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Displaying 32 Finding Aids
Title
- Warrants to prepare letters patent
Series Number
- A1884
Summary
- The governor issued these warrants directing the attorney general to prepare letters patent. These patents transferred title to land from the colonial government to private owners whose application to purchase land had been approved following a survey. Each warrant contains governor's name; attorney general's name; size and boundaries of the land to be patented; and date of the warrant. These records sustained moderate to severe burn damage in the 1911 State Capitol fire.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Governor
Access Restrictions
- Access to original records is restricted due to burn damage sustained in the 1911 New York State Capitol building fire.
Title
- Index to maps
Series Number
- A4695
Summary
- This series indexes maps found in Series A0453, Record of Deeds; A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers; A0451, Original Releases to the State; and A0461, Town Boundary Establishment and Alteration Reports. The series also indexes maps in several groups of records held by the Office of General Services, Division of Land Utilization: applications for land grants, applications for grants of lands under water, land appropriations, abandoned canal lands, and a Lake George shoreline survey.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
Title
- New Netherland Council Dutch colonial land deeds
Series Number
- A1882
Summary
- This series contains deeds, in Dutch, recorded by the provincial secretary from September 5, 1652 until October 15, 1653. The provincial secretary was responsible for recording all land transactions in New Netherland. Most of the deeds document the conveyance of real property between private individuals on the island of Manhattan.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New Netherland Council Dutch colonial patents and deeds
Series Number
- A1880
Summary
- This series consists predominantly of land patents, in Dutch, through which the director-general and council of New Netherland allowed private individuals to take possession of land in freehold, as opposed to the previous policy of only granting permission to hold land for cultivation. Also included are some deeds that record the purchase of land from natives for the West India Company and several patroons.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the 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
- Grantee and location indexes to land under water grants, leases, easements, licenses, and permits
Series Number
- A4696
Summary
- Series 12943, Letters Patent; Series A0464, Original Deeds and Title Papers; and Series 12945, Miscellaneous Deeds and Title Papers are partially indexed by this series. The series indexes additional records that are held by the Office of General Services.
Creator
- New York (State). Division of Science and State Museum
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or inter-library loan.
Title
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Bureau of Real Property title file records
Series Number
- B2418
Summary
- This series documents land acquisition overseen by the department as authorized by Article XIV of the State Constitution. Records consist of deeds, maps, estimates, bids, appraisals, reports, vouchers, agreements, contracts, authorizations, title abstracts, correspondence, and memorandums.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Rockland County sewer commissioners meeting minutes, county court records, and subdivision maps
Series Number
- A4626
Creator
- Rockland (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Department of State original deeds and title papers
Series Number
- A0464
Summary
- This series contains original deeds or releases to the State of New York, leases from the state to private individuals or business firms, certified copies of deeds to the United States for government facilities (including cessions of jurisdiction for military and naval installations), and easements for Federal flood control projects. The form of the deed, lease, or release varies considerably throughout the series, but all such documents state the exact boundaries and quantity of land (or the rights in land) conveyed.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Documents relating to acquisition of land from William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association
Series Number
- A0470
Summary
- Land belonging to William Seward Webb and the Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park Association was damaged after a dam across Beaver River formed a reservoir, which flooded. Reimbursement was granted. Shortly thereafter, the Commissioners of the Board of Fisheries, Game and Forest purchased the land. This series consists of bonds, deeds, land contracts, Certificates of Search, and Abstracts of Title recording the purchase of the damaged land in the town of Wilmurt, Herkimer County for the Adirondack Park.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Department of State deeds by the Superintendent of Public Works
Series Number
- A0459
Summary
- This series consists of quitclaim deeds by which the Superintendent of Public Works, with the authorization of the Canal Board, released the State's title to and interest in lands appropriated for canal purposes that were determined to be no longer needed. In most cases, quitclaim deeds were used to both release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to the party from whom it was originally appropriated. In several cases, quitclaim deeds were used to release the State's title to and interest in appropriated lands and to grant said real property to a second party in exchange for other lands required for canal purposes.
Creator
- New York (State). Department of State
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Abstracts of letters patent
Series Number
- A4005
Summary
- This series consists of abstracts of patents granted for land in New York State. Information includes patentee's name; patent date; land location; land description and acreage. Also included are some undated certifications stating that the preceding abstracts had been compared with the originals in the Secretary's office.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is not available for duplication or interlibrary loan.