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New York State Adjutant General's Office Correspondence and Petitions


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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 mostly routine and administrative correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and transmittal letters. There are also a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest.While most of the records were from military personnel, there is a significant amount of from private citizens; federal and state officials; adjutant generals from other states; New York State legislators; and representatives of military manufacturing firms.
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Title:
Adjutant General's Office correspondence and petitions
Quantity:

118 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1821-1896
Series Number:
B0462

Arrangement

Chronological by year and therein numerical by a number assigned by the Adjutant-General's Office. This is essentially a chronological arrangement by date of receipt.

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of correspondence, memoranda, petitions, orders, and letters of transmittal. Most of the records were generated by New York State military personnel but there is a significant amount of material from private citizens, federal officials, adjutant generals from other states, New York State legislators, representatives of firms manufacturing military arms, equipment, and accoutrements and various state officials. Much of the material is of a routine, administrative nature but there is a significant number of items of noteworthy historical interest. Subjects include the New York City draft riots, payment of bounties, courts martial, regimental strengths, reports concerning past activities of regiments, promotions, and transfers.

The bulk of the series represents an enormous increase in activity from 1861-1866. Files for that period typically consist of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, certifications, newspaper clippings, petitions, special and general orders, and letters of transmittal. Most of the records were generated by state military personnel both in state and from the field, and mirror the contents of the series overall. Internal evidence suggests that a small portion of the records was added to the series after the Civil War from the files of Silas W. Burt, who was Secretary of the State Auditing Board, and also served in several military and civil service posts.

Subjects of historical interest include the New York draft riots and other disturbances; payment of bounties; records of courts martial; regimental strength and muster rolls, with demographic detail; reports of unit activitity, including regimental histories, promotions, and transfers; and private correspondence between officers, some of a political nature.

Correspondents during the Civil War period include Governor Reuben Fenton; Silas W. Burt, Secretary of the State Auditing Board and later Assistant Inspector General of New York City; Thomas Hillhouse, Adjutant General (1862-1863); Lockwood Doty, Chief of the Bureau of Military Records; G.S. Batcheller, Inspector General; William Irvine, Adjutant General (1863-1866); Issac VanDerPool, Commissary of Military Stores; James Meredith Read, Adjutant General (1861-1862); and John Neville, Superintendent of the New York State Soldiers' Depot.

Alternate Formats Available

Items Online

High resolution images of selected original documents in this series are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

New York State Archives Digital Collections

Adjutant General's Office correspondence and petitions, 1821-1896

Related Material

13722 Register of Letters Received, serves as a name index to that portion of the records covering 1862-1866.

A3282 Miscellaneous Appeals and Inspection Returns, contains similar appeals to the Adjutant General (1829-1830).

A4130 Duplicate Correspondence Directed to and Received from Military Offices contains additional correspondence of the Adjutant General.

A4145 Letter Books of Outgoing Correspondence contains additional correspondence of the Adjutant General.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

A container list covering all boxes through 101 is available at the repository.

For material from April 1861 through May 1862, a rough alphabetical list is available which shows box and folder numbers for select correspondence author or subject terms.

A folder list is available for materials concurrent with, but not recorded in, Series 13722, Register of Letters Received. This includes boxes 33, 55, 56, 75, 90, and 100. An internal study of this incongruity is available.

Available at Repository

For the period from January 1861 through April 1862, and alphabetical index to correspondents with brief content abstracts is available at the repository.

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box Folder

Accretion: B0462-84
1862 January 9-25 Miscellaneous; Not Numbered 33 1
1862 January 20-22 Miscellaneous; Not Numbered 33 2
1862 January 16-19 Miscellaneous; Not Numbered 33 3
1862 February 24-May 16 Miscellaneous; Not Numbered 33 4
1862 January-February Newspaper Clippings: Traitor Allegations against Adam E. King 33 5
1861 April-August A: 1-52 33 6
1861 August-September A: 53-80 33 7
1861 September-October A: 81-129 33 8
1861 October-December A: 130-169 33 9
1861 December-1862 February A: 170-199 33 10
1862 February-May A: 200-217 33 11
1861 April-July B: 1-99 33 12
1861 July-August B: 100-199 33 13
1861 August-September B: 200-249 33 14
1861 September-October B: 250-310 33 15
1861 October B: 311-359 34 1
1861 October-November B: 360-399 34 2
1861 November B: 400-449 34 3
1861 November-December B: 450-498 34 4
1861 December B: 500-539 34 5
1861 December-1862 January B: 540-577 34 6
1862 January-February B: 579-599 34 7
1862 February-March B: 600-612 34 8
1862 March B: 613-625 34 9
1862 March-April B: 626-665 34 10
1861 April-July C: 2-99 34 11
1861 July-September C: 100-199 34 12
1861 September-October C: 200-249 34 13
1861 October-November C: 250-299 34 14
1861 November-December C: 300-349 34 15
1861 December-February C: 350-392 34 16
1862 February-May C: 393-428 34 17
1861 April-August D: 1-99 34 18
1861 July-September D: 100-149 34 19
1861 September-October D: 150-199 34 20
1861 October-December D: 200-268 34 21
1861 December-1862 January D: 269-295 35 1
1862 January-May D: 296-331 35 2
1861 April-December E: 2-60 35 3
1862 January-April E: 61-82 35 4
1861 May-September F: 1-76 35 5
1861 September-November F: 77-128 35 6
1861 November-1862 May F: 130-199 35 7
1861 April-September G: 1-77 35 8
1861 September-November G: 78-133 35 9
1861 November-1862 January G: 134-178 35 10
1862 February-April G: 180-202 35 11
1861 April-June H: 1-82 35 12
1861 June-September H: 83-160 35 13
1861 September-October H: 161-216 35 14
1861 October-November H: 219-262 35 15
1861 November-December H: 263-330 35 16
1861 December-1862 March H: 331-374 35 17
1862 March-April H: 376-405 35 18
1861 April-1862 May I: 1-34 35 19
1861 April-September J: 1-79 35 20
1861 September-1862 April J: 80-119 35 21
1861 April-August K: 1-45 36 1
1861 August-October K: 46-70 36 2
1861 September-November K: 71-117 36 3
1861 November-1862 January K: 118-161 36 4
1862 January-April K: 163-198 36 5
1861 April-May L: 1-31 36 6
1861 May-August L: 32-53 36 7
1861 August-September L: 54-111 36 8
1861 September-October L: 112-131 36 9
1861 October L: 132-165 36 10
1861 October-November L: 166-192 36 11
1861 November-December L: 193-211 36 12
1861 December-1862 January L: 212-234 36 13
1862 January-March L: 235-260 36 14
1862 March-April L: 261-276 36 15
1861 April-May M: 1-35 36 16
1861 May-June M: 36-96 36 17
1861 June-August M: 97-153 36 18
1861 August-September M: 155-198 36 19
1861 September-October M: 201-259 36 20
1861 October-November M: 262-292 36 21
1861 November M: 293-334 36 22
1861 November-December M: 335-376 36 23
1861 December M: 377-399 36 24
1861 December-1862 January M: 400-448 37 1
1862 January-February M: 449-467 37 2
1862 February-March M: 468-492 37 3
1862 March-April M: 494-506 37 4
1861 April-1862 April N: 1-59 37 5
1861 May-1862 March O: 1-35 37 6
1861 April-July P: 1-33 37 7
1861 July-September P: 34-99 37 8
1861 September-October P: 100-177 37 9
1861 October-December P: 178-240 37 10
1861 December P: 241-279 37 11
1862 January-April P: 280-326 37 12
1861 May-December Q: 1-32 37 13
1861 April-May R: 1-28 37 14
1861 May-August R: 29-120 37 15
1861 August-September R: 121-174 37 16
1861 September-October R: 175-229 37 17
1861 October-November R: 230-262 37 18
1861 November-December R: 263-300 37 19
1861 December-1862 February R: 301-335 37 20
1862 February R: 336-341 37 21
1862 February-April R: 342-368 37 22
1861 April-May S: 1-59 38 1
1861 May-July S: 60-106 38 2
1861 July-August S: 107-152 38 3
1861 August-September S: 153-201 38 4
1861 September-October S: 202-279 38 5
1861 October-November S: 281-344 38 6
1861 November S: 345-379 38 7
1861 November-December S: 380-430 38 8
1861 December-1862 January S: 431-489 38 9
1862 January-March S: 490-523 38 10
1862 March-June S: 524-561 38 11
1861 April-July T: 1-50 38 12
1861 June-October T: 51-120 38 13
1861 October-November T: 121-160 38 14
1861 November-1862 January T: 161-195 38 15
1862 January-May T: 196-236 38 16
1861 April-May V: 1-50 38 17
1861 May-June V: 51-120 38 18
1861 June-August V: 121-180 38 19
1861 August-September V: 181-220 38 20
1861 September V: 221-250 38 21
1861 September-October V: 251-270 and Miscellaneous Numbered Items from 1861 39 1
1861 October V: 271-290 39 2
1861 October-November V: 291-310 39 3
1861 November-December V: 311-330 39 4
1861 December-1862 February V: 331-350 39 5
1862 February-April V: 351-379 39 6
1861 April-May W: 1-40 39 7
1861 May W: 41-70 39 8
1861 May-June W: 71-100 39 9
1861 June W: 101-140 39 10
1861 June-July W: 141-159 39 11
1861 July-August W: 160-200 39 12
1861 August-September W: 201-230 39 13
1861 September W: 231-260 39 14
1861 September-October W: 261-289 39 15
1861 October-November W: 290-320 39 16
1861 October-November W: 321-350 39 17
1861 November W: 351-401 39 18
1861 December W: 402-420 and Miscellaneous Unumbered Items from 1861 39 19
1861 December W: 421-450 39 20
1861 December-1862 February W: 451-470 39 21
1862 February-March W: 471-490 39 22
1862 March-April W: 491-512 39 23
1861 April-May Y: 1-30 39 24
1861 May-June Y: 31-60 39 25
1861 June-August Y: 61-90 39 26
1861 August-October Y: 91-120 39 27
1861 October Y: 121-145 and Miscellaneous Unumbered Items from 1861 39 28
1862 May 1-29 (Start of Long Consecutive Sequences Indexed by Series 13722) 39 29
1862 May 31-59 39 30
1862 May 61-90 39 31
1862 May 91-120 39 32
1862 May 121-150 39 33
1862 May 152-190 39 34
1862 May 191-264 39 35
Oversized: Removed from Box 2, Folder 1 119