Foreword...............................................................6
Preface................................................................7
Introduction...........................................................8

History of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1691-1847..................9
Supreme Court in the Colonial Period...................................9
Supreme Court under the Constitutions of 1777 and 1821................10
Preservation of Supreme Court of Judicature Records...................12
Supreme Court Jurisdiction and Procedure..............................13
Original Jurisdiction: Forms of Action................................13
Arrest, Appearance, and Bail..........................................14
Pleading..............................................................15
Trial and Verdict.....................................................16
Judgment and Execution................................................18
Statutory and Summary Jurisdiction....................................19
Appellate Jurisdiction................................................20

Inventory of Record Series, Supreme Court of Judicature                  
(Albany, Utica, Geneva Offices), 1797-1847............................22
Introduction..........................................................22
Series Identification Numbers.........................................22
List of Record Series.................................................23
Description of Record Series..........................................25
     Writs of Arrest and Summons......................................25
     Special Bail Pieces..............................................26
     Special Bail Books...............................................27
     Recognizance Rolls...............................................27
     Committiturs and Orders for Exoneration of Bail..................27
     Affidavits of Justification of Special Bail......................27
     Declarations and Pleadings.......................................28
     Reports of Judgment Awards.......................................29
     Copies of Pleadings Furnished to Trial Courts....................29
     Depositions and Summaries of Testimony...........................30
     Judgment Rolls...................................................31
     Dockets of Judgments.............................................32
     Writs of Execution...............................................33
     Minutes and Registers of Return of Writs.........................34
     Satisfaction Pieces..............................................35
     Common Rule Books................................................36
     General and Special Term Minute Books............................37
     Calendars of Enumerated Motions..................................38
     Motion Papers....................................................39
     Writs for Transfer or Review of Cases from Lower Courts..........40
     Insolvency Papers................................................41
     Partition Papers.................................................42
     Naturalization Papers............................................43
     Other Records....................................................44
     Clerks' Financial Records........................................46
     Lists of Attorneys, Attorneys' Agents,                             
     and Supreme Court Commissioners..................................47
     Certificates of Clerkships.......................................48
     Documents Received from New York State Library...................49

Appendices............................................................50
A. Forms of Action at Common Law......................................50
B. Suggestions for Locating Case Papers...............................54
C. Inferior Courts of Law.............................................55
D. Supreme Court Justices (1777-1847) & Circuit Judges (1823-1847)... 58
E. Supreme Court Clerks (1797-1847)...................................59
F. Attorneys General (1777-1847)......................................60
G. Supreme Court Terms (1785-1847)....................................61
H. The 1848 Code of Procedure.........................................62

Bibliography..........................................................63
General Works.........................................................63
History of the Common Law.............................................63
History of New York Courts-General....................................64
History of New York Courts-Colonial Period............................65
Reform of Practice and Pleadings......................................66
Bibliography and Records Surveys......................................67
Compiled and Revised Statutes.........................................67
Treatises and Practice Books..........................................68
Lists of Attorneys....................................................69
Rule Books............................................................69
Manuscript Works......................................................69
Law Reports and Digests...............................................70
Miscellaneous Unofficial Reports......................................71
Modern Digests and Citators...........................................71
Court Reports-History and Bibliography................................71
Topical Guides to Cases...............................................72
Records of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Other Repositories......72

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