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Before the creation of Greater New York on January 1, 1898, the counties bordering New York County —Kings, Queens, Richmond, and Westchester Counties—were comprised of municipalities (villages, towns, cities), some of which date back to the early days of Dutch and English colonization of Lenapehoking (Lënapehòkink in Unami), the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. This collection includes records created and/or maintained by these municipalities before they were dissolved, annexed, or consolidated into what is now modern-day New York City. This vast collection, commonly known as the "Old Town records," contains administrative records, court records, financial records, land records, voting records, tax records, military records, records documenting enslaved people, and municipal infrastructure records, among other record types, circa 1630-1943.
Old Town records
MSS0004_4_05_031_001
MSS0004_1_04_01_010_001
Item contains two sections: Records of Deeds, August 9 1746-May 20, 1779 and Manumission of Slaves Liber A, May 8, 1787-April 11, 1816
MSS0004_1_04_01_015_001
Includes reports of strayed heifers, 1802-1854
MSS0004_2_05_01_019_001
Text includes town meeting minutes, 1892-1895 and canvasser's reports, 1892-1895.
MSS0004_2_05_01_109_001
Includes Deeds, 1674-1702; Town Orders, 1719-1753; Road Records, 1741-1828
MSS0004_2_05_01_001_001
MSS0004_2_05_01_008
Includes town meeting minutes, 1857-1891; Board of Canvassers, 1881-1891; License Board, 1890; town auditors, 1890-1895; Board of Assessors, 1891-1893
MSS0004_2_05_01_018_001
Translated copy, 1917.
MSS0004_2_05_01_081_001