Finding Aid Search Results
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
This series contains letterpress copies of outgoing correspondence created by the Secretary of State's deputies in the course of managing the state's publicly-owned lands. Correspondence relates to issuing of letters patent; recording and filing of land title documents; and responding to public inquiries .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
The letter books consist of handwritten and typewritten copies of outgoing correspondence sent by the New York Secretary of State. The letters deal with various subjects, including the publication and dissemination of state laws; applications for land grants; resolutions of the Commissioners of the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
This series consists of records of land grants by letters patent for military service. Grants were made to individuals holding land bounty rights originally issued to commissioned officers and private soldiers who served in New York Continental regiments during the Revolutionary War. Series also includes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Title:
Series:
A0487
Dates:
1664-1786
Abstract:
This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
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
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