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B0945-85: These are notices to persons occupying lands sold and conveyed by the comptroller for unpaid taxes. The notice states name of occupant, date of tax sale, location of premises sold, purchase price, and date of conveyance. There is an attached affidavit of service or non-service. Notices from the later nineteenth century note on the dorso whether a tax sale was redeemed or cancelled.

B0945-99: These volumes register summary information taken from the notices contained in the original accession. Information for years 1821-1853 varies slightly but generally includes tax-sale year; name of tract; lot number; date the notice was given; date the certificate was given; date affidavit was filed; and date the property was redeemed. Date of refund and name of person entitled to redemption is sometimes given.

Information for tax-sale years 1859-1881 includes tax-sale year; name of tract; lot number; date notice was filed; and date redeemed or certificate issued.

Information for tax-sale years 1885-1926 includes tax-sale year; name of patent, tract, or other identifying information; lot number; date notice was filed; and other remarks, such as dates the sale was cancelled, date the property was redeemed, or date of the certificate of sale.

B0945-99A: This accretion consists of approximately 80 estrayed notices to occupants of lands in Greene, Herkimer, Saratoga, Sullivan, and Ulster counties sold for unpaid taxes in the tax sale of 1926.