This is probaBLY TOO EASY BUT CHECK WITH THE ny sTATE aRCHIVES IN aLBANY AND
ALL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES IN THE AREA AND any tOWN hISTORIANS..THE ny sTATE
lIBRARY CAN GIVE YOU A LIST ...FOR ANY AND ALL ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT
ITEMS.  eVEN CHEK SMALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR A LOCAL HISTORY SECTION.  oNE
NEVER KNOWS WHERE FAMILIES DEPOSIT PAPERS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH.
SORRY I didn't realize caps was on...Gwen
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian McGiver <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 9:53 AM
Subject: Jacob D. Van Der Hayden Mss.


>Hello New York History List members.
>
>        I am searching for the papers Jacob D. Van Der Hayden who was the
>owner and developer of much of the land that is now Troy, New York.(Jacob
>D. was one of a larger family of land owners in that area; I am only
>interested in Jacob D's papers, however.)
>        In particular I am interested in Van Der Hayden's land and lease
>records for Land in Troy for the period from about 1790 to about 1805.
>        I do not know if these records exist. Obviously they did at one
>point, but I am not sure if they were presereved and if so, where they are
>now.
>        I have searched RLIN, OCLC and "Archives USA" (which encompasses
>the info from NUCMUC)
>        I Have to double check with the Rensselaer County Historical
>Society.
>
>        Any clues or suggestions re: the whereabouts of Jacob D Van Der
>Hayden's papers
>
>Thanks for your attention
>
>Ian McGiver
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