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Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Escheated lands are defined as unclaimed, abandoned, or uninherited property that passes to the custody of the state. The first part of this series consists of statements of escheated lands in the Military Tract "for which no grants have been ordered by the Commissioners of the Land Office." The series also contains statements for various tracts of land and information about certain townships and land patents.
Creator:
Title:
Statements of escheated lands in the New Military Tract and of land sales in certain other tracts
Quantity:

0.1 cubic feet

1 microfilm roll 35 mm

Inclusive Dates:
1786-1837
Series Number:
B1868