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This series contains photocopies of documents, the originals of which are in the records of the Colonial Office in the Public Record Office (Series C.O. 5, vol. 175). The documents include a list of record books kept by, and original wills filed with, the Secretary of the Colony of New York during the period of British occupation of New York City and Long Island during the American Revolution (1776-1783).
The documents also include letters, extracts from proceedings of the New York Provincial Council relating to the transfer of these records from the Secretary of the Colony, Samuel Bayard, Jr., to the deputy of the Secretary of State, John Morin Scott, on November 21, 1783.
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