Westchester County collection, 1792-1895.

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Westchester County collection, 1792-1895.

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Documents related to towns and villages of Mount Pleasant, Morrisiania, Westchester, South Mount Vernon, and Williamsbridge. Documents deal mainly with town ordinances concerning election of candidates for village offices, real estate sale and liens, maintenance and upkeep of town and village highways, proposals for road building, lighting, and estimates of sewer construction, interest payments on bonds for the construction of docks, and tax assessments, financial reports on common schools, audited and approved accounts, and health and welfare agencies.

25 cubic ft.

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New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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New York (N.Y.). Municipal Archives

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The County Substitute and Relief Committee was established by ordinance of the Board of Supervisors, August 31, 1863, in response to the Draft Riots which occurred in New York City on July 13-15, 1863. The committee was established for the purpose of procuring substitutes to serve in the Union forces during the Civil War in place of individuals deemed essential for the preservation of order on the home front, as well as those unable or unwilling to do military service. The substitutes were procu...