Research

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding applications for land grants, usually lands under water, by individuals, businesses, or towns; scheduling and requests to publish notices of land sales; hearings notices on applications to work mines; requests for copies .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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These lots were in a tract set aside by New York State for grants to persons who lost land as a result of the New York-Vermont boundary dispute. The descriptions of lots provide lot number, boundaries, and number of acres in each lot..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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These incomplete lists of soldiers who received land grants in return for military service during the Revolutionary War include soldier's name; file number; number of acres; and by whom delivered. There is also a list of muster masters and the amount of acreage distributed to their soldiers..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This series consists of abstracts of patents granted for land in New York State. Information includes patentee's name; patent date; land location; land description and acreage. Also included are some undated certifications stating that the preceding abstracts had been compared with the originals in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

 

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This receipt book lists land grants issued by Gerrit Smith in 1846 to various African Americans and poor white people. Approximately 3,000 deeds were awarded. The amount of land given to each individual ranged from 40 to 60 acres. The volume, kept by Charles Ray (Smith's secretary), lists the following .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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These records were generated because of a claim by John Jacob Astor to lands forfeited by Roger Morris and wife Mary Philipse. Included are abstracts of sales of land by the commissioners of forfeitures giving descriptions of lands; acreage; purchaser's names; purchase date and price paid. Also included .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York State Library. Manuscripts and History Section

 

 

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This series consists of a calendar covering Volumes 5 and 6 and pages 1-90 of Volume 8 of the "Assembly Papers." Entries include date of document; addressee; names of petitioners or other persons involved; summary, sometimes very detailed, of document; number of pages; and volume and page number(s) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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This series consists of the charter from Charles II, King of England, granting land to his brother James, Duke of York. The charter gave James the authority to send an armed force to compel the Dutch surrender of the New Netherland province to the English. It grants territory that now comprises most .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives