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New York State Surveyor General Land Survey Field Books


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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 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 of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed or filed; occasional rough maps; and/or valuations of lots.
Creator:
Title:
Surveyor General land survey field books
Quantity:

12 cubic feet

Quantity:

61 volume(s)

Quantity:

18 35mm microfilm roll(s)

Inclusive Dates:
1668-1848
Bulk Dates:
1749-1830
Series Number:
A4019

Arrangement

Numerical by field book number.

Scope and Content Note

This is a series of 61 volumes of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many are surveys of land in the state's military tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent (6 volumes). Although the extent of information included varies from volume to volume, they generally contain the following: survey notes and remarks on the land; name of surveyor; name and/or number of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed and/or filed; occasional rough maps of land surveyed; and valuations of some lots.

Alternate Formats Available

Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through interlibrary loan.

Related Material

A4024 Indexes to maps and land records, indexes this series.

Related Publications

Catalogue of Maps and Field Books in the Land Bureau of the Department of the State Engineer and Surveyor . . . (Albany: 1920) lists maps in books B, O, and 1-46 (pp. 50-54); lists field notes in books 1-48 (pp. 63-83); and indexes maps (pp. 93-110). This is the most complete listing available.; David E. E. Mix, Catalogue of Maps and Surveys in the Offices of the Secretary of State, State Engineer and Surveyor, and Comptroller . . . (Albany: 1859) incompletely lists field notes in books 3-39 and O (pp. 288-305); and indexes personal and place names (pp. 341-375). This listing is much less complete than the 1920 Catalog cited above.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Rough alphabetical index to tracts and towns in volumes labeled 0-46, A, and B; contents listings in most volumes.

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Detailed Description

Contents Box Volume Roll

Accretion: A4019-77
Field Book 1 1 1
Field Book 2 2 2
Field Book 3 3 3
Field Book 4 4 4
Field Book 5 5 5
Field Book 6 6 6
Field Book 7 7 7
Field Book 8 8 8
Field Book 9 9 9
Field Book 10 10 10
Field Book 11 11 11
Field Book 12 12 12
Field Book 13 13 13
Field Book 14 14 14
Field Book 15 15 15
Field Book 16 16 16
Field Book 17 17 17
Field Book 18 18 18
Field Book 19 19 19
Field Book 20 20 20
Field Book 21 21 21
Field Book 22 22 22
Field Book 23 23 23
Field Book 24 24 24
Field Book 25 25 25
Field Book 26 26 26
Field Book 27 27 27
Field Book 28 28 28
Field Book 29 29 29
Field Book 30 30 30
Field Book 31 31 31
Field Book 32 32 32
Field Book 33 33 33
Field Book 34 34 34
Field Book 35 35 35
Field Book 36 36 36
Field Book 37 37 37
Field Book 38 38 38
Field Book 39 39 39
Field Book 40 40 40
Field Book 41 41 41
Field Book 42 42 42
Field Book 43 43 43
Field Book 44 44 44
Field Book 45 45 45
Field Book 46, Volume 1 46 46
Field Book 46, Volume 2 47 47
Field Book 47 48 48
Field Book 48 49 49
Field Book A, copy 1 50 50
Field Book A, copy 2 51 51
Field Book B 52 52
Field Book O 53 53
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 54
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 55
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 56
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 57
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 58
Scriba's Patent Field Notes 54 59
Original Field Notes of Surveys, Volume 1 55 60
Index (In Folder) 56 61
Volume 1 - Volume 3, Page 400 1
Volume 3, Page 401 - Volume 6, Page 194 2
Volume 6, Page 195 - Volume 7 3
Volume 8 - Volume 10, Page 208 4
Volume 10, Page 209 - Volume 12 5
Volume 13 - Volume 16, Page 348 6
Volume 16, Page 349 - Volume 20, Page 455 7
Volume 20, Page 456 - Volume 23, Page 96 8
Volume 23, Page 97 - Volume 26, Page 461 9
Volume 26, Page 462 - Volume 29, Page 419 10
Volume 29, Page 420 - Volume 34, Page 88 11
Volume 34, Page 89 - Volume 36, Page 505 12
Volume 36, Page 506 - Volume 38 13
Volume 39 - Volume 41, Page 41 14
Volume 41, Page 42 - Volume 44 15
Volumes 45 - 47 16
Volume 48 - Volume 55, Scriba's Patent Field Notes 17
Volume 56, Scriba's Patent Field Notes - Volume 61 18