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Albany - New York State Library
(4A30 - 4A32)
30. (George and Frederick) SCRIBA papers, 1790-1850. account books, letter books, and survey books, 57 V,
correspondence, 6 boxes. Maps (30) relating to the Scriba patent in Oswego County.
miscellaneous materials, 13 boxes.
31. Rensselaerswyck MSS., 1634-1870.
Originally included some 200 v. of ledger and journal accounts, 1,000 Dutch letters, 3,000 leases, 500 maps and surveys, and 25,000 mis- cellaneous papers, embracing commissions, land patents, contracts, deeds, poll lists, tax lists, colonial muster rolls, and other papers of a public or semipublic character relating to the territory covered by the former Manor of Rensselaerswyck. The manuscripts salvaged from the Capitol fire include a number of in- dividual items (cited below), nearly all the early Dutch account books, some fifty later account books, Anthony DE HOOGES' memorandum book, 1643-48, the court records of 1648-52, the letter book of Jeremias VAN RENSSELAER, 1660-74, records of the Tivoli Manufacturing Company, 1836-40, a few letters, muster rolls, and about 1,000 leases. The library also has VAN RENSSELAER BOWIER manuscripts, 1629-96, comprising original and typewritten copies of the letters of Kiliaen VAN RENSSELAER and other papers relating to the colony of Rensselaers- wyck, typowritten copies of another collection of Dutch manuscripts (VAN RENSSELAER BOWIER manuscripts, 1574-1795) relating to the VAN RENSSELAER and VAN WELY families in Holland and to the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and the Contracten der Collonie Rensselaerswyck, 1666- 1708, comprising a record book of leases and contracts of the colony of Rensselaerswyck. 32. Van Rensselaer Manor papers.
leases or parts of leases, 1,000 items. maps (14) of portions of the East Manor and West Manor.
field notes and surveys of all the towns of. the East Manor and of Berne in the West Manor. miscellaneous papers, including deeds, mort- gages, agreements, covenants, and other doc- uments, 500 items.
ledgers and books of record (30) of the pro- prietor of the manor and of W. S. CHURCH, showing the accounts between the patroon and tenants, and giving the chain of title for much of the land in Albany and Ronssolaer
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counties down to and connecting with the records in the county clerks' offices. leases and releases, 1794-1842, 6 items, all pertaining to the town of Bethlehem in the West Manor. 33. VAN SCHAICK papers, 1715-1831.
Invoices, bills of lading, correspondence, receipted bills, letters from New York con- signors, and other papers of Jacob VAN SCHAICK, 18th century Albany merchant, and his descendants in the course of their trade with England and in New York City. Included are documents signed by Stephen DELANCEY, Peter Van Brugh LIVINGSTON, Philip LIVING- STON, and Evert BANCKER, 1715-87. Leases, deeds, agreements, maps, and receipts pertaining to land transactions of the VAN SCHAICK family, 1732~1831.
Wills, inventories of estates, receipts and agreements not relating to land, 1722-1816. Family correspondence, 1738-1822.
Papers relating to holding and sale of negro slaves by the VAN SCHAICK family, 1751-86. Miscellaneous materials.
34. VAN VECHTEN collection, about 5,600 items. Consists largely of the papers of Abraham VAN VECHTEN (1762-1837), lawyer, recorder of the city of Albany, State senator, assemblyman, attorney general, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1821, and Regent of the Univer- sity of the State of New York. Collection includes:
decds (125), 1712-1828.
original land patents (3), one granted in 1667 by Governor NICOLIS to Abraham STAATS, and two by George CLINTON to Ephraim BLOWER (1790) and John TAYLOR (1791). wills (15, three of which are in Dutch), 1747-1818.
mortgages, leases, and other legal documents, mostly prior to 1800.
maps and surveys.
briefs on cases in the Albany Mayor's Court, the Supreme Court, the Court of Chancery, and the Court for the Correction of Errors. papers relating to the Associate Reformed Presbyterian churches of Albany and to Union College.
legal and personal papers, relating to the families of BRADSTREET, CALDWELL, COCHRAN, DUNCAN, DURYEA, FINCK, FONDA, FORSYTH, GROVER, HICKS, JACKSON, LYON, MALIN,
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Albany - New York State Library
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NEWKIRK, SCHUYLER, TAYLOR, TEN BROECK, THOMPSON, VANDENBURGH, VAN HORN, VAN RENSSELAER, VAN SCHAACK, and VIELE. 35. War of 1812 records, 25 v.
