Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (Colony). Governor
Title:
Series:
A1885
Dates:
1721-1776
Abstract:
This series contains mostly warrants of survey but includes also a few unrelated legal documents. Colonial governors ordered surveys of all lands for which settlers applied for purchase. The warrants are the governor's orders to the surveyor general to carry out the survey. They provide name of governor; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
This series contains Indian treaties or deeds of cession and related documents filed by the secretary of state. The native groups involved in the treaties filed in this series were the Oneida, Brothertown, Stockbridge, Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Onondaga Indians, and the Seven Nations of Canada. The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
This series contains Indian deeds treaties or deeds of cession. Most of the colonial Indian deeds cede lands located in the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna Valley from the native owners to the king of Great Britain. The post-Revolutionary War documents generally take the form of a deed of cession from .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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