Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 7.82 linear feet (16 boxes, 7 oversize folders)

Summary

1. Collection consists of documents pertaining to many aspects of New York City's history, including letters, certificates, reports, court records, land documents, official government records, autographs, news clippings, and other printed matter.

Subject

1. New York (N.Y.) > History
2. Property records
3. Maps (documents)
4. Legal documents
5. Land surveys
6. Judicial records
7. Estate records
8. Correspondence
9. New York (N.Y.) > Societies, etc
10. New York (N.Y.) > Politics and government
11. New York (N.Y.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
12. New York (N.Y.) > Commerce
13. New York (N.Y.) > Churches
14. Transportation > New York (State) > New York
15. Real property > New York (State) > New York
16. Inventories of decedents' estates > New York (State) > New York
17. Courts > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.
2. Estate records.
3. Judicial records.
4. Land surveys.
5. Legal documents
6. Maps (documents)
7. Property records.

Call number

1. MssCol 2156

Access (note)

1. Advance notice may be required. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Processing action (note)

1. Surveyed
2. Cataloging updated

Title

1. New York City miscellaneous collection, 1614-1975, bulk (1700-1930).

Restricted access

1. Advance notice may be required. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. MssCol 2156