New York (N.Y.). Common Council

 Organization

Existence: 1686 - 1901

Board of Aldermen scrapbook of meeting and press notices for 1894 to 1919

Accession ACC-2010-129
Dates: 1894-1919

Board of Supervisors minutes for 1809 to 1823 and 1841 to 1850

Accession ACC-2010-102
Dates: 1809-1823; 1841-1850

City Council Subject Files

Accession ACC-2013-066
Dates: 1984-1988

City of Brooklyn records circa 1850 to 1897

Accession ACC-2010-019
Dates: circa 1850-1897

Civil War certificates of substitution for 1863 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-081
Dates: 1863-1865

Civil War County Substitute and Relief Committee correspondence and memorandums for 1863 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-095
Dates: 1863-1865

Civil War draft exemption applications for active firefighters and militia for 1863 September and October

Accession ACC-2010-116
Dates: 1863 September-October

Civil War draftee applications for substitutes including active firemen for 1863 to 1864

Accession ACC-2010-088
Dates: 1863-1864

Civil War draftees and substitutes certificates for 1864

Accession ACC-2010-087
Dates: 1864

Civil War regimental expenditures for 1863 to 1864

Accession ACC-2010-075
Dates: 1863-1864

Civil War relief applications and accounts for families of Union soldiers for 1862 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-120
Dates: 1862-1865

Civil War Union Army and Naval recruitment rolls for 1863 to 1864

Accession ACC-2010-118
Dates: 1863-1864

Civil War Union Army field reenlistment rolls for 1864

Accession ACC-2010-117
Dates: 1864

Civil War Union Army recruits assignments for 1864 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-084
Dates: 1864-1865

Civil War Union Army recruits musters for 1863 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-083
Dates: 1863-1865

Civil War Union Army recruits statements for 1863 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-082
Dates: 1863-1865

Civil War Union Army substitutes muster and descriptive rolls for 1863 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-091
Dates: 1863-1865

Civil War Union Naval recruits assignments for 1864 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-085
Dates: 1864-1865

Civil War Union Naval recruits musters for 1864 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-090
Dates: 1864-1865

Civil War Union Naval recruits statements for 1864

Accession ACC-2010-086
Dates: 1864

Clerk of the Common Council cashbooks for 1844 to 1865

Accession ACC-1953-004
Dates: 1844-1865

Common Council minutes for 1784 to 1831

Accession ACC-1953-002
Dates: 1784 September-1831 May 9

Common Council minutes from 1675 to 1776

Accession ACC-1958-034
Dates: 1905

Common Council voucher for gun powder signed by Mayor James Duane

Accession ACC-1991-056
Dates: 1789

Common Council vouchers for 1784 to 1811

Accession ACC-2018-024
Dates: 1784-1811 ; bulk 1784-1787

Common Council vouchers for salaries, goods, and services

Accession ACC-2010-105
Dates: circa 1792-1819

George Washington birthday celebration ticket for 1862

Accession ACC-2010-107
Dates: 1862

Ground plans of public markets in Manhattan for 1830, 1835, and circa 1842

Accession ACC-2006-004
Dates: 1830, 1835, and circa 1842

Indexes to the Board of Supervisors minutes circa 1809 to 1823, 1851, 1853

Accession ACC-2010-103
Dates: circa 1809-1823, 1851, 1853

Licenses issued from the Common Council for 1811 to 1910

Accession ACC-2002-017
Dates: 1811-1910

Manhattan street assessments and inspections for 1811 to 1851

Accession ACC-2010-066
Dates: 1811-1851

Manual of the Common Council of New York for 1858 to 1864

Accession ACC-1956-007
Dates: 1858-1864

Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (Valentine's Manual of Old New York) for 1841 to 1870, 1915 to 1926

Accession ACC-2009-081
Dates: 1841-1870, 1915-1926

New York City Civil War Draft Riot claims

Collection REC-0109
Abstract: The New York City Civil War Draft Riot, July 13-16, 1863, consisted of four days of mob violence by members of the white working class who blamed Black citizens and their perceived allies for exposing them to conscription into the Union Army. This collection, dating from circa 1863-1868, contains paperwork submitted by citizens and businesses who claimed property losses or injuries from the riots. The documents, all handwritten, include inventories of household possessions, retail and...
Dates: circa 1863-1868; bulk 1863-1865

New York City Common Council minutes from 1790 to 1831

Accession ACC-1960-034
Dates: 1790 August 27-1831 May 9

New York County Committee on Civil War Volunteering records for 1863 to 1864

Accession ACC-2010-076
Dates: 1863-1864

New York County Substitute And Relief Committee records for 1863 to 1892

Accession ACC-2010-073
Dates: 1863-1892

Registers of ships arriving in New York Harbor for 1829 to 1833, 1838, 1849

Accession ACC-2010-126
Dates: 1829-1833, 1838, 1849

Report of the committee of arrangements of the Common council of New York, of the obsequies in memory of the Hon. Henry Clay

Accession ACC-1965-023A
Dates: circa 1852

Union Army and Navy recruits bounty payments and receipts for 1864 to 1865

Accession ACC-2010-089
Dates: 1864-1865

Union Defense Committee records for 1861 to 1867

Accession ACC-2010-071
Dates: 1861-1867

Union Defense Fund bills and vouchers for 1861

Accession ACC-2010-080
Dates: 1861

Union Defense Fund bills and vouchers for 1861 to 1866

Accession ACC-2010-096
Dates: 1861-1866

Volume IX of printed Common Council minutes for 1784 to 1831

Accession ACC-1964-115
Dates: 1784-1831

Volunteer Family Aid Fund records for 1861 to 1867

Accession ACC-2010-072
Dates: 1861-1867