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Displaying 153 Finding Aids
Title
- Roll of delegates to the 1846 Constitutional Convention
Series Number
- A3305
Summary
- This series consists of a roll list of delegates to the convention that framed the New York Constitution of 1846, known as "The People's Constitution." It records occupations and other personal information about the delegates.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of State letters of administration and copies of wills of out-of-state residents
Series Number
- B0081
Summary
- This series consists of letters of administration, letters testamentary, and wills of out-of-state residents. The letters of administration provide the name and residence of the deceased, persons named as the intestate's administrator, residence, date executed, signature of witness, and filing date. The copies of the wills provide the testator's and executor's name and residence, date of will, place of filing, names of witnesses, and provisions.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statements of election returns by boards of county canvassers
Series Number
- B0019
Summary
- This series consists of final voting results for Court of Appeals chief and associate judges, Supreme Court justices, city and county court judges, attorney-general inspector of state prisons, treasurer, and state engineer and surveyor. Results, which are broken down into senate or congressional districts then by county, include major candidates for each offices and votes received. Votes for minor candidates are also recounted. Also included are meeting minutes of the State Board of Canvass. Some volumes are indexed.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General election candidate statements
Series Number
- B0025
Summary
- This series consists of itemized statements of monies contributed to or expended by candidates running for elective office. The statements record the names of persons who received monies, the specific nature of each item, and the purpose for which money was expended or contributed. The candidate's legal address, the office running for, and political party is also noted.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Statistical summary of 1845 census
Series Number
- A1830
Summary
- This series consists of a statistical report of state census by county clerks from returns of census marshals. Summary information for each town or city ward includes number of persons by sex, age, marital status, state or country of birth and education; number of aliens, paupers, colored persons, taxed and not taxed and military eligibility; data on acreage, crops, livestock; types of manufacturing establishments and religious establishments; and ages and circumstances of the "deaf and dumb," blind, "idiots," and "lunatics".
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Treasurer's register of audited accounts
Series Number
- A0333
Summary
- This series contains audited accounts. Entries for individuals and organizations list name, purpose due, and amount. They are signed and certified by the commissioners.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Ledger accounts and cash book for fees received for providing certified copies of legal documents
Series Number
- A0327
Summary
- These records record fiscal transactions within the Department of State or its predecessor. The ledger accounts mostly record certificates of incorporation and other certified copies requested by firms. The cash book records fees for filing and copying of documents such as alien depositions, peddler's licenses, and trademarks.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Census of inmates in almshouses and poorhouses
Series Number
- A1978
Summary
- Chapter 140 of the laws of 1875 required public almshouses and poorhouses in New York State to keep records on individual inmates and to send copies of these records to the State Board of Charities each month. Census forms in this series provide information on individual inmates' personal, family, and economic history.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- U.S. Loan mortgage foreclosure records
Series Number
- A0482
Summary
- This series consists of a single volume entitled, "Lands Bought in for the State on the Foreclosure of Mortgages" [Commissioners for Loaning Certain Monies of the U.S.]. The volume contains #283-#786 of mortgages foreclosed. Each record includes the mortgagee's name, lots affected, a brief description, county, amount, foreclosure date, resale, and amount.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of nominations for state offices
Series Number
- A1951
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of letters patent
Series Number
- B1892
Summary
- This series consists of a partial set of volumes containing summary information about land patents awarded by New York Colony and New York State. The volumes abstract, in rough chronological order, patents awarded from 1664-1679 and 1695-1842; however, patents awarded to veterans of the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War as payments for military service are not included. Patents granting lands that New York ceded to Vermont, circa 1820, are scattered throughout the volumes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Voter registration statistics
Series Number
- B2034
Summary
- This ledger volume provides statistical information on registered voters by county. Numbers are further broken down by city, town, and election district. Numbers of male and female voters are also included for some counties. References to "personal" and "non-personal" registrations may indicate whether or not mail-in registrations were permitted by the county. Mail-in registrations are now permitted universally. The volume does not include data for the five boroughs of New York City.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of delivery of laws, patents, deeds, and other documents
Series Number
- B1446
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.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
New York State Dept. of State Registers of Officers Elected or Appointed to State Offices and Boards
Title
- Registers of officers elected or appointed to state offices and boards
Series Number
- A0472
Summary
- These registers were used to record names of individuals elected or appointed to a wide variety of state offices and boards. Positions documented range from statewide elective offices such as governor, comptroller, and attorney general to appointive offices such as adjutant general, superintendent of public instruction, and canal commissioner.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- State population census schedules (1925)
Series Number
- A0276
Summary
- This series consists of a statewide census of population administered through the Secretary of State's office. Each page provides block number (if any), election district number, ward number (if any), municipality, assembly district number, and county. Categories of information include address, name and relationship of each person in family as of June 1, 1925, color or race, sex, age, nativity, citizen or alien, occupation, and inmates in institutions. Records restricted due to fragility.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragility of census schedules.
Title
- Memoranda books of documents, publications, and instruments received, delivered or recorded
Series Number
- B1447
Summary
- This series consists of memorandum books of filings, recordings, documents received and delivered and assorted lists; and a memorandum book relating to the distribution of state laws and other documents. Information on publications may be of interest for the history of bibliography and printing. Data on elections may complement or correct other sources. The lists of banks and railroads may be useful for business history. Other lists may index or provide access to land records.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Record of election returns
Series Number
- B0017
Summary
- This series consists of copies of certificates, verifying election results throughout New York State. Certificates include county clerk's name, office location, name of the chairman and secretary of the county canvass board, date of election canvassed, offices up for election, names of the County Board of Canvassers, and the number of votes cast for each candidate for each office contested. Volumes are indexed by county.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notices of appointment of state officials
Series Number
- B0003
Summary
- This series consists of notices of appointment of lesser state officials. Most concern appointments to departments of state government. Some local and county level appointments are included. Notices usually include the name of the appointee; residence; office of appointment; effective date; notice date and appointer's name and official capacity. Some notices may contain the name of the appointee's predecessor and the seat of the department in which the appointee worked. Many cite the statute under which the appointments were made.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bills sent to the Secretary of State by the Legislature
Series Number
- A0074
Summary
- This series, which consists of a register of bills sent to the Secretary of State by the Legislature, has been missing since at least the year 2000, when a major shelf inventory project was conducted.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Statistical summary of state census
Series Number
- A1829
Summary
- This series consists of a statistical abstract of returns of census marshals to the county clerks, submitted by the clerks to the Secretary of State. Information for each town or ward includes number of: males, females, eligible for military duty, able to vote, aliens, paupers, colored persons, marital status vs age, marriages and births occurring, agricultural and manufacturing data, factories, "deaf and dumb," blind, "idiots," and "lunatics". There are no summary tables for the entire state.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.