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Creator

• University of the State of New York. Board of Regents

Title

Pawling School charters

Series Number

A2040

Inclusive Dates

• 19081914

Summary

This series consists of the original charter of incorporation issued to the Pawling School by the Board of Regents and an Amendment to Charter. These charters were returned to the office of the Secretary of the Board of Regents upon dissolution of the corporation and issuance of a new charter in 1930.

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Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

Title

Petitions for attachment of property of absconding, concealed, and non-resident debtors

Series Number

JN534

Inclusive Dates

• 17651852

Summary

Petitions were submitted by creditors for the issuance of a warrant of attachment, ordering a sheriff to seize the real and personal property of a debtor for payment of his debts. The proceeding was available when a debtor could not be arrested, either because he had absconded or concealed himself, or was not a resident of New York.

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Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department

Title

Weekly statements of canal shipments through Buffalo to or from other states

Series Number

A1171

Inclusive Dates

• 18771879

Summary

This series from the Office of the Auditor of the Canal Department consists of weekly statements of merchandise and produce shipped via the Erie Canal through Buffalo. Information includes quantity of general merchandise and of particularly commodities going west (sugar, coffee, nails, iron, crockery, oysters); and the quantity of produce going east (pork, beef, cheese, lard, wool, wheat, corn, etc.) from western states and from Canada. The series is fragmentary.

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Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

Title

Precipes

Series Number

JN536

Inclusive Dates

• 1713
• 1762
• 1790
• 17951800
• 1812

Summary

This series contains precipes generated by the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). Precipes are brief instructions by an attorney to the court clerk to seal a writ or enter a common rule. The precipes list parties to the action and the attorney's name and date.

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Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

Title

Supreme Court (New York County) record of wills proved at New York

Series Number

JN540

Inclusive Dates

• 17871829
• 1847 to 1856

Summary

The first two volumes in this series contain records of wills proved in the Supreme Court in New York City, 1787-1829. The record of a probate proceeding includes a copy of the will and the proof of the will. The volume for the years 1847-1856 includes wills of individuals residing or dying out of state that were proved in the Supreme Court (New York County), Special Term. In some cases there is written testimony regarding the authenticity and validity of the will.

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Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) judgment rolls

Series Number

JN529

Inclusive Dates

• 1781
• 1783
• 17991847

Summary

This series consists mostly of judgment rolls filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City, prior to July 1, 1847. It also includes judgment rolls of the reorganized Supreme Court, July 1-December 31, 1847, filed by the New York County Clerk. A judgment roll (also called a judgment record) contains a summary of the pleadings and other proceedings in a common-law action, including the trial if there was one. At the conclusion of the judgment roll is the final determination by the court and the amount of the money judgment (debt and/or damages, court costs). The file may contain additional documents relating to defendant's attorney and bail, and satisfaction (payment) of the judgment debt.

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Creator

• New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

Title

New York County Clerk's Office docket of insolvent assignments

Series Number

JN114

Inclusive Dates

• 17541864

Summary

Two volumes are a docket of insolvent assignments filed in the offices of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature (prior to July 1, 1847) and the clerk of the City and County of New York (starting July 1, 1847). Each docket entry includes the year, or year and date, of the assignment; the name of the insolvent debtor assigning his property for benefit of creditors; and infrequently, brief notes.

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Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Examinations and Testing

Title

Regents College Scholarship information cards

Series Number

03612

Summary

This series consists of 3" x 5" cards used to administer Regents College Scholarships. These cards provide the following information about each state scholar: name; address; college; scholarship number and series (year); and date of issuance.

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Creator

• U.S. Customs Service

Title

Selected documents relating to French spoliation claims

Series Number

B2025

Inclusive Dates

• Circa 1785 (date is approximate) to Circa 1803 (date is approximate)

Summary

This series consists of documents containing evidence of the ownership and registry of vessels, most having their homeport at New York City, other places in New York, or in a nearby state. Documents include certificates of registry, bills of sale, and affidavits of ownership. They document claims from loss of vessels or cargoes to privateers acting for the governments of France, Spain, and the Netherlands. The United States government assumed such claims.

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Creator

• New York (State). Office of the Lieutenant Governor

Title

Lieutenant Governor central subject and correspondence files

Series Number

B0632

Inclusive Dates

• 1929 to 1932
• 1983 to 1985

Summary

The central correspondence files of the lieutenant governor's office contain incoming and outgoing letters, memorandums, state agency reports, and printed material documenting state government policies, operations, and issues of public concern. The records reflect the diverse functions of state government and the lieutenant governor's broad administrative responsibility for supervising certain of these functions as assigned by the governor. This series documents the administrations of Herbert Lehman (1929-1932) and Alfred Del Bello (1983-1985).

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Creator

• New York (State). Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway

Title

Commission on Acquisition of Land for Public Defense at Rockaway administrative files

Series Number

B0237

Inclusive Dates

• 1917 to 1918

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the acquisition of land deemed necessary by the federal government for establishment of defensive works at Rockaway Beach, Queens County, New York during World War I. Included are correspondence, minutes of meetings, exhibit materials, a few photographs, and copies of maps, plans, and legislation documenting work of the commission in acquiring and making improvements to the land for purposes of public defense.

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Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Business and Distributive Education

Title

Course syllabi

Series Number

B0551

Inclusive Dates

• 1900 to 1964

Summary

The syllabi in this series were prepared by the Bureau if Business and Distributed Education and its administrative predecessors for courses in business education, commercial subjects, and distributive education. They served as guidelines for the teaching of typewriting, office practice, business law, commercial arithmetic, shorthand, business English, retailing, and sales techniques.

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Creator

• New York State Museum

Title

Original bill of sale and record of the action of the Council of the Onondaga Indians whereby the University of the State of New York became Wampum Keeper of the Six Nations

Series Number

A0492

Summary

This series consists of the original bill of sale and record of the action of the Council of the Onondaga Nation which sold and transferred the Onondaga Nation's interest in the wampum belts and office of wampum-keeper to the State University of New York.

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Access to original document is restricted. Microfilm is first use copy.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Public Works

Title

Maps, drawings, and blueprints related to state waterways and canals

Series Number

10448

Inclusive Dates

• Circa 1835 (date is approximate) to Circa 1942 (date is approximate)

Summary

This series contains maps, profiles, tracings, sketches, plans, drawings, blueprints, and a small quantity of related charts and correspondence relating to the State's canals, feeders, and/or various waterways. Included are profiles of canals and rivers; cross sections of actual and proposed canal and railroad lines; and canal section sketches of the location of canals and drainage patterns.

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Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Office of the Commissioner

Title

Commissioner of Education Ewald B. Nyquist speech files

Series Number

B1060

Inclusive Dates

• 1951 to 1980

Summary

The series consists of drafts and final copies of speeches delivered by Ewald B. Nyquist, as well as clippings, notes, correspondence, and other materials related to the preparation of these speeches. The speeches date from Nyquist's tenure as Commissioner of Education, as well as previously held positions in the department. Topics include accreditation of higher education institutions, teacher education, role of state education agencies, racial integration, education reform, open learning environments, and moral and humanistic education.

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Creator

• New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

Title

New York County Clerk's Office miscellaneous filed papers index

Series Number

JN533

Inclusive Dates

• 1812 to 1891

Summary

This series contains an index for a wide variety of documents filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. The most common type of filing is marriage certificates (starting 1830, giving names of groom and bride).

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Creator

• New York (State). Department of Law

Title

Opinion reports and supporting documents prepared for Indian land claim litigation

Series Number

B1712

Inclusive Dates

• 1999

Summary

This series consists of opinion reports and appendices prepared for court cases involving Indian land claims filed against New York State by the Cayuga Indian Nation, the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma, the Seneca Nation of Indians, and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians. Reports were authored by consulting expert Dr. Alexander von Gernet. They are entitled "The Historical Context of the Cayuga Treaties with the State of New York" and "Aboriginal Use and Occupancy of the Niagara River Environs."

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Creator

• New York (State). Office of General Services. Bureau of Land Management

Title

Upland application files

Series Number

13633

Inclusive Dates

• 1799 to 1916
• 1942 to 2009

Summary

This series consists of upland application files documenting grant, easement, lease, permit, transfer of jurisdiction, and license transactions of state lands during the years 1799-1916 and 1942-2009. Other transactions documented in this series include state surplus real property; gold, silver, mineral, and fossil deposits on state lands; and leases and transfers of unappropriated lands to the federal government and cessions of jurisdiction to the United States. Documents relating to individual applications are either bundled or filed together in discrete folders.

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Creator

• New York (State). Adjutant General's Office

Title

Abstracts of muster rolls for National Guard and Naval Militia units mustered into federal service during the Spanish-American War

Series Number

B0801

Inclusive Dates

• 1898

Summary

These records were created by the Adjutant General's Office to document the military service of individual members of the New York State National Guard and Naval Militia who served in the Spanish-American War. Each abstract describes the soldier's enlistment; how, when, and at what grade he left the organization and why. Sometimes an abstract includes a soldier's physical description occupation, marital status, next of kin, age, residence, place of birth, and service history.

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Creator

• New York (State). Comptroller's Office

Title

Craig Colony at Sonyea Treasurer's report

Series Number

A1404

Inclusive Dates

• 1921

Summary

Officers of state institutions were required to submit itemized accounts of monthly receipts and expenditures to the Comptroller. This series contains a report, which includes a transmittal letter to the supervisor of state charities; a bank statement; statements of personal service, food, fuel, light, power, water, clothing, furniture, household supplies, general administration, traveling expenses, and building repairs; an abstract of vouchers submitted; and a statement of home and farm products of the institution, with product values.

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