||||||||||
| Nos.1-8254, 1860. | |||||||||||||
| Incomplete series due to water damage. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-1234, 1861. | |||||||||||||
| 129.F.16.8F-1 | Nos. 1235-8273, 1861. | ||||||||||||
| Incomplete series due to water damage. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-2806, 1862. | |||||||||||||
| Special Session Nos. 1-486, 1862. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-1888, 1863. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-1890, 1864. | |||||||||||||
| 129.F.16.8F-2 | Certificates for Legislative Service, 1864. | ||||||||||||
| Issued by Secretary of Senate or Chief Clerk of House of Representatives. | |||||||||||||
| Legislative Expenses, Unnumbered, 1864. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-766, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Special Session No. 500, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-791, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-114, 1867. | |||||||||||||
| List of Purchasers of Grass on School Lands, 1863. 1 folder. | |||||||||||||
| 129.F.16.8F-2 | Non-Legislative Warrants and Affidavits, 1858-1870. | ||||||||||||
| Unnumbered and several numbered sequences; incomplete due to water damage. Some affidavits are in poor condition and have been photocopied for ease of use. | |||||||||||||
| Nos. 1712, 1740-4074, 1859. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.1B | Unnumbered and Nos. 1-4074, 1858. 16 folders. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.5.5B | Nos. 4203-8100, 1860-1861. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.5 6B | Nos. 8101-10,482 and unnumbered, 1861-1862. 20 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 1-800, 1862. 8 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.2F | Nos. 801-4300, 1862-1863. | ||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.3B | Nos. 4301-6100 and unnumbered, 1863-1864. | ||||||||||||
| Reserve 72 | Warrant No. 5785A, Nathan Lamson for the killing of Little Crow, 1864. 4 items in 1 folder. | ||||||||||||
| Warrant, March 26, 1864; authorization by Henry H. Sibley, March 25, 1864; and receipt signed by Lamson, March 26, 1864. Accompanied by a copy of Special Laws 1864, Chapter 84, appropriating $500 to Lamson. | |||||||||||||
| User copies (photocopies) are included in the main collection. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.4F | Nos. 6101-7800, 1864-1865. | ||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.5B | Nos. 7801-9000, 1865-1866. | ||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.6F | Nos. 9001-9275, 1866. 4 folders. | ||||||||||||
| B Series, Nos. 1-700 and unnumbered, 1866-1867. 13 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.7B | B Series Nos. 701-1458, 1867. 13 folders. | ||||||||||||
| A Series Nos. 1459-1700, 1867. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.8F | A Series Nos. 1701-2700, 1868. | ||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.9B | A Series Nos. 2701-2740, 1868. | ||||||||||||
| B Series Nos. 2741-3582, 1869. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| A Series Nos. 1-500, 1869. 10 folders. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.8.10F | A Series Nos. 501-911, 1869. | ||||||||||||
| A Series Nos. 912-1850, 1870. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.9.1B | A Series Nos. 1851-2784 and unnumbered, 1870. 16 folders. | ||||||||||||
| Related records, 1858-1870. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by document type and/or topic. | |||||||||||||
| Include audits, summary financial reports, revenue statements, correspondence, journal entries, and bills. | |||||||||||||
| Affidavits (Non-legislative), Minnesota Historical Society, 1869. | |||||||||||||
| Audit, Minnesota Historical Society, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Audit, State Geologist Henry H. Eames, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Audit, State Librarian Louisa Goodwin, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Auditor, Summary Sheets, 1863-1866. 5 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Auditor, Territorial Records, 1858. | |||||||||||||
| 129.E.9.2F | Bills to Counties, Care of Insane, 1st and 2nd quarters, 1867. | ||||||||||||
| Bills to Counties, Care of Insane, 3rd and 4th quarters, 1867. | |||||||||||||
| Civil War Accounting, Explanation of Differences, 1861-1863. | |||||||||||||
| Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1867-1869. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Includes some unnumbered affidavits. | |||||||||||||
| Journal Entries, Unnumbered State Geologist Affidavits, 1864. | |||||||||||||
| Revenue from Counties, Journal Entries, 1868. | |||||||||||||
| Revenue, Taxes, Unnumbered Affidavits, 1860, 1862, 1870. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Rum River Improvement Project Vouchers, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| School Apportionments, Affidavits for Journal Entries, 1863-1865. 3 folders. | |||||||||||||
| School Funds, 1865-1868. 6 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Bonds, correspondence, county appropriations, payments, and revenue. | |||||||||||||
| School Orders, Journal Entries. 1869. | |||||||||||||
| State Revenue Fund, Bonds, 1865-1866. | |||||||||||||
| Summary Reports, 1867-1870. 7 folders. | |||||||||||||
| Tax Abatement Correspondence, 1869. | |||||||||||||
| Treasurer's Receipts of Tax Revenues from Counties, 1864. | |||||||||||||
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| A3/ov5, Drawer 11 | 8 | Minnesota Minute Men Muster Rolls and Payrolls, undated, 1865-1866. 22 items in 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| Arranged by date. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Payroll, Lieutenant Rodolph Crandall's Squad,1st Battalion, undated. | |||||||||||||
| Amounts Not Receipted on Payroll of William D. Smith's Squad; Amounts Not Receipted on A. Tyler's Squad Pay Roll, for Service Rendered in 1865, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster Roll of Lieutenant William D. Smith's Company, 1st Battalion, June 29, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster Roll of Lieutenant Jason F. Wickersham's Company, 1st Battalion, June 29, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant A. Tyler's Company, Mills Lake District, 1st Battalion, June 30, 1865. 2 copies. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant Robert H. Hughes' Squad at Juelson, 1st Battalion, July 1, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant Hiram Yates' Company, 1st Battalion, July 4, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Pay Roll of Lieutenant Trusdale's Company, 1st Battalion, July 6, 1865. 2 copies. | |||||||||||||