Transferred from the State Comptroller's office in 1910; all were saved in the Capitol fire. The bulk of the collection consists of accounts of the gover- nor, paymasters, and commissaries during the war, papers relating to roads and bridges, field artil- lery, fortifications on the northern and western fron- tiers and in New York harbor for the last decade of the 18th century, records of arsenals and military stores, 1795-1821, papers of the Council of Appoint- ment, 1807-17, accounts with the United States, 1816-26, accounts, treaties, and other papers con- cerning the Indians, 1783-1816, payments to American prisoners of war and Niagara sufferers, and a number of enlistment papers of mon who served in the corps of soa foncibles.
B. Other holdings include:
1. Abstracts of land grants, 1664-1775, 6 v. Originally 12 v., 6 of which were destroyed in the Capitol fire. Abstracts arranged by counties and give data as to date of grant, name of governor, grantee, description, and amount of quitrent.
2. Albany Mayor's Court minutes, 1736-37, 1 v.
3. Albany Mechanics Society records, 1786-1826, 1 v., comprising a statement of its benevolent and educa- tional purposes, a roster of membership, and proceed- ings of the Board of Trust, appointed by act of the legislature dissolving the Society, dated November 25, 1824.
4. Audited accounts, 1783-94, 2 v.
Relate largely to the accounts for which certificates were issued for military service in the Revolutionary War.
5. Daniel Dewey BARNARD papers, 1840-61, 12 v. Give a picture of a diplomat's life in Berlin in the middle of the 19th century. Collection includes: dispatch books (2), 1850-53; diarios (3), 1850-53, covering the period of his ambassadorship to Prussia; lettor books (3) 1850-61; book of letters received, 1840-58; scrapbooks (2) of prints and clippings, and book of photographs of old Albany residents.
6. "Ensign John BARR'S Book Tioga Septr 13th 1779 Fort Sullivan 1779 1781, " 1 v.
Day-to-day account of the activities of John BARR, ensign in the 4th N. Y. Regiment during the Revolu- tionary War.
7. Bills which failed to become laws, 1685-1770, 3 v.
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8. Jesse F. BOOKSTAVER papers, 1847-89, 17 v. and 3 boxes.
Include: letters relating to the settlement of estates, including the liquidation of the holdings of Henry BARCLAY; correspondence con- cerning BOOKSTAVER'S handling of real estate affairs for clients, including records of land sales, collection, payment of taxes, etc .; ac- count book, 1867-77, containing a record of charges for services; and notes (1872) about the reservation of the right of way through Saugerties for the New York, West Shore and Chicago Railroad Company.
9. John BURR'S field notes of 35,000 acres in Great Lot 6, Hardenbergh Patent, 1 v.
10. Commissioners at Greenwich, 1743, 1 v. Minutes of the commissioners appointed to re- examine and determine the controversy between Connecticut and the Mohegan Indians.
11. Deed books of Wilhelm WILLINK, 1830-33, 1836- 37, 2 v. Record convoyances of land in Allegany and Cattaraugus counties.
12. DE PEYSTER-DE LANCEY-WATTS papers, 40 items, in- cluding: "List of 58 porsons banished 1779 from the State of New York; " lottors (4) of Sir John JOHNSON to his brother-in-law, John WATTS, 1797-1816, throwing light on JOHN- SON'S life in Canada, where he flod during the Revolution; Christopher BANCKER'S comments on England's war losses in 1757; Elizabeth Colden DE LANCEY'S letters to her parents, Cadwallader COLDEN and his wife, 1747-48; and papers re- lating to the estate of Sir Peter WARREN.
