Register of Canal Fund land sold by the Surveyor General
Series Number
A0903
Summary
These land sales records were made by the Surveyor General in compliance with resolutions of the Commissioners of the Land Office. The entries provide date of sale; description of the land; price; name of purchaser; and certification by the Surveyor General of the sale of the land.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Register of land grant applications, petitions, and correspondence
Series Number
A3249
Summary
The Commissioners of the Land Office were responsible for the approval, rejection, or direction of other actions concerning land grant applications and related land matters. This series consists of a register of actions taken on land grant applications and related land matters. Information includes applicants name, petitioner or correspondent and land applied for or subject of petition or correspondence. Most correspondence apparently concerns actual grant applications, land surveys, or the payment of taxes or rents on land.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Land Office register of petitions and correspondence related to escheated lands
Series Number
A0330
Summary
Laws of 1890, Chapter 279 recognized the persisting legal interest in escheated real property of any person who could have inherited ("succeeded by devise") the property except for the fact of "his alienage (non-citizenship) or a legal incapacity to take or convey the property so escheated." The exact purpose for which this volume was used is unclear, but it very possibly documents communications between the Commissioners of the Land Office and parties with interest in real property escheated to the state.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Described as "Original Minutes" in the 1852 published catalogue of the State Library, these minutes are rough drafts which were then transcribed into Series B1870, Minutes, which remains the official record. The practice of retaining "Original Minutes" was probably discontinued in 1798. This volume was badly burned in the Capitol fire of 1911.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
Restricted indefinitely due to extreme burn damage.
Legal records regarding grants of land under water and sale of state lands
Series Number
B0243
Summary
This series consists of petitions; notices; legal memoranda, correspondence, maps, sketches; tracings; notices of application; Attorney General's opinions; transcripts of testimony; and briefs and affidavits that were submitted to the Commissioners of the Land Office. Most records deal with the applications of Philip Hoatling for grants of land under water in the Hudson River and provide detailed information regarding the land for which application was made. Also included are records relating to land sales in Syracuse, Yonkers and Richmond County.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
The Commissioners of the Land Office were appointed to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. This series consists of minutes documenting the approval, rejection, or direction of other actions concerning land grant applications and related land matters.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
State Engineer and Surveyor's maps of the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation
Series Number
A0850
Summary
This series from the Commissioners of the Land Office consist of colored maps of the Onondaga Salt Springs Reservation. The volume is divided into sections depicting: farm lots; fine salt lots; Syracuse; Salina; fifteen acre leased lots at Salina; Geddes (now Syracuse); Village of Liverpool; and Reclaimed lots. This volume is very similar to the "Geddes Maps" depicting various New York canals.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.