Research

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New York State Museum

 

 

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This series consists of reference material documenting resources for research on Colonial Albany. There are no original documents included among these materials. The series was created in support of various projects and publications with which Stefan Bielinkski of the New York State Museum was invol.........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

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New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

 

 

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Documents in this small series relate to civil cases. Two documents are complaints ("Bill ad Assisas") and the third is a defendant's answer to the plaintiff's claim..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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This series documents duties paid on imports. Imports documented are chiefly rum and wine, occasionally cocoa, and more rarely, slaves. Records are restricted due to burn damage. Microfilm version is first-use copy..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

 

 

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This series consists of a typescript calendar of cases presented to the Court of Assizes, compiled sometime before 1911 by A. J. F. Van Laer, archivist of the New York State Library. Entries generally contain the date, parties to the case, nature of the case, allegations, court proceedings, disposition .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

 

 

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This series partially indexes Series 12943, Letters Patent and Series A0480, Indexes and Translations of Dutch Patents..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

6

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New York (State). Surveyor General

 

 

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This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

7

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New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)

 

 

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This series consists of a name index to testators in series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates from the Prerogative and later Probate Courts, and J1043-92, New York County Surrogate Court Record of Wills and Probates. Information includes last and first names of the testator; year, month, and day .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

8

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New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series consists of a draft version of a small amount of minutes of the legislative and executive sessions of the Council of the Colony of New York. The Council shared executive and legislative powers with the governor. Minutes include laws, orders, and resolutions concerning establishment and organization .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

9

Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series contains bills passed by the colonial legislature and signed into law. Each engrossed bill contains the text of the bill, signatures of the Assembly speaker and Governor, dates of passed and signed, bill number, a short title, date bill was sent to the Council, and notes by the Council secretary .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

10

Creator:

New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

 

 

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These records document the settlement of civil and criminal cases by the governor and council sitting as the Court of Assizes. The court tried appeals of lower court decisions and served as an equity court in cases to which no specific legal provisions applied. Cases concerned: land title and/or inheritance .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

11

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New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series consists of records of land grants by letters patent for military service. Grants were made to individuals holding land bounty rights originally issued to commissioned officers and private soldiers who served in New York Continental regiments during the Revolutionary War. Series also includes .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

12

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series contains deeds recorded in the office of the Secretary of the Colony (from 1664 to 1783) and the Secretary of State (from 1783 to 1890). Prior to 1700, the deed books were used to record various contracts in addition to conveyances of real property. Beginning in the eighteenth century, the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

13

Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series consists of bills passed by the General Assembly but not approved by the Council. Issues include administration of estates; taxation; trade regulations; payments to government officials and others providing service to the government; organization of the militia; relations with Indians; and .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

14

Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series consists of documentation used as the basis for many council actions and decisions as recorded in the Council Minutes. It reflects the council's administration of land settlement, economic development, Indian affairs, litigation, and military affairs. Records include correspondence, reports, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

15

Creator:

New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office

 

 

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These reports of goods imported to New York Colony consist of single page reports containing the name and type of sailing vessel, name of captain, place from which shipment originated, and an itemized list of goods. Most entries document importation of rum but also shipments of cocoa, wine, gin, and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

16

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New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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Letters patent (commonly called a "patent") convey a grant of real property from a government to a person or persons. This series contains patents granted since 1664 by either the governor of the province of New York in the name of the king of England or the state of New York. Patents are arranged in .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

17

Creator:

New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

18

Creator:

New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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Books of general entries contain the office copies of documents issued by colonial governors Richard Nicolls, Francis Lovelace, and Sir Edmund Andros. They reveal the governors' efforts to enact the policies of the British monarchy, and provide insight into seventeenth century society, commerce, industry, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

19

Creator:

New York (Colony). Secretary

 

 

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Commissioners from New York, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia held hearings to settle a Rhode Island-Massachusetts boundary dispute. Records of the commission's proceedings include: summaries of each party's argument; questions and testimony of surveyors, residents of the disputed areas, and other witnesses; .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

20

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New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

 

 

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This series consists of transcriptions of New York Council Minutes and New York Council Papers (also known as "Colonial Manuscripts"). Transcriptions of Council minutes (Series A1895) span the period 1712-1767; transcriptions of Council papers (Series A1894) span the period 1683-1755..........

 

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New York State Archives