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Creator:

New York State Library

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of the edited manuscript/typescript of Dutch colonial records published by the New York State Library as volumes 2-4 of the early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck (History Bulletins 9-11). These volumes were edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains legal and administrative records that document the Dutch settlement of Fort Orange, which eventually became Albany, New York. The records, in Dutch, include real estate transactions, such as conveyances of property from one individual to another, conditions of sale, conditions of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists of writs of appeal, in Dutch, from judgments made by the courts of New Amsterdam, Oostdurp (Westchester), Heemsteede, New Amstel, Wiltwyck (in the Esopus), Flushing (on Long Island), and Fort Orange. Writs of appeal were granted by the Council of the Colony of New York in response .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

25

Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains mostly warrants of survey but includes also a few unrelated legal documents. Colonial governors ordered surveys of all lands for which settlers applied for purchase. The warrants are the governor's orders to the surveyor general to carry out the survey. They provide name of governor; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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Abstract:  

Commissioners from New York, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia held hearings to settle a Rhode Island-Massachusetts boundary dispute. Records of the commission's proceedings include: summaries of each party's argument; questions and testimony of surveyors, residents of the disputed areas, and other witnesses; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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Abstract:  

Each marriage bond provides name(s) of person(s) to whom the bond was issued; names and residence of persons to whom the marriage license was issued; date (both in monarch's years of reign and conventional); and name (signature) of witness to execution of the bond. These records only document the intention .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

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 (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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Abstract:  

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

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These volumes include surveys of land in the State's New Military Tract granted to veterans for service during the Revolution. They generally provide date of the survey; surveyors' names; name of patent and/or a narrative description of the land surveyed; narrative description; acreage of each lot; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains letters, minutes, and other administrative documents, in Dutch, created by the West India Company during its struggle to dominate trade and establish trading posts on the South (Delaware) River. The records, generated in the Delaware region and sent to New Amsterdam, largely relate .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Council.

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains legal and administrative records, in English and Dutch, documenting the period of English control over the Delaware region by colonial governors Richard Nicholls, Francis Lovelace, and Edmund Andros. The records include correspondence, reports, petitions, accounts, survey-returns, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

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

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series contains deeds, in Dutch, recorded by the provincial secretary from September 5, 1652 until October 15, 1653. The provincial secretary was responsible for recording all land transactions in New Netherland. Most of the deeds document the conveyance of real property between private individuals .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

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Abstract:  

The Cura?ao records, in Dutch, document the West India Company's activities in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century; supply information about the administration of affairs on Cura?ao; and depict the commercial relationship between the islands and New Netherland. The series includes administrative .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of photostat and microfilm reproductions of transcripts of New York Council minutes (executive and legislative sessions) and Assembly proceedings from 1686-1775. The transcripts were evidently prepared by the Secretary of the Province of New York or his deputy, and were transmitted .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of minutes, in Dutch, documenting civil and criminal cases, and executive and legislative matters over which the Council of the Colony of New York had jurisdiction. The minutes constitute a record of such actions as appointments, proclamations, ordinances, charters, and opinions. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of minutes, in Dutch, documenting civil and criminal cases, and executive and legislative matters over which the Council of the Colony of New York had jurisdiction. The minutes constitute a record of such actions as appointments, proclamations, ordinances, charters, and opinions. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New Netherland. Council

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series contains administrative correspondence, in Dutch, of Petrus Stuyvesant during his seventeen year term as director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647-1664. The bulk of the series consists of incoming letters from the directors in Amsterdam and the governors of neighboring colonies. .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives