New York State Engineer and Surveyor Holland Land Company Field Notebooks
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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:
The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land in the 1700s.
The company purchased over five million acres in central and western New York and Pennsylvania. This series consists of Holland
Land Company survey notes and includes survey data, survey diagrams, and sometimes name of village surveyed.
Creator:
Title:
Holland Land Company field notebooks
Quantity:
4 cubic feet
671 volumes; 23 microfilm rolls 35mm
Inclusive Dates:
1798-1815
Series Number:
A4012
Arrangement
Numeric by volume number.
Scope and Content Note
These notebooks contain survey notes of Holland Land Company lands in New York State.
They provide information on: name of surveyor; year; survey data; survey diagrams; and name of village surveyed (sometimes).
The records were purchased by the state from the widow of David E. E. Mix, who had published lists of Holland Land Company
records in Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Offices of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller,
and the New York State Library (Albany, 1859). Other Holland Land Company field notes are in Miscellaneous Field Notes Relating
to Holland Land Company and Adjoining Tracts (Series B0254). Maps of these lands are in Maps of Land Purchased from the Holland
Land Company (Series A4018).
Alternate Formats Available
Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through inter-library loan.
Related Material
B0254 Miscellaneous Field Notes Relating to Holland Land Company and Adjoining Tracts, contains other Holland Land Company field
notes
A4018 Maps of Land Purchased from the Holland Land Company, contains maps related to the field notes in Series A4012.
Custodial History
Collation date ca. 1895.
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Detailed Description
| Contents |
Box |
Roll |
Accretion: A4012-77 |
| Volumes 2-44 (Volume 1 not transferred to the State Archives) |
1 |
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| Volumes 45-100 (Volumes 59-63 and 84 not transferred to the State Archives) |
2 |
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| Volumes 297-347 (Volumes 307-308 and 310 not transferred to the State Archives) |
7 |
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| Volumes 348-406 (Volumes 375-378 not transferred to the State Archives) |
8 |
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| Volumes 457-505A (Volume 458 not transferred to the State Archives) |
10 |
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| Volumes 506-560 (Volume 534-535 not transferred to the State Archives) |
11 |
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| Volumes 561-624 (Volumes 580-582 and 613 not transferred to the State Archives) |
12 |
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| Vol. 1 - Vol. 34 (Vol. 1 Missing) |
1 |
| Vol 35 - Vol. 68 (Vols. 59 - 63 Missing) |
2 |
| Vol. 69 - Vol. 100 (Vol. 84 Missing) |
3 |
| Vol. 500 - Vol. 530 (Vol. 509 Missing) |
19 |
| Vol. 569 - Vol. 609 (Vols. 580 - 582 Missing) |
21 |
| Vol. 610 - Vol. 640 (Vol. 613 Missing) |
22 |