| Muster Roll of Lieutenant R. Crandall's Company, 1st Battalion, July 11, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Pay Roll Of Lieutenant James Crays' Company, 1st Battalion, July 13, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Claims of Service of Jacob A. Rose and A.J. Rose, August 16, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster Roll of Lieutenant A.D. Mason's Squad, August 19, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Pay Roll of D. R. Bill's Squad, November 30, 1865. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant J. Mellington's Squad, 1st Battalion, March 22, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant Truesdell's Squad, 1st Battalion, March 22, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant R.R. Foster's Squad, 1st Battalion, March 22, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant Charles Grefe's Squad, 1st Battalion, April 22, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant E. Brandt's Squad, 1st Battalion, April 28, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Muster and Pay Roll of Lieutenant Charles Roos' Squad, 1st Battalion, April 28, 1866. | |||||||||||||
| Request by Thomas D. Jones to State Auditor for Payment to B.F. Smith, May 8, 1866. | |||||||||||||
WARRANTS, 1870-1900
| 106.D.16.3B-2 | Nos. 1901-3299, 1870-1871. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.4F-1 | Nos. 3300-4575, 1871. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.4F-2 | Nos. 4576-5550, 1871-1872. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.5B-1 | Nos. 5551-6540, 1872. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.5B-2 | Miscellaneous, 1872-1873. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 6541-7200, 1872-1873. | |||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.6F-1 | Nos. 7201-8099, 1873. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.6F-2 | Nos. 8100-8999, 1873-1874. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.7B-1 | Nos. 9000-9999, 1874. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.7B-2 | Nos. 1000-10855 [1855?], 1874. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.5.7B | Nos. 1-699, 1st series, December 1874-April 1875. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.8F-1 | Nos. 700-1750, 1875. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.16.8F-2 | Nos. 1751-2139, 1875. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.1B-1 | Miscellaneous, 1875. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 2140-2925, 1876. | |||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.1B-2 | Nos. 2926-4006, 1876. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.2F-1 | Nos. 4007-5299, 1877. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.2F-2 | Nos. 5300-6199, 1877. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.3B-1 | Nos. 6200-7699, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.3B-2 | Nos. 7700-8584, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.4F-1 | Miscellaneous, 1878. | ||||||||||||
| Nos. 8585-9055, 1879. | |||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.4F-2 | Nos. 9056-10024, 1879. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.5B-1 | Nos. 10025-10999, 1879. | ||||||||||||
| 106.D.17.5B-2 | Miscellaneous, 1879. | ||||||||||||
| 1880. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.5.8F | February-December 1880. | ||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1880. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.1B | Miscellaneous (end of year), 1880. | ||||||||||||
| January-April 1881. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.2F | May-September 1881. | ||||||||||||
| 1882. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.3B | Miscellaneous, 1882. | ||||||||||||
| 1883, 1885. | |||||||||||||
| Missing 1884. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.4F | 1885-1886. | ||||||||||||
| Missing 1887. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.5B | 1888. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.6F | 1888-1889. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.7B | 1889-1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.6.8F | 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.1B | 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.2F | 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.3B | 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.4F | 1890. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.5B | 1890-1892. | ||||||||||||
| Other 1890 warrants are filed with the 1896 files. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.6F | 1892. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.7B | 1892-1895. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.7.8F | 1895, 1897. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.6F | 1896. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.7B | 1896. | ||||||||||||
| Includes files from 1867 and 1890. | |||||||||||||
| School Lands: Payments to State Land Appraisers, 1862-1869. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.1B | 1897-1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.2F | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.3B | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.4F | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.5B | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.6F | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.7B | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.8.8F | Nos. 98000-99509, September 14–October 13, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.1B | 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.2F | Nos. 1-705, 3rd Series, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.3B | Nos. 706-4387, November 24–December 12, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| Includes tree bounty lists. | |||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.4F | Nos. 4388-5220, 1899. | ||||||||||||
| 111.A.9.5B | Nos. 5221-5469, 1900. | ||||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Persons:
- Little Crow, d. 1863 -- Death and burial.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Appropriations and expenditures.
- Minnesota -- Militia -- Registers.
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