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Displaying 12 Finding Aids
Title
- Bonds for the sale of unappropriated lands
Series Number
- A1218
Summary
- This series consists of signed and witnessed bonds for various tracts of land throughout New York State. Information includes purchaser's name, city or town of residence, amount for which purchaser is liable, date when the bond was executed, the name of the tract of land, lot number, and the sum of money for which the purchaser has to make six equal payments in each successive year after the date of the bond.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office bonds from purchasers of lands in old military tract
Series Number
- A1052
Summary
- This series consists of bonds relating to land purchased in Lots 11 and 12 of the Old Military Tract. Bonds provide name and residence of purchaser; amount of bond; date; location of parcel; and terms of payment. Bonds were taken by the comptroller pursuant to Chapter 106 of the Laws of 1803, which provided for sale of certain unappropriated lands.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Probates administration bonds
Series Number
- J0034
Summary
- These volumes contain bonds of persons appointed by the State Court of Probates to administer and settle the estate of a decedent. Each bond states the name of three obligors, the amount and condition of the bond, the names of the administrator and two sureties, and the signatures of the obligors.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Probates
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Marriage bonds executed by persons obtaining marriage licenses
Series Number
- A1893
Summary
- Each marriage bond provides name(s) of person(s) to whom the bond was issued; names and residence of persons to whom the marriage license was issued; date (both in monarch's years of reign and conventional); and name (signature) of witness to execution of the bond. These records only document the intention of individuals to be married and do not prove that marriages actually took place.
Creator
- New York (Colony). Secretary
Access Restrictions
- Original records are closed to use because of extensive burn damage sustained in the New York State Capitol building fire of 1911. Microfilm is available for use at the New York State Archives or through inter-library loan.
Title
- Court of Probates bonds of administrators
Series Number
- J1033
Summary
- Administrators of estates were required to give bond for the good performance of their duties, including making an inventory of the personal property of deceased, and to render and account to the court. This series consists of bonds relating to estates in New York Province and New York State.
Creator
- New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- U.S. Deposit Fund county commissioners' bonds
Series Number
- B0993
Summary
- This series consists of bonds of U.S. Deposit Fund county commissioners, promising payment of specified sums of money if they failed to perform their duties according to law. Attached to the bonds are Bradstreet or other credit reports on the financial solvency and personal integrity of the obligors.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bonds of plaintiffs and appellants
Series Number
- J0152
Summary
- This series consists of obligations binding a plaintiff (in cases heard by the Supreme Court of Judicature) or an appellant (in appealed cases heard by the Supreme Court or the Court of Errors) and his surety for payment of costs and damages if the decision of the court goes against him. An appellant in Supreme Court or the Court of Errors was required by legislation of 1829 to give bond. There are few bonds dating before 1823.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bonds of canal employees, contractors, and boards
Series Number
- A1142
Summary
- This series consists of bonds given by Superintendents of Repairs, toll collectors, contractors for labor and materials, and bank holding deposits of tolls. Also included are copies of oaths sworn by the weigh masters, boat inspectors, and clerks of toll collectors, who were not required to post bond.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register of bonds of receivers and committees
Series Number
- JN539
Summary
- The register that comprises this series contains entries of filings of performance bonds by receivers and committees.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- Microfilm is in poor condition. Use may be restricted.
Title
- Bonds for costs on writs of error to the U.S. Supreme Court
Series Number
- J0164
Summary
- The series consists of bonds or sureties given by appellants for cases appealed as writs from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors (decided by the U.S. Supreme Court). Appellants were required to guarantee payment of costs incurred if the case was not decided in their favor.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery register of bonds
Series Number
- JN301
Summary
- This register lists bonds filed with the Court of Chancery by guardians and other agents of the court. Register also contains a list of title deeds filed by order of the Court of Chancery, 1760-1804.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Bonds of banks holding deposits of Canal Fund monies
Series Number
- A1170
Summary
- This series consists of articles of agreement between the State of New York in a bank, specifying terms and conditions of deposit of monies of the canal fund; and of forms supplied by the Canal Department outlining the terms and conditions of the bank directors acceptance of the agreement. Also included are letters, memoranda, and canceled checks.
Creator
- New York (State). Commissioners of the Canal Fund
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.