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Scope and Content Note

Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party.

Each entry states the name of the indebted party (usually the defendant, occasionally the complainant); county or city of residence (often blank); occupation or rank (e.g. "gentleman," often blank); amount of debt and costs, and date from which interest accrued; date and time of docketing; full case title (including names of multiple parties); Chancery circuit number or Chancery Clerk's office (includes many decrees filed upstate); date of receipt of decree for docketing; and date of satisfaction of debt (infrequent).