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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
The series consists of opinions and advisories rendered by the attorney general to state officers (including the governor and state comptroller) and to heads of various state departments, boards, and commissions. The bulk of later opinions interpret sections from parts of the corpus of state law (e.g. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
The bulk of the series consist of contracts and similar agreements made by the Attorney General's Office for the services of receiver attorneys, or for the designation of special counsel, in legal cases that involved New York State. Records include correspondence; notes; deeds and documents related .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of contracts for work relating to the duties of the Attorney General's Office. Most contracts of this type relate to printing of session laws and other state legal matters, as well as for work subcontracted to private law firms. Other contracts are for office space, primarily in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series contains multiple registers of hearings held before the State Attorney General. Information includes the county where the case was held, the names of the respondent and petitioner, and the date when case was received and filed. Some cases also include information on notable events that occurred .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of what appears to be a ledger of accounts with attorneys. It is unknown if it is a record of the Attorney General's Office or of a private law firm. The notes accompanying the debit and credit entries are brief and cryptic..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of transcribed or press copies of outgoing letters of the Attorney General and his Deputy. Many of the letters are legal opinions, though only a few are numbered and designated as such. The letters concern all aspects of state government, including lands, prisons, canals, elections, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a register documenting legal papers served and filed, and other proceedings in actions brought by the people of the State of New York against railroad corporations. All complaints were sent to sheriffs for service on February 8-9, 1853. The volume also contains entries for cases .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series is an index to registers and filed papers in cases to which the State of New York was a party or in which it had an interest. The location of the registers and filed papers is unknown. The volumes contain an alphabetical list of cases and numbers, alphabetical entries of plaintiffs and defendants, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of a scrapbook of legal notices of the sale of real property mortgaged to the State of New York and put up for sale by the Attorney General or the State Engineer and Surveyor after the mortgagors defaulted. Also included are letters to the Attorney General pertaining to the sale.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of summaries of proceedings in corporation cases. Most are quo warran to cases, in which public officials or corporations were sued for exceeding their legal mandates; actions to amend or annul corporation charters or grants of land by letters patent; and actions to dissolve corporations. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This volume is a register of bonds received by the Attorney General's Office. The bonds appear to have been given by contractors for building of state facilities, such as prisons, schools, hospitals, etc. and by banks holding deposits of state funds. Each entry states the date of receipt, name of firm .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of debit and credit entries of cash payments for postage and other miscellaneous office expenses, possibly for the Attorney General's branch office in New York City..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
13
Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of daily entries of legal papers sent, received, filed, served or otherwise handled in cases involving the State of New York. Most cases are voluntary dissolutions of incorporated companies. Other cases involve receiverships of bankrupt companies, probate proceedings, and private .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of an index with names of unidentified individuals of an unknown date. The volume to which it relates and the reason it was compiled are unknown..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This series consists of incoming correspondence related to the business and operations of the New York State Attorney General's Office..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Title:
Series:
B0901
Dates:
1824-1861
Abstract:
This account book contains tables, a summary recapitulation, and a report relating to the investigation of James H. Ward. Ward served as agent of Dr. James H. Hart, health commissioner of the port of New York, from 1838 to 1840. He was responsible for the collection and accounting of monies to be paid .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Title:
Series:
B0902
Dates:
1828-1840
Abstract:
This account book documents expenses associated with court cases undertaken on behalf of the people of the State of New York. Arranged by case, the volume lists the purpose of each expense, the amount, the rate at which the expense was taxed, and the date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This volume lists the name of the person giving the mortgage (borrower) and the lot that the mortgage encumbers. Also included is the name of the road or tract closest to the property, the city or village in which the lot is located, the amount of interest due, and the principal..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Abstract:
This volume documents the transactions of the Canal Fund between 1854 and 1855. For each date, the types of transactions are listed along with the corresponding amounts. The Attorney General's Office generated the record in conjunction with the Attorney General's role as one of the commissioners of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Attorney General's Office
Title:
Series:
B0905
Dates:
1876-1877
Abstract:
This series consists of sixteen books of stenographer's minutes containing the arguments of counsel and the testimony of witnesses in the investigation of official misconduct by James W. Eaton, superintendent of the new state capitol construction project. A printed copy of the complainants' charges .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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