{"value"=>"<p>Series includes Finance Committee Minutes for 1892. The Treasurer's Correspondence refers to properties of the Astor Library, as do the Mortgage, Loan, and Insurance Papers & Book. Monthly Statements are monthly accountings of credits and debits. Ledgers are extant for all years from 1876 to 1896 except 1882, 1883, and 1887. The Cash Book is a journal listing amounts paid to vendors and individuals by date. Invoice Books and Invoices contain invoices from vendors and books of transcriptions of billings. There are no invoice records for the years 1880-1886 and 1889-1890. The Receipt Books for Salaries are books where library employees placed their signatures upon receipt of salary payment. Petty Cash Books are records of cash dispensed for sundries.</p> <p>Checkbooks are the stub records of checks written. The earliest are for checks drawn on the Gallatin National Bank (1858-1890), and there are also checks for the Pacific Bank (1876-1896) and the Union Trust (1890-1895). Canceled Checks are written on accounts with the National Bank (1848-1861), the Gallatin National Bank (1862-1876), the Pacific Bank (1876-1879, 1887-1896) and the East River National Bank (1878). There are Bank Books for the National, Gallatin National, East River, Second National and Pacific banks. The Receipt Book records sums of money received and dispensed by the Astor. Package Receipt Books from the United States Express Company comprise receipts for the shipment of packages.</p>"}