Research

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

 

 

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This series consists of a typescript calendar of cases presented to the Court of Assizes, compiled sometime before 1911 by A. J. F. Van Laer, archivist of the New York State Library. Entries generally contain the date, parties to the case, nature of the case, allegations, court proceedings, disposition .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

 

 

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These records document the settlement of civil and criminal cases by the governor and council sitting as the Court of Assizes. The court tried appeals of lower court decisions and served as an equity court in cases to which no specific legal provisions applied. Cases concerned: land title and/or inheritance .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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Books of general entries contain the office copies of documents issued by colonial governors Richard Nicolls, Francis Lovelace, and Sir Edmund Andros. They reveal the governors' efforts to enact the policies of the British monarchy, and provide insight into seventeenth century society, commerce, industry, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Probates

 

 

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This series consists of wills, grants of administration, and (prior to ca. 1710) inventories and accounts of decedent estates. These documents were recorded and maintained by New York Colony's Prerogative Court and then by the State Court of Probates. Many of the wills were made by widows; several executors .........

 

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New York State Archives