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Manuscript/typescript of "Early records of the city and county of Albany and colony of Rensselaerswyck"


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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of the edited manuscript/typescript of Dutch colonial records published by the New York State Library as volumes 2-4 of the early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck (History Bulletins 9-11). These volumes were edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist with the State Library and later Division of Archives and History, from translations prepared by Jonathan Pearson nearly fifty years previously.
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Manuscript/typescript of "Early records of the city and county of Albany and colony of Rensselaerswyck"
Quantity:

1 cubic feet

1 box

Inclusive Dates:
1658-1765
Series Number:
A0126

Arrangement

By volume as published, then paginated.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the edited manuscript/typescript of Dutch colonial records published by the New York State Library as volumes 2-4 of the early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck (History Bulletins 9-11).

These volumes were edited by A. J. F. Van Laer, Archivist with the State Library and later Division of Archives and History, from translations prepared by Jonathan Pearson nearly fifty years previously. Volume 1 was published in 1869 under Pearson's direction. These records show the changes made by Van Laer in Pearson's translations. The records printed in these volumes are: Volume 2 - Deeds, 1678-1704; Volume 3 - Notarial Papers, 1660-1696; and Volume 4 - Mortgages, 1658-1660 and Wills, 1681-1765.

Custodial History

Accessioned in 1978 from the State Library as part of old collection number 126, accession number -24.

Collation date ca. 1914-1919.

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