13. Diary of Aaron HAMTON, 1813, 1 v. Notes on a journey from Kingwood, New Jersey, to Lake Erie, recounting experiences and de- scribing conditions of roads and bridges, taverns, villages on tour through Ulstor, Greene, Schoharie, Otsego, Oneida, and Madison counties, procedures of the Holland Land Com- pany agency at Batavia, and expenses of moving a family to a new settlement.
14. Diary of a German officer who served in New York Stato with the Hessian troops during the Rov- olution, 1776-77. Narrates circumstantially his journey to the seaboard, his embarkation, the tedious voyage to this country, and the events which impressed him as worthy of record during his service in the field.
15. Diary of Sergeant Major William Mitchell STETSON, during his service with the Northern Army,
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1861-64. Daily account of the movements and action of his regiment (STETSON served chiefly with the 99th N. Y. Volunteers-U. C.G. Naval Brigade), including an account of the Merrimac- Monitor fight, of which he was an eyewitness. 16. Reuben E. FENTON papers.
Consist largely of addresses, including one delivered before the Chautauqua County Agricul- tural Society, 1853, and another favoring BLAINE in 1884, and messages to the Legislature during his governorship, 1865-69, touching on reconstruction and other political matters; also plan for a life of FENTON to 1869. 17. Hardenbergh Patent lease and survey book.
Photostat of the original volume of survey notes of Great Lots 11 and 25; a few notes cov- or Great Lots 31 and 36. Those for Great Lot 25 are signed by William and James COCKBURN and are dated in the 1790's and 1800's. In many cases excellent sketch maps of the tracts accompany the descriptions.
18. Sir William HOWE'S Orderly Book, Jan .- June, 1777. Fills one of the gaps in the series of HOWE'S orderly books printed in the Collections of the New York Historical Society, 1884.
19. Indian treaties, 2 V.
Transferred from the Secretary of State's of- fice in 1924.
20. Journal of the Rev. Timothy Walter COOLEY, 1803, 1 v. Notes on a missionary tour through central New York under the auspices of the Hampshire Mis- sionary Society of the Congregational Church, citing for Oneida, Chenango and Onondaga coun- ties the size of villages, nature of their population, denominations represented, and names of persons baptized.
21. Journal of Captain John POTTER, 1778-79, 1 v. Kept while serving at Peekskill and White Plains as lieutenant and paymaster of Col. Ezra WOOD'S regiment of Massachusetts militia (photostat).
22. KIRTLAND papers, 1829-41, 82 items. Letters to Frederick KIRTLAND bearing on reli- gious revivals, elections, projected railroads, wholesale and retail prices, and business practices.
23. David KNIGHT journal, 1822-35, 3 v. Contain data on national and local elections, explorations of canal routes, visit of LAFAYETTE to Portland in 1825, the launching of steamboats on Lake Erie, the methods of the
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Holland Land Company in disposing of its land and exacting payments, forecasts of the panic of 1837, and anti-Masonic agitation. 24. Land Patents.
2 v. of Dutch patents, 1630-64, and fragments of original 12 v. of drafts of land patents, 1680-1775.
25. Legislative papers, 1780-1803.
Papers selected from the documents on file in the Senate. Originally 13 v. and index, of which only 4 v. and fragments of 2 others sur- vived the Capitol fire.
26. John MACOMB letter book, 1756-60, 1 v.
Many letters are concerned with the securing of supplies from New York merchants, notably Waddell CUNNINGHAM and Hugh WALI4.03 and trans- porting them to Albany, where MANO.D was en- gaged as a trader, and show types of merchan- dise, prices, and the difficulties encountered in collecting on accounts of British officers. Military engagements are chronicled; also cor- respondence with Hugh GAINE, whom MACOMB sup- plied with news for his weekly MERCURY.
