Administrative files of the Council of Appointment, 1777-1821.

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Administrative files of the Council of Appointment, 1777-1821.

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These records are the working files of the Council of Appointment and almost entirely concern themselves with the appointment of local offices and rarely with military appointments (save for the commissions). Most of the records are petitions to the council from residents requesting to be appointed to minor local offices (e.g. cod inspector, leather inspector etc.). The files contain proceedings of court materials, petitions for appointment to non-selective offices, indices, military commissions, lists of appointed county officials, letters of recommendation and a small number of fiscal related records. The bulk of the series suffered extensive damage (from the 1911 fire and some of the records are completely unusable.

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New York State Archives

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New York (State). Dept. of State.

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Early commissions were recorded by the secretary of the Colony of New York. Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1778 appointed the secretary of state the clerk of the Council of Appointment. The 1821 state constitution abolished the council, and its powers were transferred to the governor. From the description of Record of commissions, dedimus potestatem, supersedeas, pardons, and other executive actions, 1770-1827. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82062017 The register ...

Council of Appointment of the State of New York

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