Register of delivery of laws, patents, deeds, and other documents
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of registers or lists of summary information. Included are lists of towns to which state publications were delivered; pardons issued and delivered, listing slaves and their owners, other blacks, by name; patents delivered, after recording; receipts by counties of state official standard of long measure, documenting that some counties did not pick up their official yardstick until thirty years after issue date; and deeds, mortgages, releases, quit claims, and other instruments received for recording and delivered.
Title
- Register of delivery of laws, patents, deeds, and other documents
Quantity
- 0.3 cubic feet; 1 volume
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
- B1446
Creator
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of registers or lists containing summary information. Included are lists of towns to which state publications were delivered (1804-1821); pardons issued and delivered, listing slaves and their owners, other blacks, by name (1805-1807); patents delivered, after recording (1795-1826); receipts by counties of state official standard of long measure (1809-1939), documenting that some counties did not pick up their official yardstick until thirty years after it was issued; and deeds, mortgages, releases, quit claims, and other instruments which were received for recording and delivered (ca. 1800-1823).
Related Material
Series B0042, Executive Pardons, contains related records on pardons issued and delivered.
Custodial History
This volume was originally accessioned in 1978 as volume 10 of series A0321, Distribution Lists of State Publications. The volume was culled to form a separate series by State Archives staff in June 1996.
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.