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The '''Manuscripts and Special Collections''' The Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit of the NYSL, established in 1881, contains manuscripts, rare books, maps and atlases, prints and photographs, broadsodes and posters.<br>For Finding Aids to Special Collections, [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/ Click Here]. | The '''Manuscripts and Special Collections''' The Manuscripts and Special Collections Unit of the NYSL, established in 1881, contains manuscripts, rare books, maps and atlases, prints and photographs, broadsodes and posters.<br>For Finding Aids to Special Collections, [http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/msscfa/ Click Here]. | ||
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{{Fire}}'''March 1911:''' Albany, NY fire destroyed the State Capitol Building including part of the State Library. Losses included twenty-three manuscript folio volumes of the famous official records of the governors of the city of New Amsterdam, covering a period from 1630 to 1674, the correspondence of Governor George Clinton, 5,000 pieces in all, and the original letters of Sir William Johnson, and Governor Daniel D. Tompkins.<ref>Stu Beitler, "Albany, NY Fire Destroys State Capitol Building, Mar 1911" in GenDisasters.com at http://www3.gendisasters.com/new-york/4275/albany,-ny-fire-destroys-state-capitol-building,-mar-1911 (accessed 26 September 2011).</ref><br><br> | |||
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