Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Transportation
Abstract:
This series consists of maps of urban area boundaries drafted in district offices or modified from, U.S. Geological Survey quadrangle maps. Maps had to be approved by the U.S. Public Roads Administration or Bureau of Public Roads for states wishing to receive special aid for highways lying within urban .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of General Services. Division of Land Utilization
Abstract:
The series consists of maps depicting grants of land under water made by the state from 1777 through the 1900s. Each map depicts the names of individuals to whom grants were made..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
Rockland (N.Y. : County)
Title:
Series:
A4626
Dates:
1798-1994
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of mortgages. Court rules required the Master involved in the sale of mortgaged property to file a copy of the mortgage with the Register, Assistant, or clerk of the court..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Abstract:
The volume contains approximately 60 documents mostly related to deeds ceding land and/or jurisdiction of property to New York State or the federal government, largely for military and protective purposes..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Audit and Control
Title:
Series:
B1610
Dates:
1700-1935
Abstract:
These maps were collected and/or created by the Office of the State Comptroller for the purpose of identifying land to be sold for unpaid taxes. The maps depict land in every area of the state, and especially in the Adirondack, Catskill, and western regions. Many maps are extremely detailed and frequently .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Title:
Series:
A1388
Dates:
1861-1881
Abstract:
This series consists of deeds, mortgages, bonds, assignments and traced maps of lots in Buffalo. The land was conveyed to the Commissioners of the Canal Fund as collateral for two judgments against Thadeus W. Patchin, bankrupt, in 1874. In 1881 the Commissioners of the Canal Fund empowered the State .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Water Power Commission
Title:
Series:
A4219
Dates:
1922-1923
Abstract:
The American Super-Power Corporation submitted these exhibit maps and drawings to the Water Power Commission as part of a license application for a St. Lawrence River water power project. Action on this application was suspended in 1927 and superseded in 1930 by the creation of the St. Lawrence River .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of State
Abstract:
The series consists of field books, notes, maps, and deeds relating to the Holland Land Company's lands in the western part of New York State. Records include the original field books from the surveys of 1798 and 1799, which provide a systematic survey of the Holland Land Purchase; field notes (journals) .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property
Abstract:
Verplanck Colvin and his field assistants created this series using the field notes they compiled during their survey of the Adirondack wilderness of New York. The majority of the maps are topographical or cadastral maps and typically show elements of the natural and built environment (such as lakes, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
Creator:
New York (State). Board of Geographic Names
Title:
Series:
B1549
Dates:
1987-1989
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of a dependent re-survey of portions of the boundary of the Allegany Indian Reservation and portions of the village lines within the reservation at Cattauragus County, New York. Included are two copies of a survey map and a forty-four page duplicate copy of associated .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department
Title:
Series:
A1380
Dates:
1835-1876
Abstract:
Canal commissioners were required to construct and maintain road and street bridges over the enlarged Erie Canal and to construct farm bridges to accommodate landowners. This series consists of releases, vouchers, receipts, title searches, parcel maps, and resolutions authorizing commutations to claimants .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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