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Displaying 70 Finding Aids
Title
- Special term minute books
Series Number
- J0129
Summary
- This series consists of minutes of special rules entered during the special terms of the Supreme Court held at Rochester each October between 1841 and 1846. Information includes names of the parties and of the attorney making the motion for the rule, and the ruling of the court on the motion. The minute books also contain rules appointing examiners of candidates for admission as attorneys; general court rules; and miscellaneous rules.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of expenditures for Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor's Offices
Series Number
- B0261
Summary
- This series consists of expenditures of Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor's Offices kept for the state's internal auditing needs. Expenses include newspaper advertisements of public land sales, printing and binding for other than advertising, surveying and appraising of land; employment of clerks and amount of certificate of payment and postage.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Writs of possession
Series Number
- J4026
Summary
- This series consists of writs of possession (habere facias possessionem), issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a sheriff to give possession of a parcel of land to the person who was entitled to it after having won an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of Judicature.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Various records filed with the Office of the State Engineer and Surveyor
Series Number
- B0246
Summary
- This series consists of records filed with the Office of State Engineer and Surveyor's Office including property assessments; contractors' bids; inventories of records lent to state commissions; a bridge company annual report; a list of companies navigating state lakes and rivers; one bill; bridge company schedules; agreements; correspondence; newspaper clippings and notices of public sales of forfeited lands.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Partial index to minute books
Series Number
- J2130
Summary
- This volume is a partial index to General and Special Term Minute Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature in its terms at Albany. Only selected cases are included, and the exact criteria for selection are unknown.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- 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.
Title
- Ledgers of accounts with purchasers of Holland Land Company lots
Series Number
- B0279
Summary
- This series consists of ledgers of accounts with purchasers of lots or portions thereof in townships of the Holland Land Purchase. Accounts include name of purchaser, sale date, location, lot and section number, debits and credits by date, principal, and interest. Also included are maps of lots in the township.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- County treasurers' statements of conveyance and redemptions of non-resident land sold for unpaid taxes
Series Number
- B0938
Summary
- This series consists of lists of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes and subsequently conveyed or redeemed. Each list gives the lot number; description of the parcel sold; acre sold; date of conveyance or redemption; to whom the parcel was conveyed or by whom it was redeemed; and amount paid if redeemed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Motions
Series Number
- J0126
Summary
- This series consists mostly of affidavits stating the grounds for a motion and sometimes summarizing proceedings in the cause, and attached notices informing the opposing party of the motion for a court rule. The series also includes other motions, petitions, draft rules, demurrers, notices of joinder in demurrer, and other documents.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Holland Land Company deed books
Series Number
- B0280
Summary
- The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. This series consists of records of deeds held by persons who purchased land from the Company. Information includes deed number; to whom land deeded; date of deed; diagram of land deeded; boundary measurements; and acreage. Most volumes contain an alphabetical name index; these also give deed number, township, range, lot, and acreage.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Records of applications for and sales of forfeited estates and military lots
Series Number
- B0256
Summary
- This volume contains applications for the survey and purchase of unclaimed lots in the Military Tract or lots on estates confiscated from Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. Each application gives the date; name of purchaser; lot number and location; price; and by whom forfeited (if a forfeited estate). Sometimes acreage and cost of survey and appraisal is included.
Creator
- New York (State). Surveyor General
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Fort Orange settlement administrative records
Series Number
- A1876
Summary
- This series contains legal and administrative records that document the Dutch settlement of Fort Orange, which eventually became Albany, New York. The records, in Dutch, include real estate transactions, such as conveyances of property from one individual to another, conditions of sale, conditions of auction, and surrenders of claims; acknowledgments of debt; inventories of estates; warrants; powers of attorney; and pledges of security.
Creator
- New Netherland. Council
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Deed tables regarding sale of Holland Land Company lands
Series Number
- B0277
Summary
- The Holland Land Company was an association of Dutch banks and other investors speculating in American land during the late 1700s. This series consists of records of persons who purchased and were deeded lands from the Holland Land Company. Each table apparently records sales from a particular geographic area and includes purchaser; date; lot(s); township; acreage; purchase price; and reference in Deed or Mortgage Books.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Lewis County records
Series Number
- A4475
Summary
- Civil court records (Supreme and County Court) include complaints, judgment rolls, referees' reports, sheriff's reports of sales, satisfactions, and documents relating to appealed cases. Separate Supreme Court files include affidavits, orders, executions, lunacy proceedings, infancy proceedings, and committee reports. Separate County Court files include orders and affidavits. Criminal court records include indictment files and records of convictions in town and village justice's courts. Other records include deeds, notary public appointments, lis pendens, coroner's inquisitions, and county treasurer's tax assessment rolls for the towns in Lewis County.
Creator
- Lewis (N.Y. : County). County Clerk
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Board of Equalization and Assessment emergency Hurricane Agnes flood project manual
Series Number
- B1208
Summary
- This series consists of an administrative manual for the Emergency Flood Project undertaken by the State Board of Equalization and Assessment after Hurricane Agnes caused extensive flood damage in 1972. The manual includes correspondence and memorandums on staffing and personnel management; contacts and service directors in county and local offices; status reports; timetables; progress memorandums; preliminary survey data; disaster area initial classifications; gubernatorial press statements; memorandums on reimbursement and expenditure policies; and maps of affected areas.
Creator
- New York (State). State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Orders for appointment of guardian or next friend
Series Number
- J5026
Summary
- This series consists of petitions to a Supreme Court justice, commissioner, or judge of a court of common pleas for appointment of a guardian for an infant-defendant, or a next friend (prochein ami) for an infant-plaintiff (a minor could not appear in court).
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Records of surveys and maps of state lands
Series Number
- A4016
Summary
- This series contains the miscellaneous filed papers of the New York State Surveyor General and the State Engineer and Surveyor. The series documents the role of the Surveyor General and State Engineer and Surveyor in establishing the boundaries of public and private lands, and in planning the development of the State's transportation system. A number of volumes contain documents relating to the sale of Loyalist lands by the Commissioners of Forfeitures during and after the Revolutionary War.
Creator
- New York (State). State Engineer and Surveyor
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this series.
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
- Correspondence and maps relating to tax searches and correction of property descriptions
Series Number
- B2528
Summary
- The State Comptroller's Office compiled these records in the process of performing tax searches on parcels of private land proposed for purchase as additions to the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A smaller quantity of records of these same types were submitted to the comptroller's office by supervisors of local tax districts for the purpose of correcting "imperfect" property descriptions.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Index book to mortgages, land sales, and bank accounts of loan commissioners
Series Number
- A1451
Summary
- The volume (labeled variously as "Loan Commissioner Book" and "Index Book Y") combines an index to names of mortgagees (referenced to pages in an unspecified ledger) with lists of sale of state lands in accordance with Chapter 413 of the Laws of 1897, as amended in 1898, and bank accounts held by unidentified loan commissioners. Neither the purpose nor the author of the entries is known.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.