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Subject: Early NY land grants, patents, etc.
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:04:09 EST

The following anouncement was posted by Jim Folts, Head, Reference Services
New York State Archives on 3/19/02 (9:35:28 AM EST) to the
list:


Grants of land ("patents") by the colony and state of New York since 1664
have been recorded by the Secretary of State. The patent books and related
records have been transferred by the Secretary of State to the New York State
Archives. For information about those records contact the archivist on duty
at 518-474-8955, Mon.-Fri. 9-5 except state holidays, or visit the Archives'
web site at http://www.archives.nysed.gov (click on "Records and Research"
and search the online catalog).

Most of the colonial land grants are listed by name of patent and date of
grant in John H. French, Gazetteer of the State of New York (New York: 1860),
pp. 49-52. This work has been reprinted and is widely available in libraries
throughout New York State. The best maps of patents and their subdivisions
(statewide and county-level) are found in Julius Bien, comp., Atlas of the
State of New York (New York: 1895). This atlas is scarce and has never been
reprinted, but it is available in some large academic and public libraries
around the state. A smaller-scale map of patents is found in Robert J.
Rayback, comp., Richards Atlas of New York State (Phoenix, N.Y.: 1965).


A ziessen Pesach to all,

Wa;ter Greenspan

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