Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Abstract:
This series compiled by the State Engineer and Surveyor documents the appraisal, surveying, purchase, and sale of lands within the state. Records include land tract sales, land appraisals, surveys and descriptions of tracts, reports (such as land boundaries and state canals); correspondence (including .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission
Abstract:
The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Executive Department
Title:
Series:
A4023
Dates:
[ca. 1900]
Abstract:
These volumes contain waterpaint drawings of individual boundary monuments and the surrounding landscape marking New York's borders with Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They were produced in conjunction with the State Engineer and Surveyor's triennial examination of previously established .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
This series consists of maps compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in its capacity as the general recording office for the government of New York State. The maps depict boundaries between New York and other states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also included is a plan and profile relating .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Surveyor General
Abstract:
These survey maps were made for landholders, for partitioning of land, and for disposition of as yet unappropriated lands. Most maps depict areas of eastern upstate New York; some show lands bordering on or within Vermont. The maps generally provide: name, location, or number of the town, tract, patent, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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