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New York State Engineer and Surveyor Outgoing Correspondence Regarding Land Matters


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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 letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding applications for land grants, usually lands under water, by individuals, businesses, or towns; scheduling and requests to publish notices of land sales; hearings notices on applications to work mines; requests for copies of maps, sales, and survey records; State Engineer and Surveyor requests for maps, memorandums, receipts, or other records; and instructions on preparing maps to be submitted with land grant applications.
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Outgoing correspondence regarding land matters
Quantity:

1 cubic foot

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1890-1898
Bulk Dates:
1890-1892, 1897-1898
Series Number:
B0268

Arrangement

Chronological by date of letter.

Scope and Content Note

These are letterpress copybooks of manuscript or typed letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding: the processing of applications for land grants, usually for land under water, by individuals, businesses, or towns; scheduling of land sales; requests to newspapers or publishers to publish notices of land sales; notice of hearings on applications to work mines; replies to requests for copies of maps or other records of sales and surveys; requests for copies of maps, memoranda, receipts, or other records needed by the State Engineer and Surveyor; and instructions on how to prepare maps to be submitted with land grant applications.

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Indexed alphabetically by name in front of each volume.

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