Research

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Creator:

Erie County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office

 

 

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This series consists of copies of two maps of the Cattaraugus Reservation. One includes lot numbers, acreage, and boundary lengths in chains; roads; major streams; and scale in chains. The second includes location of houses with last names of residents; roads; boundaries with magnetic courses and chain .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

 

 

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This series consists mostly of affidavits documenting a claimant's right to reimbursement from War of 1812 service in a New York militia or volunteer unit, as well as certificates issued to claimants after the Adjutant General's Office reviewed and adjusted their claims. The bulk of the series documents .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series contains Indian deeds treaties or deeds of cession. Most of the colonial Indian deeds cede lands located in the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna Valley from the native owners to the king of Great Britain. The post-Revolutionary War documents generally take the form of a deed of cession from .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This volume contains the 1845 population schedules for all the Indian reservations in New York (except the reservations on Long Island). Census schedules are present for the following reservations or groups: Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Buffalo [Creek], Seneca of Cattaraugus, Cayuga of Cattaraugus, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series contains Indian treaties or deeds of cession and related documents filed by the secretary of state. The native groups involved in the treaties filed in this series were the Oneida, Brothertown, Stockbridge, Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, and Onondaga Indians, and the Seven Nations of Canada. The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Thomas Indian School

 

 

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This series consists of a register of names of students who attended the Thomas Indian School. The register lists the name of the student, tribe, date of admittance, date of birth, date of discharge, reservation or address, name of parents, name of guardians, and remarks..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

New York (State). Comptroller's Office

 

 

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The series includes vouchers, accounts, contracts, correspondence, and related documents of various state civil and military officers including Commissioners of Highways, Commissioners of Fortifications, Commissary of Military Stores, Council of Appointment, Pay Master General, agents of New York State .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

Thomas Indian School

 

 

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This series consists of correspondence, reports, publicity materials, deeds, and court records dealing with the founding, operation, and administration of the Thomas Indian School. Much of the correspondence concerns enrollment of Indian children at the school and placement of graduates at other institutions .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives