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Appointment of Hugh Peebles as Commissioner of Taxes for the County of Saratoga, New York

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    Exemplification of His Majesty's appointment of commissioners for settling the boundary dispute between New York and New Jersey

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    With great seal of the Province of New York appended. On verso: notice of the day set by the Commissioners for holding the first joint meeting in the City of New York.

    mssHM 638

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    The great seal of the state of New York :

    Manuscripts

    Circular wax seal of the first seal of New York State, devised by a committee appointed in April 1777. On the front is a rising sun with the motto: "Excelsior" and "The Great Seal of the State of New York." On the reverse is a rock in the ocean, with "Frustra."

    mssHM 84360

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    Letters patent to Ebenezer Markham

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    Grant for tract of land in New York, Clinton County, being part of that set aside for Canadian and Nova Scotia refugees; signed by George Clinton with great seal of state attached.

    mssHM 1760

  • New York : city of New York

    New York : city of New York

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    Image of an eye-level cityscape view of New York City with people on the waterfront and ships in the foreground, in a shield motif, vignettes of the seal of New York, ship's cargo, and navigational equipment.

    priJLC_VIEW_000560

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    Pictorial New York

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    Image of a New York State cadastral map published in 1855. The colorful map denotes towns and cities in pink, blue, green, and yellow, with counties outlined in red. The print includes three inset views. One is located beneath the decorative title and is labeled, “View of Niagara Falls from the Canada Side.” There are also two views of New York City, one is located near the lower center of the map and is titled, “Birds-Eye View of New York,” and the third view is towards the bottom center of the page and is titled, “New York from Union Square.” Other insets include the State Seal of New York, and four portraits of Robert Fulton, Philip Schuyler, Peter Stuyvesant and De Witt Clinton. In the lower left and right corners are large inset maps of Buffalo and New York City. Text on the print includes statistical and historical information on rights of married women, the New York population, production of agriculture, religious denominations, government information, and more. The print is framed with a floral decorative border.

    priJLC_TRAV_006075

  • The New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home. : Bath, New York

    The New York State Soldiers' and Sailors' home. : Bath, New York

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of the New York State Soldier's and Sailor's Home in Bath, New York, showing five buildings surrounding a center yard, with troops lined up around a fountain, and soldiers raising an American flag up a flag pole, with trees and hills in the background.

    priJLC_MIL_001038