New York State Engineer and Surveyor Outgoing Correspondence Regarding Land Matters
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Overview of the Records
Repository
- New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
- This series consists of letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding applications for land grants, usually lands under water, by individuals, businesses, or towns; scheduling and requests to publish notices of land sales; hearings notices on applications to work mines; requests for copies of maps, sales, and survey records; State Engineer and Surveyor requests for maps, memorandums, receipts, or other records; and instructions on preparing maps to be submitted with land grant applications.
Title
- Outgoing correspondence regarding land matters
Quantity
- 1 cubic foot; 2 volumes
Inclusive Dates
Bulk Dates
Series Number
- B0268
Creator
Arrangement
Chronological by date of letter.
Scope and Content Note
These are letterpress copybooks of manuscript or typed letters from the State Engineer and Surveyor regarding: the processing of applications for land grants, usually for land under water, by individuals, businesses, or towns; scheduling of land sales; requests to newspapers or publishers to publish notices of land sales; notice of hearings on applications to work mines; replies to requests for copies of maps or other records of sales and surveys; requests for copies of maps, memoranda, receipts, or other records needed by the State Engineer and Surveyor; and instructions on how to prepare maps to be submitted with land grant applications.
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Volume list is available at the repository.
Indexed alphabetically by name in front of each volume.
Access Restrictions
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