Early Mayors records

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Early Mayors records

1826-1897

https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov/repositories/2/resources/5

This collection consists of the records produced by the Office of the Mayor of the City of New York from 1827 to 1897 in the service of conducting official business. These records have been grouped together into one unit, but each series represents the administration of one of the Mayors for which the Municipal Archives holds the records. Not every Mayor is represented, and not all records from every Mayor are represented. The records of the earliest Mayors in this group are spotty, while the strength of this collection is with the papers of the later Mayors. These records are materials created in the service of the daily business of the Mayor's Office including: correspondence, reports, drafts, ephemera, and other materials. Other material includes official documentation of the City of New York that required the Mayor's approval, including: warrants, affidavits, applications for licenses, licenses issued, oaths of office, and petitions, among other material. The series entitled Unknown contains material produced by the Mayor's Office but is unable to be attributed to any specific Mayor. An archivist devised the folder titles from the materials contained within. Correspondence folders in particular contain materials that deal with a variety of different subjects.

157.5 cubic feet (315 boxes)

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New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676323

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Paulding, William, Jr., 1770-1854

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William Paulding Jr., a Representative from New York. He was born in Philipsburgh (now Tarrytown), N.Y., March 7, 1770; he studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New York City. He was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth Congress (March 4, 1811-March 3, 1813) and served as a brigadier general of militia during in the War of 1812. Paulding was adjutant general of the State of New York and served as the mayor of New York City 1824-1826. He died in Tarrytown on February...