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Displaying 47 Finding Aids
Title
- New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary
Series Number
- A0270
Summary
- This series contains a vast array of legal documents in the Dutch language filed with the provincial secretary of New Netherland in conjunction with civil and criminal proceedings. Among other duties, the provincial secretary was responsible for recording and authenticating official documents for potential presentation in court. Included are records relating to the administration of real property, commerce, personal and family matters, and other civil and criminal affairs.
Creator
- New Netherland. Provincial Secretary
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Surveyor General land survey field books
Series Number
- A4019
Summary
- This is a series of surveys of unappropriated state lands or, in a few cases, land being resold. Many volumes contain surveys of land in the New Military Tract, the Totton and Crossfield Purchase, or George Scriba's patent. Volumes generally provide survey notes; name of surveyor; name and/or number of township, tract, or lot; county; date survey was completed or filed; occasional rough maps; and/or valuations of lots.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Letters patent issued to Philip Embury and others
Series Number
- B2390
Summary
- Original letters patent documenting the grant of 8000 acres of land in Albany County to Philip Embury and others.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Secretary
Access Restrictions
- Restricted due to fragile condition of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of State letters patent transcribed pursuant to an Act of 1786
Series Number
- A0487
Summary
- This series consists of the original engrossed (or final) letters patent and military patents, which were transcribed pursuant to Chapter 13 of the Laws of 1786. That law states that these volumes were "by various accidents so injured that a frequent Recourse to them may render them illegible." The transcriptions were inserted into the books of Letters Patent (Series 12943) and Military Patents (Series A0447). In addition to recorded patents, the first two volumes also contain records of confirmations of deeds dating prior to the English conquest of New Netherland in 1664, commissions and appointments of civil and military officers, naturalizations and denizations of non-British subjects, and a few Indian deeds.
Creator
- New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Dutch colonial administrative correspondence
Series Number
- A1810
Summary
- This series contains administrative correspondence, in Dutch, of Petrus Stuyvesant during his seventeen year term as director-general of the colony of New Netherland from 1647-1664. The bulk of the series consists of incoming letters from the directors in Amsterdam and the governors of neighboring colonies. The correspondence addresses matters relating to the defense, commercial interests, and prosperity of Dutch holdings in North America and the Caribbean.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- Retrieval of records from secure storage is subject to delay. Researchers are encouraged to use digitized versions and/or published translations.
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
- Dutch colonial council minutes
Series Number
- A1809
Summary
- This series consists of minutes, in Dutch, documenting civil and criminal cases, and executive and legislative matters over which the Council of the Colony of New York had jurisdiction. The minutes constitute a record of such actions as appointments, proclamations, ordinances, charters, and opinions. Included in the records is the Flushing Remonstrance, which was written in 1657 by citizens of Flushing, Queens to protest a decree prohibiting Quakers from worshiping in New Netherland.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.