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Title

New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History transcripts of Council minutes

Series Number

A4406

Summary

This series consists of typewritten transcripts of New York Colonial Council minutes created as part of an abandoned effort to publish Council minutes from the period after 1673. The transcripts contain extensive edits and annotations in pencil, as well as references to the volume and pages of either the original Council papers (most often) or the original Council minutes (infrequently) to which each page of text corresponds.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Field Books

Series Number

A0452

Summary

These volumes include surveys of land in the State's New Military Tract granted to veterans for service during the Revolution. They generally provide date of the survey; surveyors' names; name of patent and/or a narrative description of the land surveyed; narrative description; acreage of each lot; and occasional maps and valuations of lots.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Military patents

Series Number

A0447

Summary

This series consists of records of land grants by letters patent for military service. Grants were made to individuals holding land bounty rights originally issued to commissioned officers and private soldiers who served in New York Continental regiments during the Revolutionary War. Series also includes records of land grants to demobilize British officers and private soldiers who had served in America during the Seven Years' War.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Title

Record of deeds, mortgages, Regents charters, and other documents

Series Number

A0453

Summary

THis series contains copies of conveyances (deeds and mortgages), and many other types of private and public documents recorded by the Secretary of the colony of New York, 1664-1783, and by the Secretary of State, 1783-1890. Series also includes applications for and copies of academy charters granted by the Board of Regents, 1788-1855, and notices of discovery of gold and silver mines, 1789-1839.

Creator

• New York (State). Secretary of State

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.

Title

Original colonial laws

Series Number

A0212

Summary

This series contains bills passed by the colonial legislature and signed into law. Each engrossed bill contains the text of the bill, signatures of the Assembly speaker and Governor, dates of passed and signed, bill number, a short title, date bill was sent to the Council, and notes by the Council secretary to the Council relating to dates of first and subsequent readings, of any amendments and commitments, and of final approval.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

Original records are restricted: published versions are first use copies.

Title

Letters patent

Series Number

12943

Summary

Letters patent (commonly called a "patent") convey a grant of real property from a government to a person or persons. This series contains patents granted since 1664 by either the governor of the province of New York in the name of the king of England or the state of New York. Patents are arranged in chronological order by book and page number. They are indexed by name of grantee and by location.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

Access Restrictions

Microfilm produced by the Genealogical Society of Utah is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

New York State Education Department Division of Archives and History transcriptions of New York Council minutes and Council papers

Series Number

A3271

Summary

This series consists of transcriptions of New York Council Minutes and New York Council Papers (also known as "Colonial Manuscripts"). Transcriptions of Council minutes (Series A1895) span the period 1712-1767; transcriptions of Council papers (Series A1894) span the period 1683-1755.

Creator

• New York (State). Education Department. Division of Archives and History

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York Colony Council minutes

Series Number

A1895

Summary

This series consists of bound volumes of minutes of the legislative and executive sessions of the Council of the Colony of New York. The council shared executive and legislative powers with the governor. Minutes include laws, orders, and resolutions concerning the court system, land titles, land development, commerce, relations with Indians, and taxation.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to burn damage.Microfilm is first-use copy.

Title

Transcripts of Council minutes and Assembly journals transmitted to the Board of Trade

Series Number

A1455

Summary

This series consists of photostat and microfilm reproductions of transcripts of New York Council minutes (executive and legislative sessions) and Assembly proceedings from 1686-1775. The transcripts were evidently prepared by the Secretary of the Province of New York or his deputy, and were transmitted to the Board of Trade in London.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

A1455-08: The microfilm contains the following statement: "Crown Copyright. Copies are supplied for information and research only. No reproduction may be made for publication without the assent of the Public Record Office."

Title

New York State Museum Colonial Albany Social History Project files

Series Number

B2670

Summary

This series consists of reference material documenting resources for research on Colonial Albany. There are no original documents included among these materials. The series was created in support of various projects and publications with which Stefan Bielinkski of the New York State Museum was involved.

Creator

• New York State Museum

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Books of entry

Series Number

A0205

Summary

This series documents duties paid on imports. Imports documented are chiefly rum and wine, occasionally cocoa, and more rarely, slaves. Records are restricted due to burn damage. Microfilm version is first-use copy.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Treasurer's Office

Access Restrictions

Restricted due to burn damage. Microfilm version is first-use copy.

Title

New York Colony Court of Assizes calendar of the proceedings of the Court of Assizes

Series Number

B2310

Summary

This series consists of a typescript calendar of cases presented to the Court of Assizes, compiled sometime before 1911 by A. J. F. Van Laer, archivist of the New York State Library. Entries generally contain the date, parties to the case, nature of the case, allegations, court proceedings, disposition of the case, and page number on which the case appears in the minutes of the Court of Assizes (series A0271).

Creator

• New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Record of wills and probates

Series Number

J0043

Summary

This series consists of wills, grants of administration, and (prior to ca. 1710) inventories and accounts of decedent estates. These documents were recorded and maintained by New York Colony's Prerogative Court and then by the State Court of Probates. Many of the wills were made by widows; several executors were women; some wills bequeathed slaves; and Dutch wills sometimes had English translations. Volumes before 1700 also include other records such as governor, council, and criminal proceedings; marriage licenses, and coroner's inquests.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Probates

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or reproduction for any purpose.

Title

New York Colony Council bills placed before the Provincial Legislature which failed to become law

Series Number

A1890

Summary

This series consists of bills passed by the General Assembly but not approved by the Council. Issues include administration of estates; taxation; trade regulations; payments to government officials and others providing service to the government; organization of the militia; relations with Indians; and regulations concerning slaves.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

New York Colony Commissioners of Indian Affairs minutes and recorded documents

Series Number

B2309

Summary

The Commissioners of Indian Affairs conducted negotiations and exchanged communications with the Five Nations as agents of the Governor of New York. The records in this series include minutes of resolutions and other actions; summaries of Indian affairs, particularly during wartime; detailed proceedings of formal conferences and informal meetings with nations or groups of chiefs; copies or summaries of letters to the Governor, other officials, and Indian nations; instructions for Indian agents and interpreters; and a few proclamations.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Commissioners of Indian Affairs

Title

Location index to colonial patents

Series Number

A4686

Summary

This series partially indexes Series 12943, Letters Patent and Series A0480, Indexes and Translations of Dutch Patents.

Creator

• New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum

Access Restrictions

Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.

Title

Minutes of the proceedings of the Commissioners for Settling the Boundaries between Rhode Island and Massachusetts

Series Number

A1892

Summary

Commissioners from New York, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia held hearings to settle a Rhode Island-Massachusetts boundary dispute. Records of the commission's proceedings include: summaries of each party's argument; questions and testimony of surveyors, residents of the disputed areas, and other witnesses; and copies of documentary evidence produced by the parties, such as Indian treaties, acts of the Rhode Island General Assembly, and letters patent. The records were damaged in the 1911 State Capitol fire.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Secretary

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Index to records of wills and probates

Series Number

J2043

Summary

This series consists of a name index to testators in series J0043-92, Record of Wills and Probates from the Prerogative and later Probate Courts, and J1043-92, New York County Surrogate Court Record of Wills and Probates. Information includes last and first names of the testator; year, month, and day the will was proved or recorded and the liber and page reference. Volumes for letters I-L are missing.

Creator

• New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Miscellaneous papers

Series Number

JN592

Summary

Documents in this small series relate to civil cases. Two documents are complaints ("Bill ad Assisas") and the third is a defendant's answer to the plaintiff's claim.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Court of Assizes

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

New York Colony Council papers

Series Number

A1894

Summary

This series consists of documentation used as the basis for many council actions and decisions as recorded in the Council Minutes. It reflects the council's administration of land settlement, economic development, Indian affairs, litigation, and military affairs. Records include correspondence, reports, petitions, orders, and warrants created by government officials and by private citizens.

Creator

• New York (Colony). Council

Access Restrictions

Originals are restricted due to severe burn damage. Use under supervision of archivist after consulting microfilm.