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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 writs of commission, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, directed to commissioners
appointed to take depositions under oath from witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists
of the answers of the witness, transcribed by the commissioners and certified by them. Attached to the writ and the return
are the interrogatories, and occasionally cross-interrogatories, submitted by attorney for parties to the action.
Creator:
Title:
Writs of commission
Quantity:
0.8 cubic feet
2 boxes
Inclusive Dates:
[ca. 1802-1862]
Series Number:
J0014
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