Research

1

Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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Original letters patent documenting the grant of 8000 acres of land in Albany County to Philip Embury and others..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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Letters patent (commonly called a "patent") convey a grant of real property from a government to a person or persons. This series contains patents granted since 1664 by either the governor of the province of New York in the name of the king of England or the state of New York. Patents are arranged in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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This series consists predominantly of land patents, in Dutch, through which the director-general and council of New Netherland allowed private individuals to take possession of land in freehold, as opposed to the previous policy of only granting permission to hold land for cultivation. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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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

 

5

Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor

 

 

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The governor issued these warrants directing the attorney general to prepare letters patent. These patents transferred title to land from the colonial government to private owners whose application to purchase land had been approved following a survey. Each warrant contains governor's name; attorney .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

New York (State). Department of State

 

 

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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

 

7

Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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This series contains patents issued under the administration of Dutch Governor Anthony Colve, and a few private deeds from the same period. In one notable document, Governor Colve granted the Lutheran congregation in Albany free exercise of their religion (September 26, 1673)..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives