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Creator:

New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission

 

 

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This volume contains minutes of meetings of the commission that took place between May 29, 1888 and December 16, 1889. Minutes contain the text of reports presented to the commission, text of contracts, summaries of proposals read, and motions approved. Meeting business pertains to the location and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission

 

 

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The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Executive Department

 

 

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These volumes contain waterpaint drawings of individual boundary monuments and the surrounding landscape marking New York's borders with Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They were produced in conjunction with the State Engineer and Surveyor's triennial examination of previously established .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series consists of maps compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in its capacity as the general recording office for the government of New York State. The maps depict boundaries between New York and other states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also included is a plan and profile relating .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of maps, descriptions, reports, correspondence, and petitions relating to the examination and documentation of various state and town boundary lines. Included are documents relating to boundary lines between the state of New York and the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Department of Law. Litigation Bureau

 

 

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This series consists of landmark case files from the Department of Law. Files must meet at least one of these criteria: the files document cases that resulted in landmark decisions, rulings, or orders and therefore provide evidence of precedents; pertain to notorious figures or organizations that are .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives