This "Map of the Taggarts Paper Co Land on Township 2 Brown's Tract Herkimer County N.Y." was used as an exhibit in the Court of Claims case, the Taggarts Paper Company Claim No. 10335. The map is an annotated copy of a topographic map and shows natural features of land and water, as well as trails, roads, lumber camps, and lot and range numbers. The meaning of the annotations or the significance of the sequestered land blocks depicted is unknown.
Creator
New York (State). Court of Claims
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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.
Copies of documentation establishing ownership of lands sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
B1260
Summary
This series consists of documents obtained by the State Comptroller's Office in its effort to establish ownership of lands sold for unpaid taxes. Documents include letters and certificates testamentary; letters and certificates of administration; and letters documenting grants of power of attorney.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
This series consists of letters patent to William Basset for lot 95 in the Township of Homer, Montgomery County. One hundred acres in the southeast corner is reserved to the state, and five of every one hundred acres is to be reserved for highways. The patent was issued with the condition that the settlement is made on the tract within seven years.
Creator
New York (State). Department of State
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
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.
This series consists of the recorded copies of "deeds and title papers" which were filed primarily in Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers. The documents are described more fully in that series, but in general they are deeds or leases to the United States and to New York State, releases of rights to lands under water, cessions of jurisdiction to the United States, and leases from the state.
Creator
New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Letter to James Kent, Chief Justice, concerning Rochester patent of 1703
Series Number
J0124
Summary
This series consists of three documents, all relating to a writ of certiorari (not included) issued from the Supreme Court of Judicature to an unspecified court in Ulster County. These documents include a letter from John Sudam of Kingston requesting that the Supreme Court of Judicature hear an argument on the writ of certiorari, which affected title to the Rochester Patent in an undeclared way; a copy of letters patent for the town of Rochester; and a copy of a deed from trustees of town of Rochester to Cornelius Hoornbeck et al., 1728.
Creator
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
This series includes a manuscript index to Volumes GG and HH of Dutch colonial land patents, and Volume II of Dutch colonial deeds. The index to Volumes GG and HH is arranged by volume and then by first letter of surname of grantee. It lists page number, grantee name, location of patent, and year. The index to Volume II is chronological and lists date, names of grantor and grantee, location of land, and page number. Series also includes manuscript translations of Volumes GG, HH, and II.
Creator
New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
Land Office register of petitions and correspondence related to escheated lands
Series Number
A0330
Summary
Laws of 1890, Chapter 279 recognized the persisting legal interest in escheated real property of any person who could have inherited ("succeeded by devise") the property except for the fact of "his alienage (non-citizenship) or a legal incapacity to take or convey the property so escheated." The exact purpose for which this volume was used is unclear, but it very possibly documents communications between the Commissioners of the Land Office and parties with interest in real property escheated to the state.
Creator
New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Secretary of State lists of land sold for arrears of quit rents
Series Number
A0481
Summary
This volume lists lands (patents) sold for arrears of quit rents in sales of 1815 and 1822. It was apparently submitted to the secretary of state by the comptroller, who was authorized to conduct tax sales.
Creator
New York (State). Board of Appraisers
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
These volumes were prepared during the nineteenth century from the original books of deeds in series A0453. Record of Deeds, 1652-1884. They contain brief abstracts of the subjects of most deeds recorded in that series. Each volume has grantor and grantee name indexes, and location and subject indexes.
Creator
New York (State). Secretary of State
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.
Certified search of land in Township 41 of Totten and Crossfield's Patent
Series Number
A0820
Summary
This series consists of documents from a certified search of all tax sales, conveyances, redemptions and cancellations. The volume contains an abstract of title of William Seward Webb and the Ne-ha-sa-ne Park Association to township 41 and part of township 40 in Totten and Crossfield's purchase, and part of township 8, Moose River Tract, Hamilton County, and related deeds and other instruments dating back to 1837. The parcels were conveyed to New York State for the Adirondack Forest Preserve.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
This series indexes Series A0451, Original Releases to the State; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; Series A0478, Copies of Releases to the State; and Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
Legal documentation for sale of unappropriated land
Series Number
A0823
Summary
The series consists of records of transactions and legal business concerning land: deeds; mortgage bonds; state claims; sales and purchases; surveys and maps; tax receipts; foreclosures; correspondence; and other land records. There are also some records concerning the transfer of Indian lands to the state.
Creator
New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Charter of the proprietary colony from Charles II to the Duke of York
Series Number
B1371
Summary
This series consists of the charter from Charles II, King of England, granting land to his brother James, Duke of York. The charter gave James the authority to send an armed force to compel the Dutch surrender of the New Netherland province to the English. It grants territory that now comprises most of Maine, part of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and part of Pennsylvania to James and specifies details of governanceand management.
Creator
New York (Colony). Secretary
Access Restrictions
Restricted: Access by permission of state archivist under supervision of archives staff only. Published version is first use copy.
Series 12943, Letters Patent, is partially indexed by this series. In addition, this series also indexes locations of some colonial patents in present day New Jersey, Delaware, and Massachusetts.
Creator
New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.