27. Mapse
The State Library has a large assortment of manuscript maps. Reference to some has been made in the above citations of organized col- lections of land papers and other records. Mention might be made here of the Map of the Survey of New Paltz, Apr. 4, 1760, by Louis REVIAR, Map of Oriskany Patent with lot divi- sions, 1789, Map of the division line between Catskill and Coxsackie made by L. BRONK in 1788, showing location of roads and names of residents, and a number of maps of William COCKBURN, one of the outstanding surveyors and map makers of the second half of the 18th cen- tury. Of the latter, the Library has "A map of sundrie patents on the south side of the Mohawk River in the Counties of Albany & Tryon pr. Will COCKBURN A.D. 1775, " which includes, in addition to names of patentees, the acre- ages, dates of granting, and a sketching in and identification of roads, paths, forts, dwelling houses, and churches.
28. . Minute book of the Red Hook Society for the Detection of Horse Thieves, 1796-1852, 1 v. 29. Minute book of Total Abstinence Society, Lexington Heights, .1829-74 (photostat). 30. Minutes of the Federal Library of Rensselaerville, Albany County, 1798-1832, 1 v.
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31. Muster roll. of Captain Barnardus SWARTOUT'S com- pany of Colonel John FREAR'S regiment of Dutchess County militia, June 6, 1778 (type- written and photographic copies). 32. Muster roll of Colonel Richard INGOLDESBY'S in- dependent company of grenadiers from June 25 to August 24, 1710. Contains 100 names and is signed by Philip SCHUYLER, K. VAN RENSSELAER, and J. ABEEL.
33. William NORTH papers, 1783-1820, 40 items.
Letters and documents of William NORTH, Revo- lutionary soldier and Federalist officeholder, touching on the Revolution, post-Revolutionary politics, the Constitution and the menace of Jeffersonianism, military preparations for the War of 1812, the westward movement and its in- fluence on politics after 1815, and financial and personal matters. Correspondents include James DUANE, William EUSTIS, and various mem- bers of NORTH'S family.
34. Onondaga commissioners' minutes, 1798-1802, 2 v. Records of the commissioners appointed to set- tle disputes concerning land titles in the military tract in central New York.
35. Orderly book of the Loyalist Brigadier General Oliver DELANCEY, Jr., Feb. 4, 1777-June 30, 1778 (copy).
36. Papers relating to the Vermont controversy, 1777-99, 1 v.
37. Philip and William Learned Marcy PHELPS papers. Collection consists largely of correspondence and scrapbooks pertaining to the inception, building, and operation of the Albany and Sus- quehanna Railroad and its subsidiaries (in- cluding the Delaware and Hudson canal) and particularly to the litigation in connection with the so-called "raid" on it by the direo- tors of the Erie Railroad. Included are also obituaries of persons identified with the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, financial statements, lists of stockholders, instructions to employees, legislative petitions, maps, family papers, and other data.
38. John PORTEOUS papers.
Correspondenco, notebooks, leases, and miscel- laneous mercantile and land papers of John PORTEOUS, merchant and land agent, and of his son-in-law, William ALEXANDER.
39. Proceedings of the Albany Committee of Corre- spondence, 1775-78, 2 v.
40. Proceedings regarding the boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 1741-42, 1 v.
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41. John V. L. PRUYN papors, 1832-1928, 11 v. Consist largely of private ledgers and. account books kept in connection with the settlement of his estato.
42. RANSOM collection, 1788-1850, 515 items. Papers of John TAYLER, Charles COOPER, and John Tayler COOPER, including deeds, wills, leases, and correspondence relating to Albany and Schenectady counties. Include the accounts of John TAYLER as clothier general for the Northern Armies during the Revolution and as commissioner of Indian affairs.
43. Horatio SEYMOUR collection.
Consists largely of Governor SEYMOUR'S public papers. Includes also account books, letter and telegraph books, notebooks, and other papers.
44. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1704-79.
Extracts from correspondence with the mission- aries T. POYER, S. SEABURY, and others, relat- ing to Long Island.
45. Baron STEUBEN'S Journal, June 6, 1790-July 13, 1792.
Photostat copy of the original at the library of the New York Historical Society .. Written in French, it covers the period while STEUBEN resided on his farm in central New York and records his daily activities in connection with farming, running his mill, renting out land, and settling his accounts.
