Overview of the Records
Repository:
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
Summary:
This series contains writs, other court documents, and miscellaneous non-government documents. Among the writs are capias
ad respondendum (order to arrest a civil defendant); capias ad satisfaciendum, fieri facias, and scire facias (orders to execute
a civil judgment); and venire facias juratores (order to summon jurors). Documents were filed by the clerk of the Supreme
Court of Judicature, except for those from 1825-1826 which were filed in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County
of New York. Also in the collection are mortgages given by Daniel D. Tompkins and his wife Hannah, 1807, 1815; and a printed
broadside address by Daniel Webster at Saratoga Spring, Aug. 19, 1840.
Creator:
Title:
Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) sheriff's writs and other historical documents
Quantity:
1 cubic foot
Inclusive Dates:
1737-1834
Bulk Dates:
1783
Series Number:
JN999
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