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This book is a calendar--a chronological itemization of documents--and, according to the author, was modeled after the “Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, preserved in the State Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office”. It draws from the Dutch MSS, with the author noting that these...
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...
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 collection contains genealogical information and biographical sketches of immigrants to New York during the Dutch and English colonial era. Read the collection description for detailed information on each volume and waypoint links.
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...
Written by Ralph LeFevre in 1903, this text tracks the history of New Paltz from 1628 all the way through 1820. It is broken into forty-five chapters over 530 pages, and contains information on notable families, local traditions, politics, geography, religious life and more. View the full file.
This brief study, written by J. I. Wyer Jr., forms part of Volume 15 in the Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association 1916. Over fourteen pages, it surveys some of the most notable New York settlements established by French immigrants between the years 1783 and 1800. Includes...
Written by O. Turner in 1850, this text surveys major events in the history of Western New York, with remarks on the ancient “remains” in the region, the life and culture of the Seneca Iroquois, the Dutch colonization, the War of 1812 and, finally, the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. Broken...
Background on the Collection These records represent over 25 years worth of applications, beginning with the 1892 incorporation of the society. Applications document pertinent information from the colonial period, such as birth, immigration, and military service records. Additionally, these...
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...
Researched and compiled by William Heard Kilpatrick, this text was released by the United States Bureau of Education in Bulletin 1912, No. 12. It surveys the various schools establish by Dutch colonists in New Netherland beginning in the early 17th century and concluding with the advent of the...
Before the publication of this survey of microfilm in 2011, Donald C. Lockhart was trying to investigate the life of an ancestor named Reijnier van der Coelen. This ancestor was a “distiller and grain dealer whose misdeed dot the pages of colonial-era records.”