46. STEVENS papers, 100 v.
Originally 250 v., about 150 of which were destroyed in the Capitol fire. Collection in- cludes papers of Ethan ALLEN, Ira ALLEN, Homan ALLEN, and Governors JENISON and TICHENOR of Vermont, rolls and accounts of regulars and volunteers and Vermont militia in the War of 1812, Burlington custom-house papers, and papers relating to the Canadian rebellion of 1839-40,
47. Earl W. STEVENS papers, 1824-47, 10 v. and 2 boxes.
Concerned with STEVENS' medical practice and his land interests in Columbia County, in Lockport, and in the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio. Included are "diploma" issued by, and certificate of membership in, the Columbia County Medical Society (1823, 1829), daybooks no. 1-3 (1826-40), medical journals no. 2~4 (1824-33), invoice of medicines no. 1 (1826- 40), book of remedies (1826), cost and retail
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prices of medicines (1830), blotter (1831), and receipted bills of patients treated; cor- respondence after 1831 concerned largely with his holdings in Ohio; included are maps and an account book.
48. Territorial rights, 1750-70, 1 v.
Collection of evidence vindicating the rights of New York against the claims of Massachu- setts, New Hampshire, and "the people of the grants who are commonly called Vermonters. " 49. THOMSON Collection, 1786-1846, 3,500 items. Consists of correspondence and accounts of Thomas T. THOMSON, John Alexander THOMSON, and Dr. Thomas THOMSON, and letters of Samuel D. DENTON, Mark SPENCER, Abraham EDWARDS, Jesse BUEL, Edwin CROSWELL, Henry BURDEN, and others. Correspondence of Thomas T. THOMSON, mostly with agents in Liverpool. John Alexander THOMSON'S papers contain drafts, orders, re- ceipts, notes and vouchers from many residents of Catskill, and correspondence on agricultural improvements.
50. VAN ANTWERP papers, 1747-1844, . 72 items. Include two Revolutionary War items involving Daniel VAN ANTWERP, War of 1812 material of Lieut. Cornelius VAN ANTWERP, including some letters describing activities at Sackett's Har- bor and several muster rolls, genealogical data on the VAN ANTWERP family, articles of conveyance of land, receipts, and miscella- neous legal papers.
51. VAN BERGEN papers, 1734-1802, 225 items. Consist largely of letters of Martin Gerritsen VAN BERGEN and accounts and receipts pertain- ing to transactions in which he was involved as Albany merchant and owner of the sloop Delancey, which operated between Albany and New York City; also his account book, 1749-65, and memorandum book of the Delancey, 1763-74. Papers after 1775 concern other members of the VAN BERGEN family.
52. Vormont papers, some 4,000 itoms.
Letters dealing with legal and business af- fairs in Vermont in the first half of the 19th century.
53. General Gouverneur Kemble WARREN papers. Include family correspondence, 1839-65, Civil War records, including maps, war items, engi- necring reports, and drawings, and miscella- ncous papers, letters, and maps pertaining to his engineering work. Also ll notebooks, 1851-73, kept by him while on engineering and
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exploring expeditions in the West and South, containing information concerning topograph- ical surveys, the organization of exploring expeditions into the Far West, Indian fights, and mail robberies on the western plains. 54. WENDELL papers.
letters and account book, 1713-79 (in Dutch) ; letters and bills, 1717-1807.
papers of Lieut. Henry R. WENDELL, relating to the War of 1812 and to Schenectady and vicinity.
papers dealing with the Revolution, the War of 1812, and early canals, turnpikes, and roads.
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In addition, the library has many account books and ledgers of merchants, Civil War soldiers' letters, and miscellaneous papers of DeWitt CLINTON, George CLINTON, Jelles FONDA, John W. FRANCIS, Major John FREY, the Holland Land Company, Ezra L'HOMMEDIEU, Zephaniah PLATT, Philip SCHUYLER, the Shakers, Col. Philip SKENE, John TAYLER, Martin VAN BUREN, the WADSWORTHS, and many others.
