Research

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Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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This fragmentary series includes legal documentation (of which affidavits of occupancy form the bulk) relating to state sale of land, presumably for unpaid taxes..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

Steuben (N.Y. : County). County Clerk

 

 

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Records on this microfilm relate mostly to surveys, sales, and conveyances of lands in western New York owned by the Pulteney family of Great Britain. Sir William Pulteney (with others) purchased the unsold lands of the (Oliver) Phelps and (Nathaniel) Gorham syndicate in 1792. Records consist of letter .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Public Works. Division of Engineering

 

 

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This series consists of a lone surviving volume used by the State Engineer and Surveyor and later the Chief Engineer within the Department of Public Works to record sales of state lands. Volume includes details concerning the date, time, and location of public auctions held by the State Engineer and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of volumes recording sales of lands in tracts, military lots, Indian reservations, as well as sales of land for foreclosures of mortgages and arrearages of interest..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of surveys and appraisals of state-owned salt lands in preparation for the sale of those lands in the town of Geddes and the city of Syracuse. For each tract or lot information includes survey description providing metes and bounds and total acreage; appraised value of land and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives