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Later printing. Volume one only (of four volumes). Arranged under direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State. Quarto. 536pp. Illustrated in black and white. Embossed, black clothcovered boards with gilt on the spine. Fair only with all of the maps detached from the binding yet present with some of them a bit torn but not affecting the images, two maps missing, ink check marks on the Index to Illustrations, three inches of loss to the top of the spine, scattered internal dampstaining, and wear to the boards. The two maps missing are "Boundary Line Between the Whites and Indians, 1768" and "Sauthier's Map of the Province of New York in 1779."

[6], 351, [1] pages. Index. Ex-library with some of the usual markings. Indexed by Rosanne Conway. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, (probably 27 February 1797-29 May 1880) was a doctor and journalist. He immigrated to Lower Canada in 1823 where he became involved in the political reform movement of the Parti patriote. He was registered to practice medicine in Lower Canada on 16 October 1827. On the death of Daniel Tracey, owner of the Montreal Vindicator newspaper, in 1832 O'Callaghan became the editor and brought in Thomas Storrow Brown to work on the paper. In 1834, O'Callaghan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Yamaska. In 1837, during the Lower Canada Rebellion, a mandate of arrest was issued against him, and he crossed the United States border with his friend, Louis-Joseph Papineau. Later, O'Callaghan became secretary-archivist of the State of New York, and died there in 1880. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan's Documentary History of the State of New-York, published in four volumes between 1849 and 1851, is one of the key source-books for genealogical and historical research in New York State. Interspersed throughout its more than 4, 350 pages are copies of important genealogical records of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, among which are census records, rate lists, lists of early settlers, and rolls of militia companies. This present volume is an extract of all the important genealogical records in the O'Callaghan work, brought together in just under 300 pages, contains a complete index of names, and overcomes, for individuals unfamiliar with Dutch or German nomenclature, the confusion caused by variant spellings of family names. The records are arranged in this work in the same sequence in which they appear in the Documentary History.

Volume I: 786pp. II: 1211pp. III: 1215pp. (No volume IV) Brown cloth, blind stamp design on boards, gold stamp lettering on spine. Some wear and tear on the covers. Volume I has loss at the head and foot of spine, and is a bit stained. Volume III has splits in the cloth at the hinges. All bindings are solid. Includes several fold in maps. Some foxing. Inscriptions on end papers. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. W5.

Some wear to both tops and bottoms of spine on each volume, previous owner bookplates (identical) to each front pastedown. Volume four's covers are a bit different shade cloth than the first three volumes, the publisher/printer changed to Charles Van Benthuysen, Public Printer for volume four, possibly resulting in the differences in cover cloth? First three volumes are a very dark blue, fourth volume a slightly faded black. One plate missing from entire set, from volume four, at page 326, the "Plan of Fort Stanwix, 1758".; Illus., fold-outs, maps, covers are overall clean with minimal wear, contents very good. A previous owner name at upper right of ffep in Volume One, below the name is inked "Presented by the "Secretary of State" Four Volumes, Nov. 1853"

4 volume set. Decorative brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. frontispieces, plates (some folded) portraits (2 folded) folded maps, plans (some folded). V. 2. Papers relating to Lt. Gov. Liesler's administration. Early rate lists of Long Island. Manuscripts of Sir Wm. johnson. Early steam navigation. Papers relating to western New-York.

Fold-out map in volume 1 has a 2" tear. Bindings are worn and spines are split (have been edge glued to attach to boards). Contents are very good. Good candidate for rebinding.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 1997 pages.

Book. 4 Volumes; Octavos; 786/1211/1215/1143 pages, all plates appear present; G+; Bound in black cloth with gilt text; Covers have moderate edgewear, mild shelfwear, Bumping and rubbing to corners, bending and tearing along spine edges, Volume 4 has splitting along front joint, spine cloth partially separated from binding; Textblocks have foxing to almost all pages, Volume 1 has book plate on front pastedown; Larnell 1085; Howes B16; RWO. 1366367. Special Collections.