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Acquisition Information

These records were transferred to the State Archives by the Department of Transportation, Division of Waterways Maintenance on May 10, 1985. The division most likely came into possession of the records due to the fact that the case of Jackson and Perkins v. the State of New York involved damage claims linked to the state's canal system. These volumes of minutes were originally prepared for Deputy Attorney General Archie C. Ryder, who represented the State of New York when the case was tried in the Court of Claims.