Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

Laws of 1890, Chapter 279 recognized the persisting legal interest in escheated real property of any person who could have inherited ("succeeded by devise") the property except for the fact of "his alienage (non-citizenship) or a legal incapacity to take or convey the property so escheated." The exact .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains letters from the Chief Tax Clerk, primarily relating to applications to purchase state land..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of routine correspondence of the Comptroller's office with newspapers published in Forest Preserve counties, relating to publication of notices of lands sold for taxes and unredeemed..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This fragmentary series includes legal documentation (of which affidavits of occupancy form the bulk) relating to state sale of land, presumably for unpaid taxes..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of letters sent by the Comptroller and Deputy Comptroller to individuals, organizations, and government organizations. The correspondence relates to school taxes requested to be paid on State lands; highway taxes levied against state land; exchanges with people wishing to purchase .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of volumes recording sales of lands in tracts, military lots, Indian reservations, as well as sales of land for foreclosures of mortgages and arrearages of interest..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives