Research

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Creator:

New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor

 

 

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This series consists of three blueprint copies of survey maps of East Oswego..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

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New York State War Council. Division of Records

 

 

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Amendment to the War Emergency Act authorized the War Council to provide a uniform method for the care, custody, control, and disposition of records maintained by the 108 local war councils in New York State during World War II. This series contains the correspondence and standardized Inventory of Records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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Returns of surveys of state land in this series include name of governor or lieutenant governor; for whom land was surveyed; county and location of land; survey data; date of survey; and name of Surveyor General..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor

 

 

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Surveys in this series contain description of land; purchaser's name; location of land; and return date. The warrant of survey, giving government authorization for the survey to be done, is sometimes included also. Philip Welles did most of the surveys; a few were done by Robert Fullerton..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

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New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission

 

 

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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

 

6

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New York (State). Division of Lands and Forests

 

 

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This series is comprised of land records (survey notes, copies of deeds, maps, quit claims, and indentures) created or accumulated by William Cockburn, his sons William Jr. and James, and his grandson Walter A. Cockburn, and maintained by the Division of Lands and Forests. The series contains three .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

7

Creator:

United States. Works Progress Administration (N.Y.)

 

 

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This series consists of surveys and apparently unpublished studies conducted under W.P.A. sponsorship. These studies are on many subjects, but tend to focus on real estate values, land use, and population in communities in New York. Examples include police arrest survey; social and economic survey of .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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The series consists of applications for grants of unappropriated land by letters patent from New York Colony and State. Along with the applications are related reports, surveys, maps, warrants for surveying lands and drafting of letters patent, objections to title, and letters..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives