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Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's office, city of New York
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[New York,
Printed for the Society,
1893-1913]
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| Series: | New-York Historical Society. Collections. The John Watts de Peyster publication fund series,
v. 25-41 |
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| Item Description: |
Vols. 15-17 having imprints dated respectively, 1907, 1908, 1909, were actually issued in 1913. Vols. 1-11. Publication fund series; v. 12-17, The John Watts de Peyster publication fund series. Vols, 1-9 and 11 copied and edited by William S. Pelletreau; v. 10 copied by Rev. John Keller. Vols. 3-9, 13-15 include Letters of administration. Wills covering the entire colony of New York were recorded with the Prerogative court, and later with the Court of probates under the first constitution of the state. A portion of the files are in the office of the clerk of the Court of appeals in Albany, while others, chiefly those relating to Westchester and counties farther south, were transferred by legislative act in 1797 to the Surrogate's office of New York county. cf. Amer. hist. assoc., Ann. report for 1900, v. 2, p. 129-203. |
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| Physical Description: |
17 v. facsims. 25 cm. |