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New York State Supreme Court of Judicature Judgment Rolls and Other Documents on Parchment


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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:
Most of the documents in this series are Supreme Court judgment rolls, issue rolls, and nisi prius rolls on parchment. Other civil case documents include recognizances, writs of capias, writs of venire, and other writs. Criminal case documents (all pre-dating 1776) include indictments, informations, and writs of capias. The series also contains some Court of Chancery documents, including bills of complaint, answers, exhibits, etc.
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Supreme Court of Judicature judgment rolls and other documents on parchment
Quantity:

100 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1684-1848
Bulk Dates:
1765-1810
Series Number:
JN519

Arrangement

Alphabetical/numerical.

Numerical by group number from 1 to 248 (which refers to either a large folder, a box, or one of two partitions within a box), followed by an alphabetic code from A to H and then from K to L (which identifies a range within the original pigeonhole filing system), and followed again by a number from 1 to 10 (which identifies a pigeonhole within each range), with the resulting code represented in this format: 1/A–1

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Items Online

High resolution images of selected original documents in this series are available in State Archives Digital Collections.

New York State Archives Digital Collections

Supreme Court of Judicature judgment rolls and other documents on parchment, 1684-1848

Related Material

JN109 Spreadsheet index to Supreme Court judgment rolls and other documents on parchment, Court of Chancery and First Circuit filed and transcribed documents, and New York City Court of Common Pleas and New York City Superior Court filed documents, indexes Series JN519.

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Acquisition Information

These records were transferred by the New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration in 2017.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box

Accretion: JN519-17
1: A-L 1
2: A-L 2
3: A-L 3
4: A-L 4
5: A-L 5
6: A-L 6
7: A-L 7
8: A-L 8
9: A-L 9
10: A-L 10
11: A-L 11
12: A-L 12
13: A-L 13
14: A-L 14
15: A-L 15
16: A-L 16
17: A-L 17
18: A-L 18
19: A-L 19
20: A-L 20
21: A-L 21
22: A-L 22
23: A-L 23
24: A-L 24
25: A-L 25
26: A-L 26
27: A-L 27
28: A-L 28
29: A-L 29
30: A-L 30
31: A-L 31
32: A-L 32
33: A-L 33
34: A-L 34
35: A-L 35
36: A-L 36
37: A-L 37
38: A-L 38
39: A-L 39
40: A-L 40
41: A-L 41
42: A-L 42
43: A-L 43
44: A-L 44
45: A-L 45
46: A-L 46
47: A-L 47
48: A-L 48
49: A-L 49
50: A-L 50
51: A-L 51
52: A-L 52
53: A-L 53
54: A-L 54
55: A-L 55
56: A-L 56
57: A-L 57
58: A-L 58
59: A-L 59
60: A-L 60
61: A-L 61
62: A-L 62
63: A-L 63
64: A-L 64
65: A-L 65
66: A-L 66
67: A-L 67
68: A-L 68
69: A-L 69
70: A-L 70
71: A-L 71
72: A-L 72
73: A-L 73
74: A-L 74
75: A-L 75
76: A-L 76
77: A-L 77
78: A-L 78
79: A-L 79
80: A-L 80
81: A-L 81
82: A-L 82
83: A-L 83
84: A-L 84
85: A-L 85
86: A-L 86
87: A-L 87
88: A-L 88
89: A-L 89
90: A-L 90
91: A-L 91
92: A-L 92
93: A-L 93
94: A-L 94
95: A-L 95
96: A-L 96
97: A-L 97
98: A-L 98
99: A-L 99
100: A-L 100
101: A-L 101
102: A-L 102
103: A-L 103
104: A-L 104
105: A-L 105
106: A-L 106
107: A-L 107
108: A-L 108
109: A-L 109
110: A-L 110
111: A-L 111
112: A-L 112
113: A-L 113
114: A-L 114
115: A-L 115
116: A-L 116
117: A-L 117
118: A-L 118
119: A-L 119
120: A-L 120
121: A-L 121
122: A-L 122
123: A-L 123
124: A-L 124
125: A-L 125
126: A-L 126
127: A-L 127
128: A-L 128
129: A-L 129
130: A-L 130
131: A-L 131
132: A-L 132
133: A-L 133
134: A-L 134
135: A-L 135
136: A-L 136
137: A-L 137
138: A-L 138
139: A-L 139
140: A-L 140
141: A-L 141
142: A-L 142
143: A-L 143
144: A-L 144
145: A-L 145
146: A-L 146
147: A-L 147
148: A-L 148
149: A-L 149
150: A-L 150
151: A-L 151
152: A-L 152
153: A-L 153
154: A-L 154
155: A-L 155
156: A-L 156
157: A-L 157
158: A-L 158
159: A-L 159
160: A-L 160
161: A-L 161
162: A-L 162
163: A-L 163
164: A-L 164
165: A-L 165
166: A-L 166
167: A-L 167
168: A-L 168
169: A-L 169
170: A-L 170
171: A-L 171
172: A-L 172
173: A-L 173
174: A-L 174
175: A-L 175
176: A-L 176
177: A-L 177
178: A-L 178
179: A-L 179
180: A-L 180
181: A-L 181
182/183: A-L for both numbers 182
184/185: A-L for both numbers 183
186/187: A-L for both numbers 184
188/189: A-L for both numbers 185
190/191: A-L for both numbers 186
192/193: A-L for both numbers 187
194: A-L 188
195: A-L 189
196: A-E 190
196: F-L 191
197/198: A-L for both numbers 192
199/200: A-L for both numbers 193
201/202: A-L for both numbers 194
203/204: A-L for both numbers 195
205/206: A-L for both numbers 196
207/208: A-L for both numbers 197
209: A-L 198
210: A-L 199
211: A-L 200
212: A-L 201
213: A-L 202
214: A-L 203
215: A-L 204
216: A-L 205
217: A-L 206
218: A-L 207
219: A-L 208
220: A-L 209
221: A-L 210
222: A-L 211
223: A-L 212
224: A-L 213
225: A-L 214
226: A-L 215
227: A-L 216
228: A-L 217
229: A-L 218
230: A-L 219
231: A-L 220
232: A-L 221
233: A-L 222
234: A-L 223
235: A-L 224
236: A-L 225
237: A-L 226
238: A-L 227
239: A-L 228
240: A-L 229
241: A-L 230
242: A-L 231
243: A-L 232
244: A-L 233
245: A-L 234
246: A-L 235
247: A-L 236
248: A-L 237
249: A-L 238
250: A-L 239