New York State Supreme Court of Judicature Assorted Estrayed 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 a variety of documents from the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Albany, Geneva, and Utica. Included are motions; briefs; pleadings; writs of venire; returns of writs of error, certiorari, and commission; appointments of guardians; conditional testimony; cognovits; draft rules; affidavits; writs of commission; reports of commissioners of appraisal regarding land; and writs of satisfaction, ejectment, and eases. It contains depositions regarding the last will, the business and official records, and the property of Sir William Johnson.
Title
- Assorted estrayed documents
Quantity
- 13.5 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
- J1000
Creator
Arrangement
Unarranged. Re-integration with series of origin is pending.
Scope and Content Note
Consisting of variety of documents from the Supreme Courts of Judicature at Albany, Geneva, and Utica. Included are motions, briefs, pleadings, writs of venire, returns of writs of error and certiorari and commission, appointments of guardians, conditional testimony, cognovits, draft rules, affidavits, writs of commission, a few reports of commissioners of appraisal regarding land, writs of satisfaction, ejectment, and eases. Also included are motions and pleadings in cases involving J. F. Cooper.
J1000-82A: Box 13 contains depositions of witnesses in the case of James Jackson ex dem. William Laight, John Jacob Astor, and Peter Smith vs. John Ash, New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1798. The witnesses were Sir John Johnson, Patrick Langan, Joseph Chew, Timothy O'Brien, Richard Mandeville, all residents of Montreal or vicinity. The subject matter of their depositions was the last will, the business and official records, and the property of Sir William Johnson.
Other Finding Aids
Rough item list for each accretion is available at the repository.
Custodial History
These records were originally found in this condition at Queens College, and provenance is uncertain.
Access Restrictions
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