Research

1

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. This series consists of records of persons who purchased and were deeded lands from the Holland Land Company. Each table apparently records sales from a particular geographic .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This series consists of ledgers of accounts with purchasers of lots or portions thereof in townships of the Holland Land Purchase. Accounts include name of purchaser, sale date, location, lot and section number, debits and credits by date, principal, and interest. Also included are maps of lots in the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Commissioners of Forfeitures

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

These volumes contain a record of sales of land confiscated from loyalists in the Eastern and Western districts. Included are date of sale; name of purchaser; forfeiter (Eastern Division only); price; lot number and location; acreage (Eastern District only); and date of deed (Western District only). .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

Title:  

 

Abstract:  

This volume contains applications for the survey and purchase of unclaimed lots in the Military Tract or lots on estates confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. Each application gives the date; name of purchaser; lot number and location; price; and by whom forfeited (if a forfeited .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives