New York State Library Manuscripts and History Section Partial Calendar of "Assembly Papers" A1828

New York State Library Manuscripts and History Section Partial Calendar of "Assembly Papers"

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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 consists of a calendar covering Volumes 5 and 6 and pages 1-90 of Volume 8 of the "Assembly Papers." Entries include date of document; addressee; names of petitioners or other persons involved; summary, sometimes very detailed, of document; number of pages; and volume and page number(s) in the original "Assembly Papers." Documents calendared concern land titles and grants; expenditures; payment of debts or other compensation owed by state; construction of fortifications at New York City; and organization of the military.

Creator:

New York State Library. Manuscripts and History Section

Title:

Partial calendar of "Assembly Papers"

Quantity:

0.2 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1774-1814

Series Number:

A1828

Arrangement

Numerical by page number within volumes into which Assembly Papers were bound.

Scope and Content Note

This is a calendar to part of a series of State Assembly records known as "Assembly Papers" and previously bound into volumes. The calendar covers volumes 5 and 6 and pages 1-90 of volume 8, including records dating from 1774-1814.

Entries for each document are on separate 5" x 8" sheets providing: date of document if known; to whom document was addressed; names of petitioners or other persons involved; summary, sometimes very detailed, of document; number of pages; and volume and page number(s) in the Assembly Papers.

The records calendared include petitions from citizens and Assembly resolutions concerning: land grants, confirmations of titles to land, and other land matters; salt production at Onondaga Salt Springs; expenditures for roads, schools, agriculture; improvements in navigation of Hudson River; payment of debts or other compensation owed by state; construction of fortifications at New York City and organization of the military; and proposed amendments to U.S. constitution regarding qualifications of top federal office-holders.

Related Material

Series A4682, "Assembly Papers" volumes 1-13 ("Miscellaneous") contains the original documents calendared by this series.

Custodial History

The calendar was compiled by State Library staff to facilitate access to information in the original records, which suffered burn damage in the State Capitol Fire of 1911.

Collation date 1934-1936.