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A patent is a right to a parcel of land granted by the governor. A map and information about the larger patents can be found in: | A patent is a right to a parcel of land granted by the governor. A map and information about the larger patents can be found in: | ||
*Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''.<ref>Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''. 1931; reprint edition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porcupine Press, 1976.</ref> | *Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''.<ref>Ruth L. Higgins, editor, ''Expansion in New York with Especial Reference to the Eighteenth Century''. 1931; reprint edition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Porcupine Press, 1976.</ref> {{FHL|180475|item|disp=FHL book 974.7 H2h 1976, film 1036688 item 2}} | ||
For more information about patent maps, see [[New York Maps|New York Maps]]. | For more information about patent maps, see [[New York Maps|New York Maps]]. . | ||
All colonial patents and land grant applications and many deeds are in the State Archives. Patents and deeds from 1664 on are also on microfilm at the Family History Library. Some of the major collections of early land records are described in the following sections. | All colonial patents and land grant applications and many deeds are in the State Archives. Patents and deeds from 1664 on are also on microfilm at the Family History Library. Some of the major collections of early land records are described in the following sections. | ||