Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System

 

 

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This series consists of topographic maps showing school districts compiled by the Joint Legislative Committee on the State Education System. Each map is marked with school district boundaries and numbers as of July 1, 1943. Indicated is type of school district, whether it contains high, elementary, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. The company purchased over five million acres in central and western New York and Pennsylvania. This series consists of maps including purchaser's name; acreage and boundaries .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

 

 

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This series from the Commissioners of the Land Office consist of colored maps of the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation. The volume is divided into sections depicting: farm lots; fine salt lots; Syracuse; Salina; fifteen acre leased lots at Salina; Geddes (now Syracuse); Village of Liverpool; and Reclaimed .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This series consists of an oversize atlas containing eleven maps depicting lot boundaries and types within the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation. The maps appear to have been produced circa 1849 by Deputy Surveyor John Randell, Jr., or to have been produced based on surveying data collected by him in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Canal Commissioners

 

 

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These survey maps of the canal system in New York State fulfilled a law requiring a complete map and field notes of every canal in the state. The maps show: survey stations for measuring length of the canal; courses and distances (linked by red lines); canal right-of-way (blue line); locks; aqueducts; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation. Bureau of Real Property

 

 

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Verplanck Colvin and his field assistants created this series using the field notes they compiled during their survey of the Adirondack wilderness of New York. The majority of the maps are topographical or cadastral maps and typically show elements of the natural and built environment (such as lakes, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives