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• Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey (5 volumes, later ones subtitled "Early Settlers of New Jersey and Their Descendants"; 1903-1932), by John E. Stillwell
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume IV: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume V: multiple formats at archive.org

• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Albany, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Albany (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Western New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Western New York (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Central New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Central New York (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Long Island, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Long Island (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Annual Session of the Northern New York Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Northern New York Conference (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, New York East Conference (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Session of the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, New York Conference (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Troy Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Troy Conference (partial serial archives)
• Official Minutes of the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Genesee Conference (partial serial archives)
• Proceedings of the Annual Session, Central New York Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, by Methodist Episcopal Church, Central New York Conference (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of New York (partial serial archives)
• Minutes of the Wyoming Annual Conference, by Methodist Episcopal Church Wyoming Conference (partial serial archives)

• The Book of the Museum (Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society v25; 1921), ed. by Frank H. Severance (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, 1738-1761, Together With Records of Charlotte Precinct, 1762-1785, Records of Clinton Precinct, 1786-1788, and Records of the Town of Clinton, 1789-1799 (Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society v7; 1940), ed. by Franklin D. Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)

• Records of Crum Elbow Precinct, Dutchess County, New York, 1738-1761, Together With Records of Charlotte Precinct, 1762-1785, Records of Clinton Precinct, 1786-1788, and Records of the Town of Clinton, 1789-1799 (Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society v7; 1940), ed. by Franklin D. Roosevelt (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Mighty Chain: A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives, by New York State Archives and Records Administration
  • HTML at nysed.gov
  • text at nysed.gov

• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Albany, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Albany (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Western New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Western New York (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Central New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Central New York (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of Long Island, by Episcopal Church Diocese of Long Island (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Annual Convention, Diocese of New York, by Episcopal Church Diocese of New York (partial serial archives)

• Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York (15 volumes; Albany: Weed, Parsons, and Co., 1853-1887), ed. by E. B. O'Callaghan and Berthold Fernow, contrib. by John Romeyn Brodhead
  • Volume 1 (General introduction, and Holland documents, 1603-1656): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Holland documents, 1657-1678): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (London documents, 1614-1692): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (London documents, 1693-1706): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (London documents, 1707-1733): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (London documents, 1734-1755): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (London documents, 1756-1767): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 8 (London documents, 1768-1782): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 9 (Paris documents, 1631-1744): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 10 (Paris documents, 1745-1774): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 11 (General index): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 12 (Dutch and Swedish settlements on the Delaware River): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 13 (Towns along the Hudson and Mohawk rivers): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 14 (Early colonial settlements, mainly on Long Island): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 15 (State Archives; no more volumes published in this series): multiple formats at archive.org
• Manuscripts of Sir William Johnson (From the Originals on File in the Secretary of State's Dep't Albany) (extract from The Documentary History of the State of New York; 1849), by William Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Translation and Publication of the Manuscript Dutch Records of New Netherland, With an Account of Previous Attempts at Translation (Education Department Bulletin #462, NY State Library bibliography #46; Albany: University of the State of New York, 1910), by Arnold J. F. Van Laer (page images at HathiTrust)

• Manuscripts of Sir William Johnson (From the Originals on File in the Secretary of State's Dep't Albany) (extract from The Documentary History of the State of New York; 1849), by William Johnson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Long Day: The Story of a New York Working Girl as Told By Herself (New York: The Century Co., 1906), by Dorothy Richardson (page images and uncorrected OCR text at MOA)

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• A Legacy of Historical Gleanings (2 volumes; Albany: J. Munsell, 1875), by Catharina V. R. Bonney
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• An Authentic and Comprehensive History of Buffalo, With Some Account of Its Early Inhabitants, Both Savage and Civilized: Comprising Historic Notices of The Six Nations or Iroquois Indians, Including a Sketch of The Life of Sir William Johnson, and of Other Prominent White Men, Long Resident Among The Senecas, Arranged In Chronologial Order (2 volumes; Buffalo: Rockwell, Baker and Hill, printers, 1864-1865), by William Ketchum (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, by Jay Gould (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)

• Perry's Saints: or, The Fighting Parson's Regiment in the War of the Rebellion (Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, c1886), by James M. Nichols (illustrated HTML at generalatomic.com)

• The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which Are Dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and Are the Barrier Between the English and French in That Part of the World (London: Printed for T. Osborne, 1747), by Cadwallader Colden
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images in Germany
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (published under "Diedrich Knickerbocker" persona; New York: Inskeep and Bradford, 1809), by Washington Irving
  • volume 1: HTML at Virginia
  • volume 2: HTML at Virginia
• History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (Works of Washington Irving, new edition, v1; New York: G. P. Putnam, 1860), by Washington Irving (page images at MOA)
• Knickerbocker's History of New York, by Washington Irving (Gutenberg text)
• An Abridgment of the Indian Affairs, Contained in Four Folio Volumes, Transacted in the Colony of New York, From the Year 1678 to the Year 1751 (Harvard Historical Studies v21; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1915), by Peter Wraxall, ed. by Charles Howard McIlwain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Colonial Days in Old New York (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1896), by Alice Morse Earle (Gutenberg text)
• The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which Are Dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and Are the Barrier Between the English and French in That Part of the World (2 volumes; New York: New Amsterdam Book Co., 1902), by Cadwallader Colden, contrib. by Robert Waite
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
• The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, Which Are Dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and Are the Barrier Between the English and French in That Part of the World (2 volumes; New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1904), by Cadwallader Colden
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume I: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume II: multiple formats at HathiTrust
• The Sons of Liberty in New York: A Paper Read Before the New York Historical Society, May 3d, 1859 (Poughkeepsie, NY: Platt and Schram, 1859), by Henry B. Dawson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks, 1656-1680 (Buffalo: P. Paul, 1891), by Ellen Hardin Walworth (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart., by William L. Stone
  • volume I: HTML at threerivershms.com
  • volume II: HTML at threerivershms.com
• Legal Education in Colonial New York (New York: New York University Law Quarterly Review, 1939), by Paul M. Hamlin (page images at HathiTrust)

• Banner by the Wayside (New York: Random House, c1947), by Samuel Hopkins Adams (page images at HathiTrust)

• New-York Historical Society Quarterly (with some annual reports; 1917-1980) (full serial archives)
• New York History (partial serial archives)
• Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, by New York State Historical Association (partial serial archives)
• The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association (partial serial archives)

• Annals of Tryon County: or, The Border Warfare of New York, During the Revolution, by William W. Campbell (HTML at threerivershms.com)
• History of New York During the Revolutionary War, and of the Leading Events in the Other Colonies at That Period (2 volumes; New York: Printed for the New York Historical Society, 1879), by Thomas Jones, ed. by Edward F. De Lancey (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Battle of Klock's Field, October 19, 1780, With a Description of the Raid of the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys by the Tories and Indians under Sir. John Johnson, by Lou D. MacWethy (illustrated HTML at threerivershms.com)
• War Out of Niagara: Walter Butler and the Tory Rangers (New York: Columbia University Press, 1933), by Howard Swiggett, contrib. by John Buchan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures of a Lady in the War of Independence in America, by Susan Griffith Colpoys Johnson (HTML with commentary at threerivershms.com)
• History of Delaware County, and Border Wars of New York, by Jay Gould (HTML at dcnyhistory.org)
• History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York, by J. R. Simms (illustrated HTML at rootsweb.com)
• The Parsonage Between Two Manors: Annals of Clover-Reach (Hudson, NY: Bryan Printing Co., 1909), by Elizabeth Louisa Gebhard
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

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