Container List
Series IV: Documents Concerning the Law and Government, 1664-1783, undated
Scope and ContentThis series spans a particularly long period of time and contains a variety of documents. In some of these documents, there is a direct tie to either the Jay family or the Van Cortlandt family (Jay's in-laws). Within this series are documents pertaining to a land dispute between Hemsen and the Corporation of New York. Other documents of note are a number of copies of affidavits, swearing to British brutality towards wounded American militia on May 1, 1778; official documents concerning the state of the colony of New York; articles of surrender from 1664; documents concerning Nine Partner land in Duchess County; notes on land; material concerning Trinity Church; and documents from lawyers. |
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| Container 1 | Container 2 | Title | Date | |
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| Box: 3 | Folder : 4 | Long Island Papers, Chiefly in the Case of Hendrick Hemsen against the Corporation
of New York (Reel 2 - #13) |
1674-1774, undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 5 | Assorted Documents (Reel 2 - #14) |
1664-1783, undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 6 | Assorted Documents (Reel 2 - #15) |
1664-1775, undated | |
| Box: 3 | Folder : 7 | Assorted Documents (Reel 2 - #16) |
1714-1750, undated | |
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