Surveyor General's reports on petitions to the State Legislature, 1795-1829.

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Surveyor General's reports on petitions to the State Legislature, 1795-1829.

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The Legislature referred most petitions relating to land transactions to the surveyor general for comment. The surveyor general prepared these reports in response. The reports concern: value of land; land claims and title disputes; errors in previous surveys and results of new surveys; requests for grants of unappropriated state land; surveys and sales of state land; grants of land to persons whose grants in the military tract could not be cultivated or contained fewer acres than they were supposed to; and requests for title to unappropriated lands which the petitioner(s) had settled and improved.

1 cu. ft.Copies: 1 microfilm reel; 35mm.

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New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

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