Minutes of Court of Commissioners appointed to examine the controversy between Connecticut and the Mohegan Indians
Series Number
A1889
Summary
The king appointed members of the councils of New York and New Jersey to investigate and settle a land dispute between Connecticut and the Mohegan Indians. The commission's minutes include: summaries of each party's arguments and the history of the dispute; copies of land sales by Indians to settlers, acts of the Connecticut General Assembly, testimony from previous inquiries; summary lists of documents produced as evidence; depositions and testimony by witnesses; and opinions of commissioners regarding outcome of the dispute.
Creator
New York (Colony). Secretary
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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
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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
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Town boundary establishment and alteration reports
Series Number
A0461
Summary
These proceedings, resolutions, maps, surveyors' reports, and legislative acts filed with the Department of State document the alteration or establishment of town boundaries relating to establishment of new towns; annexation of parts of towns to other towns; and settlement of boundary disputes between towns. Pursuant to legislation, county boards of supervisors (except for New York County) were authorized to divide or alter boundaries of towns within their counties and establish and define boundary lines between towns.
Creator
New York (State). State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled. Executive Bureau
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Field book of the boundary line between the Minisink and Hardenburgh patents
Series Number
A4037
Summary
Supervisors of towns bounded by the patents dividing line requested a survey be done to establish town boundaries. This series consists of a report containing survey course, marks and measurements; surveyors' certifications of accuracy; letters from town supervisors agreeing with the location of the boundary line as described in the survey; and letters from town supervisors stating that they would not assume responsibility for their share of the survey's cost.
Creator
New York (State). Surveyor General
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