Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This series consists of a report of a joint committee of the Senate and Assembly on quit rents. The report is a plea for the passage of a bill "releasing and discharging all arrears of quitrents, and abolishing them forever in this state" and contains the rationale of the joint committee's decision..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This series consists of certificates stating that residents were obliged to leave their farms in order to participate in the late war between the United States and Great Britain. Information includes name and signature of the judge issuing the certificate, the name of the farmer and the location of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of approximately 240 linen maps showing locations of channels, structures, appropriated lands, and terminals of the Erie, Champlain, Oswego, and Cayuga and Seneca Canals, as well as the location of old canals in relation to the Barge Canal System as improved under laws of 1903, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Division of Canals and Waterways

 

 

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This series consists of approximately 1900 original linen maps produced by the State Engineer and Surveyor. The maps are popularly known as "Blue Line," "Laws of 1910 Maps," and "Abandonment Maps." The maps depict all state owned lands and property prior to improvements completed for the Barge Canal .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives