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Displaying 16 Finding Aids
Title
- Boundary line maps
Series Number
- B1867
Summary
- This series consists of maps compiled by the Office of the Secretary of State in its capacity as the general recording office for the government of New York State. The maps depict boundaries between New York and other states such as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Also included is a plan and profile relating to the Spuyten Duyvil Parkway which lays out the streets, avenues, roads, parkways, public parks, squares and places in the twelfth, twenty-third and twenty-fourth wards of the City of New York".
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Town and state boundary documentation files
Series Number
- A3322
Summary
- This series consists of maps, descriptions, reports, correspondence, and petitions relating to the examination and documentation of various state and town boundary lines. Included are documents relating to boundary lines between the state of New York and the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. These records reflect the functions of the office of State Engineer and Surveyor, which was responsible for establishing and maintaining accurate boundaries of state owned land.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Boundary dispute negotiation records
Series Number
- A0159
Summary
- This series consists of a legal document concerning resolution of territorial disputes regarding colonial charters and the Massachusetts line east of the Hudson River. Massachusetts claimed unlimited inland provisions according to the Massachusetts Bay Colony Charters of 1620 (Plymouth Charter) and 1628/29; and New York claimed grants based on provisions in the 1664 charter from King Charles II to his brother, James, Duke of York. The State Capitol fire of 1911 destroyed most of the information in this document.
Creator
- New York and Massachusetts Boundary Commission
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Severe burn damage.Use only with permission and under supervision of archivist.
Title
- Evidence upholding territorial rights and jurisdiction of New York against Massachasetts, New Hampshire, and Vermonters
Series Number
- A1891
Summary
- This series consists of copies of documents supporting New York's territorial claims against those of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and the area that became Vermont. Included are briefs and supporting documents, including minutes of the Provincial Council; correspondence of New York, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts officials; colonial laws of New York; correspondence of Peter Stuyvesant and Dutch residents transferring territorial claims of New Netherland colony; and other related documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Land appraisal, survey, and transaction records
Series Number
- A0244
Summary
- This series compiled by the State Engineer and Surveyor documents the appraisal, surveying, purchase, and sale of lands within the state. Records include land tract sales, land appraisals, surveys and descriptions of tracts, reports (such as land boundaries and state canals); correspondence (including about oyster lands), field notes and maps, leases and court records. Many records deal with boundary lines between New York State and the neighboring states and between various towns within the state.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Law Litigation Bureau landmark case files
Series Number
- 19352
Summary
- This series consists of landmark case files from the Department of Law. Files must meet at least one of these criteria: the files document cases that resulted in landmark decisions, rulings, or orders and therefore provide evidence of precedents; pertain to notorious figures or organizations that are likely to be the subject of ongoing research; involve prominent individuals who will likely be the subject of future research; define a shift or are illustrative of a major department policy or initiative.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Law. Litigation Bureau
Access Restrictions
- Designated records may contain information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to state or federal statute or common law. Requests for access to designated records are reviewed by staff of the State Archives and the Office of the Attorney General (Department of Law). In certain circumstances, designated records or portions of records may be withheld.
Title
- Location index to deeds and other documents recorded or filed by the Secretary of State and Office of General Services
Series Number
- A4690
Summary
- Series A0453, Record of Deeds; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; Series A0480, Indexes and Translations of Dutch Patents; Series A0050, Deeds of Cession and Assorted Documents of Record; and Series A1882, Dutch Land Deeds, are indexed by this series. Land appropriation files held by the Office of General Services are also indexed by this series.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for inter-library loan or duplication.
Title
- Records
Series Number
- A0782
Summary
- The New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission sought to determine "the true location of the monuments which mark the several boundaries of the State". Volumes in the series contain field notes on the boundary survey (1882), descriptions of boundary monuments, and text of the 1883 settlement.
Creator
- New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Boundary line agreements and photographs
Series Number
- B0244
Summary
- This series consists of memoranda of agreements, drafts of legislative bills, tracings, and photographs of New York State and county boundary lines. The agreements provide exact location for boundary lines, the date of agreement and, in some cases, seals of offices involved with the agreement. The proposed legislative bills related to authorizing an appropriation for the surveying, mapping and monumenting of the New York-Pennsylvania boundary line. The photographs are images of boundary monuments.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Governor George Clinton gubernatorial and personal records
Series Number
- A0142
Summary
- This series reflects George Clinton's political, business, and personal life particularly during the Revolutionary War and early statehood period. Subjects include management of military troops; military engagements, fortifications, and maneuvers; handling of loyalists, spies, traitors, deserters, and prisoners; Indian relations and Indian military activities; gubernatorial elections; ratification of the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution; Vermont border controversy; evacuation of British troops from New York City; sales of forfeited land; and postwar British occupation of military posts.
Creator
- New York (State). Governor (1777-1795 : Clinton)
Access Restrictions
- Restricted: Because of severe burn damage to the records, researchers should first consult published sources (especially Public Papers of George Clinton) and the descriptive calendar available at the Archives.
Title
- Petitions and correspondence regarding the New York-Vermont boundary dispute
Series Number
- A1826
Summary
- Records include petitions from New Yorkers requesting help in defending their land rights; minutes and resolutions of local and congressional committees concerning proposed solutions; correspondence of government officials and local committees regarding use of armed forces to protect New York's land claims, actions taken against New York by Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys, and Congressional response to the dispute; records regarding patents for land granted by New York State to compensate property holders for land lost; and lists of names of "Vermont sufferers" entitled to land.
Creator
- New York (State). Constitutional Convention, 1846
Access Restrictions
- Access to original records is restricted due to burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire.
Title
- New York State Engineer and Surveyor drawings of state boundary monuments
Series Number
- A4023
Summary
- These volumes contain waterpaint drawings of individual boundary monuments and the surrounding landscape marking New York's borders with Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. They were produced in conjunction with the State Engineer and Surveyor's triennial examination of previously established boundary markers in 1900. The State Engineer was directed by law to restore or replace damaged or missing markers and to set new ones, if lacking, where the state boundary was intersected by highways or town or county boundaries.
Creator
- New York (State). Executive Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Description of lots granted to New Yorkers in compensation for land lost to Vermont
Series Number
- A4010
Summary
- These lots were in a tract set aside by New York State for grants to persons who lost land as a result of the New York-Vermont boundary dispute. The descriptions of lots provide lot number, boundaries, and number of acres in each lot.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York-Connecticut boundary line maps
Series Number
- A0473
Summary
- This series maps the official boundary line between the states of Connecticut and New York. Maps begin at the northwest corner of Connecticut and end through Long Island Sound at the western boundary of Rhode Island. They depict the boundary line and the area on both sides for several hundred feet. The maps also show municipalities; land conditions (cultivated, orchard, meadow); natural and man-made features (rivers, ponds, highways, roads); civic structures (churches, tennis courts); and property owners and house locations.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minute book
Series Number
- A0040
Summary
- This volume contains minutes of meetings of the commission that took place between May 29, 1888 and December 16, 1889. Minutes contain the text of reports presented to the commission, text of contracts, summaries of proposals read, and motions approved. Meeting business pertains to the location and construction of boundary monuments; negotiation of contracts; location of shorelines and boundary lines dividing lands under water; ownership of islands lying between the two states; and procurement and payment of services.
Creator
- New York and New Jersey Joint Boundary Commission
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Deeds of cession and assorted documents of record
Series Number
- A0050
Summary
- The volume contains approximately 60 documents mostly related to deeds ceding land and/or jurisdiction of property to New York State or the federal government, largely for military and protective purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragile condition. Use under supervision of an archivist.