Indices to insolvent assignments and certificates of sheriff's sales, 1857.

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Indices to insolvent assignments and certificates of sheriff's sales, 1857.

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This single volume contains two indexes published in 1857 under direction of the Commissioners of Records, appointed by an 1855 act of the legislature.

0.2 cu. ft. (1 volume)

New York State Archives

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