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This volume contains minutes of court proceedings for admiralty and customs cases, admissions to citizenship, admissions to practice law, and proclamations from the Secretary of Treasury from December 26, 1796, to June 9, 1798. Presiding judges represented in the volume are Robert Troup (1796-1798), and John Sloss Hobart (1798). Proceedings of note include Aaron Burr's admittance to practice law, March 14, 1797; and Stephen Jumel's admittance to citizenship, May 29, 1797. less

The New York City Mayor’s Court (Court of Common Pleas) trial minutes, dated October 20, 1789-August 4, 1791, consist of a single volume documenting the parties involved, charges, pleas, evidence presented, and decisions rendered for each recorded case. Many of the cases pertain to financial disputes or physical altercations. Minutes were kept by the Recorder of New York City Samuel Jones. less