C .. Among the most prized individual manuscript items are:
1. Charter of the Colony from Charles II to the Duke of York, 1664.
2. Duke's Laws, 1664-65.
3. Dongan Laws, 1683-84.
4. Constitutions of the State of New York, 1777, 1821, 1846, 1894.
5. Proposed constitution of the State of New York, 1867-69 (rejected except for the sixth article).
6. Journal of the Proceedings of the New York Con- vention to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States, held at Poughkeepsie, June 17-July 26, 1788.
7. Ratification of the proposed Constitution of the United States by the State of New York in Con- vention assembled at Poughkeepsie, July 26, 1788.
8. 102 autograph letters and documents of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
9. Major John ANDRE'S papers, 13 items.
10. draft of Abraham LINCOLN'S first Emancipation Proclamation, Sept. 22, 1862; also only known
photograph of the final draft, the original of which was lost in the Chicago fire.
11. George WASHINGTON'S opinion of the surviving gonorals of the Revolution, probably written in the winter of 1791-92.
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12. draft of WASHINGTON'S Farewell Address, written in the spring of 1796.
13. tabulated statement of WASHINGTON'S household expenses in 1789.
14. map of colony of Rensselaerswych about 1632.
15. patent of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, 1685.
16. commissions in the militia, as justices of the. peace, and as commissioners for Indian affairs, to various members of the VAN RENSSELAER fam- ily, 1670-1768, 21 items.
17. commissions to Philip SCHUYLER as Major General in the Continental Army, 1775, and as Surveyor General of the Stato of New York, 1781.
18. letters of freedom and citizenship of the city of Albany granted to Jeremiah VAN RENSSELAER, 1733, and to Stephen VAN RENSSELAER, 1763.
19. draft of commission to Tounis VAN DER VOLGEN as deputy ranger of the county of Albany, from Jerominh VAN RENSSELAER, 1732.
20. draft of a report of General George CLINTON to the commissioners appointed by General WASHING- TON, on order of the Congress, to inquire into the conduct of the officers in command of Forts Clinton and Montgomery when in 1777 they fell into the hands of the British. The document is unsigned, but experts agree that it is in CLINTON'S handwriting (seo NEW YORK HISTORY, Quarterly Journal of the New York State His- torical Association, Apr. 1930).
21. the original oaths of office signed and sworn to by George CLINTON on his reelection to the governorship in 1801, 3 items.
22. letter of Philip SCHUYLER to General James CLIN- TON, Saratoga, May 24, 1781, expressing his regret at having to abandon Fort Schuyler after its recent burning and urging the necessity of his receiving reinforcements.
23. letter, dated Mar. 1, 1776, from James DUANE, John JAY, John ALSOP, and Lewis MORRIS, the Now York delegates in the Continental Congress, addressed to the New York Provincial Convention, treating of the necessity for the subordination of the military to tho civil authority and the imposition of test oaths by the latter only.
D. Public Records. - Rich collection of town, village, county and State rocords, obtained by gift, pur- chase, or transfer from various governmental depart- ments. Despite heavy losses from fire in 1911, the Library still has what, for the historian, is the most important body of archives in the custody of the State.
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1. Town, village, and county archives include:
assessment rolls; court records; chattel mort- gages; acceptances, declinations, and resigna- tions of office; enrollments of persons liable for military duty; miscellaneous military rec- ords; bills; bonds; indentures; land records; accounts and claims; maps of town and school boundaries; applications for licenses; minutes of town meetings; reports of highway commis- sioners; records of overseers of the poor; jury lists; oath books; poll lists, election certificates, registers of electors, and other election materials; vouchers; school records; census and vital statistics records; and other data. Such records are available, in whole or in part, for towns and villages of some 38 counties.
2. Records of various State departments, including: Office of the Secretary of State: records of Stato canvass, records of appointments and commissions, certificates of. election, elec- tion returns, census records, minutes of the Council of Appointment, 1786-1822, 13 v., land papers - colonial and state, 1642-1803, 63 v., original letters patent, 1664-1712, 1731-53, 1775-86, 12 v., records of the Council of Revision, and other data.
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