New York Colony Governor Warrants of Survey, Powers of Attorney, Indian Deeds, and Other Records A1885

New York Colony Governor Warrants of Survey, Powers of Attorney, Indian Deeds, and Other Records

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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 contains mostly warrants of survey but includes also a few unrelated legal documents. Colonial governors ordered surveys of all lands for which settlers applied for purchase. The warrants are the governor's orders to the surveyor general to carry out the survey. They provide name of governor; name of surveyor general; for whom land is to be surveyed; acreage and location of land; and date of warrant. The records suffered some burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire.

Creator:

New York (Colony). Governor

Title:

Warrants of survey, powers of attorney, Indian deeds, and other records

Quantity:

1 cubic foot

Quantity:

1 35mm microfilm roll(s)

Inclusive Dates:

1721-1776

Bulk Dates:

1752-1776

Series Number:

A1885

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

They provide: name of governor; name of surveyor general; for whom land is to be surveyed; acreage and location of land; and date of warrant. The warrants are copies of those in series A0272, Applications for Land Grants.

Other records in the series include: powers of attorney, mostly from men to their wives; deeds to Indian lands sold to white settlers; and warrants ordering salary payments to British colonial government officials.

The Secretary of State's office arranged and bound these records in 1819. The series was listed as volumes 16-18, 20, and 21 of Miscellaneous Records in Secretary of State J.V.N. Yates' 1820 report to the State Legislature. The records suffered some burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire and were subsequently disbound.