New York State Department of State Executive Restorations of Citizenship Rights
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Overview of the Records
New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230
8 volume(s)
Arrangement
Chronological.
Scope and Content Note
This series consists of eight bound volumes of printed copies (with the blanks filled in by hand) of restorations to citizenship issued by the governor to convicted felons. Under the provisions of the state's constitution, the governor was authorized to grant these restorations if he so deemed. The negotiations contain the court where the felon was convicted, as well as the date, felon's name, crime, sentence, place of incarceration, date of incarceration, and the names of the governor, secretary of state and/or deputy secretary of state.
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Alphabetical name index is available for each volume.
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Dates | Contents | Box | |||
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Accretion: B0046-78 |
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1869-1878 | Volume 1 | 1 |
1878-1885 | Volume 2 | 2 |
1885-1888 | Volume 3 | 3 |
1889-1894 | Volume 4 | 4 |
1893-1906 | Volume 5 | 5 |
1906-1918 | Volume 6 | 6 |
1918-1924 | Volume 7 | 7 |
1924-1931 | Volume 8 | 8 |