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Scope and Content Note

B0856-85: This register was created by the comptroller's office to document issuance of deeds to purchasers of lands sold for unpaid taxes, in exchange for surrender of purchase certificates. For each deed is given the date the certificate was received; name of purchaser; date of deed; and checkmarks for signatures and entry; and date and manner of delivery.

B0956-99: This accretion consists of one volume partially created by the Comptroller's Office and partially, later, by the Dept. of Taxation and Finance. Information for each entry includes numbers of certificates received for deeds; numbers of deeds issued; name of grantee; date of deed; confirmation that the certificate and deed were compared, signed, and entered; and date deed was delivered, with remark either by mail or personally.