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Leases of office space


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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 legal forms or typescript agreements between the state engineer and surveyor and individual or corporate owners to lease offices throughout the state. Most rental units are in western New York, near Rochester. Documents list the conditions and parties to each lease.
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Leases of office space
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0.1 cubic feet

(19 agreements)

Inclusive Dates:
1908-1913
Series Number:
A3233

Arrangement

Roughly chronological by lease date.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of printed legal forms or typescript agreements between the state engineer and surveyor and individual or corporate owners to lease offices at various locations throughout the state. The majority of rental units are located in western New York, proximate to Rochester.

Documents list the conditions and parties to each lease. Leases are signed by the state engineer and surveyor, a deputy, or, in a few cases, a division engineer of the state canal system, and include an attestation by a notary public. Frederick Skene, Frank M. Williams, and John A. Bensel are some of the state engineer and surveyors who signed leases.

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