New York State miscellaneous manuscripts collection, 1708 - ca. 1925.

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New York State miscellaneous manuscripts collection, 1708 - ca. 1925.

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A collection of miscellaneous manuscripts relating to New York State, 1708 - ca. 1925. They include New York State council minutes for 1708-1709; documents related to accusations of loyalism and military misconduct during the Revolutionary War; notes on the constitution; a letter appointing delegates to the Provincial Congress, 1777; a petition from a group of Quakers in 1780, asking to exempt one of their members from taking the oath of allegiance; drafts of various state acts; petitions to the Legislature; documents, including printed ephemera, related to the Land Office, the Comptroller's Office, and the Canal Commissioners; lottery tickets for 1801; genealogical notes on New York families; miscellaneous letters, many about politics; and lithographed diagrams of the Assembly and Senate chambers in 1855.

0.8 linear feet (2 boxes)

New-York Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771445

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office

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New York (State). Legislature

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New York (State). Provincial Congress.

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New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office

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The Commissioners of the Land Office were appointed to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. From the description of Minutes, 1784-1796, 1807-1869. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 79409505 The Commissioners of the Land Office were first appointed in 1786 to direct the disposition and granting of unappropriated state lands. Among the activities preformed to carry out this function were the approval, rejectio...

New York (State). Canal Commissioners

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