Commissioned by the New York State Senate in 1863, this orderly collection of 18th century documents was compiled from an earlier (1822) volume that lacked any organizational principle. It contains addresses, petitions, court martials, muster rolls and other such manuscripts. The creators suggest...
This volume, published by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1841, contains a census of pensioners for revolutionary or military services across twenty-seven states, three territories, and two districts. View the full volume.
Published by Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co. in 1884, this text contains 63 volumes of colonial land papers indorsed between the years 1642 and 1803. Papers includes petitions, claims, affidavits, maps, reports, private letters and meeting minutes. The text concludes with a detailed index of names and...
This 1853 volume contains documents pertaining to New York and its military during colonial America. It includes a detailed summary of the provincial congress proceedings on New York and its military, an index of New York officers in the Continental Army, and an alphabetical roster of the state...
Published in 1913 by Stanley Currie Johnson, this volume contains a detailed history of emigration and immigration relating to the United Kingdom and the United States from 1763 to 1912. Topics include the causes of emigration, the reception of immigrants, and land systems affecting immigrants in...
This volume contains detailed descriptions of Protestant Episcopal church proceedings in the diocese of New York between 1785 and 1885. Lists of attendees of these proceedings, sermons, addresses, and sketches of Bishops can also be found. Chapter highlights include: • Proceedings at Trinity Church...
This searchable volume contains lists of New York citizens who died while serving during World War I. Arranged by county, lists include names, addresses, rank and arm of service, and date and cause of death. View the full volume.
This volume includes an appendix containing lists of more than one thousand German and French names in New York prior to 1712. These lists, along with the rest of the volume, are fully searchable. The text also includes a collection of upwards of thirty thousand names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French...
The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution is a fully searchable volume that includes the Charters to the Duke of York, the Commissions and Instructions to Colonial Governors, the Duke's Laws, the Laws of the Dongan and Leisler Assemblies, the Charters of Albany and New York...
Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830 together with a Brief Treatment of the Free Negro, by Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D. This volume is a statistical report of the heads of free Black families by state, with New York records appearing from pages 84 to 109. The text is fully...