Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Title:
Series:
B1718
Dates:
1807
Abstract:
Abandoned children of slaves were to be supported at the state's expense by the local overseers of the poor. This series consists of a warrant to pay the Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Mamaroneck for the support and maintenance of children born of slaves and abandoned by their respective masters, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Probates
Abstract:
This series consists of wills, grants of administration, and (prior to ca. 1710) inventories and accounts of decedent estates. These documents were recorded and maintained by New York Colony's Prerogative Court and then by the State Court of Probates. Many of the wills were made by widows; several executors .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
3
Creator:
New York (State). Treasurer's Office
Title:
Series:
A3211
Dates:
1797-1806
Abstract:
The volume includes records of payments made by the state treasurer for the maintenance of the children of slaves, a partial index (by name of city, village, or town) to an unidentified set of records, and records apparently dealing with prison construction work. The abandonment accounts include date .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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