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Displaying 153 Finding Aids
Title
- Senate resolutions confirming commissions by the Governor
Series Number
- B0002
Summary
- This series consists of official copies of Senate resolutions confirming the governor's nomination of candidates for appointive office. The resolutions contain the appointee's name, residence, office, date of resolution, and the signatures of the president and clerk of the senate.
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 original deeds and title papers
Series Number
- A0464
Summary
- This series contains original deeds or releases to the State of New York, leases from the state to private individuals or business firms, certified copies of deeds to the United States for government facilities (including cessions of jurisdiction for military and naval installations), and easements for Federal flood control projects. The form of the deed, lease, or release varies considerably throughout the series, but all such documents state the exact boundaries and quantity of land (or the rights in land) conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Documents relating to acquisition of land from William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association
Series Number
- A0470
Summary
- Land belonging to William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association was damaged after a dam across Beaver River formed a reservoir, which flooded. Reimbursement was granted. Shortly thereafter, the Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forest purchased the land. This series consists of bonds, deeds, land contracts, Certificates of Search, and Abstracts of Title recording the purchase of the damaged land in the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer County for the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Commissions by the Governor for bank notaries
Series Number
- B0014
Summary
- This series consists of copies of commissions to bank notaries appointed by the Governor. Information includes name of appointee, city of residence, appointment date, term expiration, county of operation and the names of the acting governor, deputy secretary of state, and private secretary.
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 Department of State deeds by the Superintendent of Public Works
Series Number
- A0459
Summary
- This series consists of quitclaim deeds by which the Superintendent of Public Works, with the authorization of the Canal Board, released the State's title to and interest in lands appropriated for canal purposes that were determined to be no longer needed. In most cases, quitclaim deeds were used to both release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to the party from whom it was originally appropriated. In several cases, quitclaim deeds were used to release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to a second party in exchange for other lands required for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register of legislative agents: counsels
Series Number
- B0015
Summary
- This series consists of registers with the names of agents or counsels representing interests promoting or opposing the passage of legislation within New York State. Information includes agent's name; employer, and a brief description of the legislation that is under consideration.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Census of electors
Series Number
- A0277
Summary
- This series consists of fragmentary burned schedules of the Census of Electors. The schedules give the name of the head of the family and the number of electors in various categories: freeholders of property worth 100 pounds or more; freeholders of property worth from 20 to 100 pounds; and non-freeholders renting tenements of annual value of 40 shillings.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Property survey maps for cession of jurisdiction of the Federal Correctional Facility at Otisville
Series Number
- A3325
Summary
- This series consists of maps sent to the Secretary of State to complete the application of the Attorney General of the U.S. for cession of jurisdiction to the U.S. from the State of New York of the Federal Correctional Facility at Otisville, New York. The maps represent a property survey showing two parcels covering Orange and Sullivan counties and land in the Town of Mt. Hope, Orange County. Included are full property descriptions showing easements, property lines, roadways, and other physical features.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Translations of Dutch volumes of colonial manuscripts
Series Number
- A0108
Summary
- This series contains four manuscript boxes of translations of volumes one, two, three, and four by E. B. O'Callaghan. The materials were burned in the 1911 Capitol fire, but are in good condition.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Title papers pertaining to the erection of monuments on the Gettysburg and Chattanooga Battlefields
Series Number
- A0468
Summary
- Most records pertain to land conveyed and dedicated to erecting monuments and markers of the location of New York military units during the battle of Gettysburg. Included are transmittal letters, agreements, legislative bills, correspondence, maps, deeds of conveyance and dedications. Information includes a deed of conveyance and dedication to land in Hamilton County, Tennessee, where the battles of Wauhatchie and Lookout Valley were fought by New York Regiments and Batteries.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General election committee statements
Series Number
- B0024
Summary
- This series consists of statements of campaign receipts and payments submitted to the Secretary of State's office by the treasurers of political committees. Statements include amount received, name of the person or committee from whom the amount was received and/or to whom it was made, receipt date, expenditures and/or disbursements, the payment date. Each statement lists the name of the party, county, city, assembly, district, town, ward or election district and the Chairman or Treasurer submitting the statement.
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 Department of State oaths of office of elected and appointed state officers
Series Number
- B0018
Summary
- This series consists of oaths of offices of both elected and appointive officials and provide the name of the official to be sworn in; a copy of the text of the oath; date; title of office; and the signatures of the official sworn in, the Secretary of the State and/or the public official authorized to administer the oath. Some oaths, administered to the Legislature as a group, include member signature; county; address; age; profession; and birthplace.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of State optional city government management plan
Series Number
- B1931
Summary
- Optional city government management plans, adopted under the Home Rule Power Act of 1914, gave city governments the option of choosing the type of government they wanted. This series consists of official letters from city clerks to the Department of State regarding the adoption of a new city management government plan for their cities.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.