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- Creator
- Duane, James, 1733-1797
- Call number
- MssCol 847
- Physical description
- 1 linear foot (3 boxes, 2 v.)
- Language
- Materials in English
- Preferred Citation
James Duane papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
James Duane (1733-1797) was a judge, mayor of New York City, and member of the Continental Congress. Collection contains titles to property in Albany, Franklin, Montgomery, Richmond, Schenectady, Schoharie, and Washington Counties, N.Y., New York City, and Bennington, Vt.; partition books; records of rentals; fieldbooks of surveys of Duanesburgh, N.Y.; and other land and estate papers. Also includes "A Defence of the Rights and Conduct of the Government of New York and Its Numerous Grantees Against Encroachments, Misrepresentations and Ingratitude of Some of the Claimants Under New Hampshire" (1773?).
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Subjects
- Real property -- New York (State)
- Real property -- New York (State) -- Albany County
- Real property -- New York (State) -- New York
- Real property -- Vermont -- Bennington
- Rent -- New York (State)
Places
- New Hampshire -- Boundaries -- New York (State)
- New York (State) -- Boundaries -- New Hampshire
- New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865
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Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Alternative form available
Available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-200