Listing of receivers, committees, and guardians, 1830-1847.

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Listing of receivers, committees, and guardians, 1830-1847.

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This series is an alphabetical listing of receivers, committees, and guardians appointed by the Vice Chancellor. The information is organized in columns. Each entry contains: the name and place and county of residence of the appointee; the name of the case for which he was appointed; volume and page number where the case appears in Clerk's Minutes of Causes 1830-1847; date of appointment; whether a receiver, committee or guardian was appointed; date of filing the property inventory and annual reports of accounts of the dependent person or insolvent corporation; and when and how the case was discharged.

.5 cu. ft. (1 volume)

New York State Archives

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