TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records. 1674-1860.

Manuscript Collection No. 484



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court.
Title: New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records.
Dates: 1674-1860.
Quantity: .8 linear feet.
Abstract: Consists of photocopies of records of 91 early court cases involving Jews from the Mayor's Court of New York City. Cases are primarily civil suits.
Collection Number: MS-484
Language: Collection material in English.

Scope and Content Note

Consists of photocopies of records of 91 early court cases involving Jews from the Mayor's Court of New York City. Cases are primarily civil suits.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Leo Hershkowitz, by the act of donating the New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


See AJA card catalog for complete listing of individuals involved in court cases.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-484. New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The New York (N.Y.) Mayor's Court Records were received from Leo Hershkowitz, Queens College, Flushing, New York, in 1965.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Jews -- New York (N.Y.)
New York (N.Y.). -- Mayor's Court -- Records