Specifications of an index for searching records or books
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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
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Albany, NY 12230
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Scope and Content Note
The document outlines an improved method of indexing books of judgments, deeds, mortgages, etc., devised by William Stebbins of New York City, and files by him in the U.S. Patent Office preparatary to taking out a patent. This copy was presumably filed by the Comptroller's office as a useful model for indexing its own records, and is an early example of "forms management".
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