Library Guides: Manuscripts of Colonial and Revolutionary America: New York

Records--New York

What follows is a list of Colonial and Revolutionary era records and record groups originating in New York, dating wholly or primarily from the years before 1788.

Gerret Keteltas Land Deed, 1783
1 document. A deed of sale recording the transfer of land and attached property from Geret Keteltas et al to Benjamin Horton, for the sum of £287. The land is located on West Neck in Suffolk County, New York. MSN/COL 4800-1-F1.
Christopher A. Yates Certificate of Office, 1784
1 document. A vellum certificate appointing Christopher A. Yates Inspector and Examiner of Pot and Pearl Ashes for the Port of New York. The document is signed by Governor George Clinton; affixed with a ribbon is a wax seal of the state of New York. MSN/COL 4801-1-F1.