Special collection, 1630-1972.

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Special collection, 1630-1972.

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The Municipal Archives "Special Collection" is made up of individual letters, financial and legal documents, petitions, certificates and other miscellanea removed from a variety of collections in decades past in order to protect them from loss or theft.

557 items.

New York City Department of Public Records and Information Services

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SNAC Resource ID: 6744284

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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...