Ancient documents collection, 1733-1799.

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Ancient documents collection, 1733-1799.

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Documents primarily from the Court of Common Pleas but also the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Sessions including accounts, affidavits, petitions, bonds, writs, judgments, declarations, depositions, indictments, minutes, orders of court, pleas, warrants, licenses (especially tavern licenses), contracts, and dockets. There are also some road records and letters. Subjects include assaults, robberies, bastardy cases, bankruptcies, debts, land transactions, estate matters, rapes and abductions, murders, and naturalization cases. Also includes papers from a case involving loyalty during the Revolution; a letter from Lt. Governor George Clarke forbidding all Negro meetings, 1741; and papers concerning Quakers.

17 cubic ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6881018

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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New York (State). Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dutchess County)

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New York (State). Court of Common Pleas (Dutchess County)

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Dutchess County (N.Y.). Office of the County Clerk.

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New York (State). Court of General Sessions of the Peace (Dutchess County)

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Clark, George Kitson

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Lapeer, Michigan, resident. From the description of George Clark account book, 1815-1867. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422848 ...