Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The Commissioners of the Land Office were appointed to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. This series consists of minutes documenting the approval, rejection, or direction of other actions concerning land grant applications and related land matters..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Board of Appraisers

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains geographical indexes to lands conveyed by the State of New York by letters patent. Information includes: lot number; acreage; name of patentee; date of patent; and volume and page number reference to the patent in series 12943, Letters Patent..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of a partial set of volumes containing summary information about land patents awarded by New York Colony and New York State. The volumes abstract, in rough chronological order, patents awarded from 1664-1679 and 1695-1842; however, patents awarded to veterans of the French and Indian .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of severely burned fragments of original drafts of letters patent issued by the governor of the province of New York in the name of the king of England. Prior to the New York State Capitol fire of 1911, the series most likely included six volumes of original drafts, arranged in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The letter books consist of handwritten and typewritten copies of outgoing correspondence sent by the New York Secretary of State. The letters deal with various subjects, including the publication and dissemination of state laws; applications for land grants; resolutions of the Commissioners of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series serves as a record of original grants of state land to private owners, listing persons who received patents for New York State lands. Settlers seeking land grants applied to the governor, who ordered the surveyor general to survey the requested land before approving the grant. Information .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Land Management

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of applications for grants to lands under water. Each file typically consists of an application and accompanying map. Information on the application includes applicant name; date; attorney's name; notes related to the final determination of application; date patent was ordered to .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of letters patent to William Basset for lot 95 in the Township of Homer, Montgomery County. One hundred acres in the southeast corner is reserved to the state, and five of every one hundred acres is to be reserved for highways. The patent was issued with the condition that the settlement .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This volume contains abstracts of patents for bounty lands granted to Revolutionary War veterans, copies of which are in series A0447, Military Patents. Information includes: date of letters patent; name of patentee; name of township; lot number; acreage and county and town where lot was located ca. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

11

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists primarily of Lake George survey maps assessing water levels and gauge readings. Also included are three other maps pertaining to land boundaries and ownership that were also filed in the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor: lots in Macomb's Purchase and Arthursborough Patent, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The series consists of applications for grants of unappropriated land by letters patent from New York Colony and State. Along with the applications are related reports, surveys, maps, warrants for surveying lands and drafting of letters patent, objections to title, and letters..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives