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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. The company purchased over five million acres in central and western New York and Pennsylvania. This series consists of a portfolio of deeds (conveyances of real property) .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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Supervisors of towns bounded by the patents dividing line requested a survey be done to establish town boundaries. This series consists of a report containing survey course, marks and measurements; surveyors' certifications of accuracy; letters from town supervisors agreeing with the location of the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This series consists of estimate about the Erie Canal enlargements near or at Little Falls, New York. Computations usually have headings of the section surveyed and a description of the structure or site for which measurements are given. Also included are small drawings/cross-sectional diagrams of lining .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This series consists of ten field books documenting surveys for proposed state roads. Two of the field books contain data on a state road from Lake Erie to the Hudson River that was proposed and surveyed, but never built. It is unknown whether the other field books refer to any roads that were actually .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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The index, which was compiled and maintained by the Surveyor General's Office, provides the name of county, town, tracts, patents, and purchases. State Archives Series A4019, Land survey field books, is indexed by these records..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives