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New York State Legislature Petitions and Other Records


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

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

Summary:
This series may have originally been part of Series A0204, Legislative Petitions. Extreme burn damage precludes item-level identification or further description of the series. Records are restricted due to their condition.
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Petitions and other records
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
[circa 1840-1849]
Series Number:
A0161

Related Material

A0204 Legislative Petitions, and

A0160 Petitions, contain additional petitions of the State Legislature dating from 1786-1910.

Custodial History

These records were burned in the 1911 State Capitol Fire. They were most likely transferred to the New York State Archives from the New York State Library in 1978 along with what was referred to as the "Legislative Petitions," but somehow became strayed from those records. They were subsequently re-identified by State Archives staff in 2005 as part of a project to integrate or describe estrayed or unidentified records. The series may have been part of Series A0204, Legislative Petitions.

Access Restrictions

Restricted indefinitely due to extreme burn damage, which precludes any definitive identification or description.

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