Image Text 2 Items Thomas Deming deed, August 8, 1663. Typed transcription of a deed from Thomas Deming (variously Dimment, Diament, Dimon, Dymon, Diamond, Dyment, or Diment) to Arthur Howell for property in Southampton; witnessed by Bob Bond, John Mulford, and John Laughton; transcribed in 1954 from the original owned by Oliver T. Dusenbury. View Item
Image Text 4 Items Dorothea Gotherson power of attorney, November 2, 1667. Copy of an indenture giving power of attorney from Dorothea Gotherson, Egerton, Kent, England, to Governor Francis Lovelace, to take possession of property at Oyster Bay purchased from John Richbell by her late husband Daniel Gotherson and to investigate John Scott's fraudulent land sales to her late husband and to recover whatever possible; witnessed by Thomas Lovelace, Frances Lovelace, and Ralph Whitfield; followed by a copy of the July 11, 1662 deed from Scott and Daniel Gotherson for the sale of 1600 acres in Long Island; witnessed by Thomas Leigh, notary, and Mary Hill; copied by George View Item
Image Collection 17 Items Long Island (N.Y.) property records and legal documents, 1662-1874. Collection of 15 items chiefly relating to land in Long Island, N.Y. Includes deeds, indentures, and other documents relating to land sales including a land grant from Peter Stuyvesant and material relating to Capt. John Scott's fraudulent land sales. Also includes other legal documents relating to criminal and civil proceedings. View Collection
Text Gratia R. Laiser and Patricia R. Campbell bill of sale to the New-York Historical Society, November 12, 1954, leaf [2] View Item
Text Gratia R. Laiser and Patricia R. Campbell bill of sale to the New-York Historical Society, November 12, 1954, leaf [1] View Item
Text Gratia R. Laiser and Patricia R. Campbell bill of sale to the New-York Historical Society, November 12, 1954, cover View Item
Image Text 5 Items Gratia R. Laiser and Patricia R. Campbell bill of sale to the New-York Historical Society, November 12, 1954 Deed of gift for sets of Audubon's "Birds of America" and "Ornithological biography" donated to the New-York Historical Society by Mrs. Robert Campbell, III and Mrs. Francis J. Laiser in 1954. View Item
Image Text 2 Items Williams and Mary Seaman quitclaim deed, December 21, 1772. Quitclaim deed from Williams and Mary Seaman to Richard Jackson, giving up any rights to a property in Jerusalem in the Town of Hempstead (now Wantagh) deriving from Mary Seaman's father and grandfather and confirming the 1750 deed from her father the Richard Jackson; witnessed by Amos Hubbs, James Hubbs, and Samuel Willis; attested December 24, 1772 by Williams and Mary Seaman before Valentine Hewlett Peters, judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Queens County. View Item
Image Collection 38 Items Hempstead (N.Y.) collection, 1666-1870 (bulk 1727-1782) Thirty-eight items, mostly deeds and indentures for land in Hempstead, including a handful of receipts and invitations, and a set of documents related to the building of a road in Far Rockaway in 1870. View Collection
Text Peter Stuyvesant property deed to Manuel de Spangie, January 18, 1651 In 1649, Manuel de Spangie [or de Spanje], an enslaved man, purchased his freedom from his owner, Phillip Jansz Ringo, thus becoming one of the earliest free Blacks in New Amsterdam. Two years later, this property transaction would also make him one of Manhattan's earliest Black landowners. View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [2]-[3] View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, docket View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [4]-5] View Item
Text Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670, page [1] View Item
Image Text 4 Items Francis Lovelace deed for the purchase of Staten Island from the Native Americans on behalf of the Duke of York, April 13, 1670 View Item
Collection Records of the Association for the Benefit of Colored Orphans. Series XIII: Property Material, 1895, 1960-1961. View Collection
Image Collection 102 Items Richard Varick papers, 1743-1871 (bulk 1775-1830). Series III: Legal Documents, 1743-1850. This series contains a variety of legal documents arising from Varick's military, legal and political careers. These include court papers and documents from the investigation into Varick after Benedict Arnold's defection. The series also contains document pertaining to Varick's personal and family estate, including papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Derick Dey, Varick's maternal grandfather; the affairs of other members of the Dey family; and indentures. bonds, deeds, and mortgages held by Varick. View Collection
Image Collection 7 Items Richard Varick papers, 1743-1871 (bulk 1775-1830) Richard Varick, born in New Jersey, 1753, served as Captain, deputy muster-master-general, and George Washington's secretary during the Revolutionary war. He was appointed one of the first mayors of New York and served from 1789-1801. He died in 1831. His papers pertain to a variety of subjects, including Varick's command of a company in Alexander McDougall's battalion at Ticonderoga and in Canada during 1775; his service on courts-martial in 1775; problems of the bateau service in northern New York State in 1776; his position as secretary to Gen. View Collection
Image Collection 11 Items Slavery Collection, 1709-1864 The Slavery Collection contains correspondence and legal and financial documents related to the North American slave trade, slave ownership, abolition, and political issues pertinent to slavery. The Slavery Collection is called an "artificial" collection because unrelated items with different provenance have been grouped together according to subject matter. View Collection
Image Collection 6 Items Ladies' Christian Union records, 1850-2001 (bulk 1858-1960). Series IV: Real Estate Documents, 1850-1931. View Collection