Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series from the Comptroller's Office consists of correspondence, certificates, affidavits, copies of maps of land grants,
surveys of patents and a list of persons forced to quit their farms for failure to pay quit rents. Most records are certificates
and affidavits attesting to the amount of taxes due on real estate, ownership of land patents and lots, and remissions from
quit rent. Also included are surveys of land patents and maps depicting lots and patents subject to quit rents.
Creator:
Title:
Legal documentation relating to quit rents
Quantity:
0.25 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates:
1785-1828
Series Number:
A1227
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