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Title
Lansingburgh papers, 1771-1853
Author
Lansingburgh (N.Y.)
Pages:
2
Item info:
1 copy available at Manuscripts and Special Collections.
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MARC Record
Lansingburgh papers, 1771-1853
Lansingburgh (N.Y.)
Control Number:
(OCoLC)122537128
Local call number:
SC5174
Corp/Agency author:
Lansingburgh (N.Y.)
Title:
Lansingburgh papers, 1771-1853.
Quantity:
2 boxes; 3 folio folders (0.50 cubic ft.)
Quantity:
23 maps : manuscript ; 93.5 x 39.5 cm. or smaller.
Arrangement:
Organized by material form. Arranged alphabetically by material form and chronologically.
Historical/biog note:
Lansingburgh, Rensselaer County, New York was founded in 1807 by Abraham Jacob Lansing, for whom it is named. It was first known as Stone Arabia, organized in 1771, on the eastern shore of the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers. The first act of incorporation occurred in 1790 as a part of the Town of Rensselaerwyck. The village was eventually incorporated into the City of Troy.
Review:
This collection contains financial records, consisting of accounts, receipts, assessment rolls, and land papers, including field books, land titles, and maps. There are 23 maps; some being sketches in field books, of Lansingburgh, Brunswick, and Schaghticoke, all in Rensselaer County, New York. Some maps contain the names of land owners. The treasurers ledger details financial transactions of the town with various individuals and businesses. Assessment rolls record the value of real and personal property of certain named inhabitants of the town.
Language:
Some documents are in Dutch.
Indexes:
Unpublished finding aid available in repository and online: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc5174.htm
Subject:
Land titles--New York (State)--Rensselaer County.
Subject:
Manuscript maps.
Subject:
Tax assessment--New York (State)
Geographic terms:
Lansingburgh (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Lansingburgh (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
Geographic terms:
Lansingburgh (N.Y.) Maps.
Geographic terms:
Lansingburgh (N.Y.) Surveys.
Geographic terms:
Troy (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Troy (N.Y.) Maps.
Geographic terms:
Troy (N.Y.) Surveys.
Geographic terms:
Brunswick (N.Y.) Maps.
Geographic terms:
Schaghticoke (N.Y.) Maps.
Geographic terms:
Rensselaer County (N.Y.)--History Sources.
Geographic terms:
Rensselaerswyck (N.Y.)
Form/genre terms:
Cadastral maps. aat
Personal author:
Bancker, Flores, surveyor.
Personal author:
Mallory, James, surveyor.
Electronic access:
Finding aid: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/sc5174.htm
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