Hi Howard, Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, Widener University does not appear to have that work, but I am sure that I'll catch up with it some where. Thanks again, Leslie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Swain" <hswain@ix.netcom.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:50 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Conveyancing in Colonial New York > Hi Leslie, > > From: "Leslie B. Potter" <lbpotter@comcast.net> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Conveyancing in Colonial New York > > >> Hi Kiris, >> >> Thank you for responding. >> >> The more I pondered the situation in the colonial Saratoga Patent, the >> more >> I realized the I had to go the law library. I have searched the on line >> catalog for the library of Widener University's Law School. I think that >> I >> have found several books on New York legal history that will answer my >> questions about conveyancing in colonial New York. I really do not >> understand why the proprietors of the Saratoga Patent had to petition the >> Provincial Legislature for a statute to permit them to subdivide the >> lands >> that they held as tenants in common. When I find the answers, I shall >> share >> them with the list. > > One set of books that might be worth checking is: > Title: The colonial laws of New York from the year 1664 to the > revolution ... > Imprint: Albany, J.B. Lyon, state printer, 1894. > Physical Description: 5 v. 24 cm. > > > Those are where I found the laws about the assessments that > showed the age at which a young man was counted as a > "head" to be taxed. > > Regards, > Howard > hswain@ix.netcom.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message