Series I: Correspondence and Public Papers (Reels 1-11)
Letters written by and to Burr, records of his public career, and miscellaneous business documents. Families included in personal and legal documents include: Bartow, Blodget-Smith, Bradstreet, Eden, Edwards, Livingston, Prevost, Smith, Stillwell, and Walton.
Documents are arranged chronologically, then alphabetically. Detailed targets are filmed with information on the origin of the documents they precede, which should be used in citations and copyright questions.
Reel 1 1757-1785
Reel 2 1786-1791
Reel 3 1792-1796
Reel 4 1797-1801
Reel 5 1802-1804
Reel 6 1805-May 1812
Reel 7 June 1812-June 1817
Reel 8 July 1817-February 22, 1820
Reel 9 February 23, 1820-October 16, 1823
Reel 10 October 16, 1823-September 26, 1826
Reel 11 September 27, 1826-n.d.
Series II: Orderly Books and European Journal (Reel 12)
Reel 12 Orderly Books and European Journal
Two groups of manuscripts and material bound in volumes from the New York Historical Society and the Huntington Library respectively. Frames are not numbered.
Series III: Legal Papers (Reels 13-27)
Records of legal practice. Targets include date of earliest document, case title, case number, and description of type of action involved.
Reel 13 New York City Mayor’s Court (NYCMC) Minutebooks, 1785-1821 (frames 1-228)
NYCMC Case: 1-241, February 1784-May 1816 (frame 229 et seq.)
Reel 14 NYCMC Cases: 242-311, June 1816-January 1826 (frames 1-385)
New York Supreme Court (NYSC), Minutebooks, 1782-1836 (frame 386 et seq.)
Reel 15 NYSC Causes: 1-291, March 1782-September 1790
Reel 16 NYSC Cases: 292-526, October 1790-October 1820
Reel 17 NYSC Cases: 527-561, October 1820-July 1833 (frames 1-321)
New York Court of Chancery and Court of Equity (NYCh) Minutebooks, 1785-1834 (frame 322 et seq.)
Reel 18 NYCh Cases: 1-45, March 1784-April 1786
Reel 19 NYCh Cases: 46-128, April 1786-1790
Reel 20 NYCh Cases: 129-209, February 1791-May 1813
Reel 21 NYCh Cases: 210-230, September 1813-June 1816
Reel 22 NYCh Cases: 231-247, July 1816-February 1818
Reel 23 NYCh Cases: 248-269, March 1818-March 1825
Reel 24 NYCh Cases: 270-275, July 1825-October 1826
Reel 25 NYCh Cases: 276-291, December 1826-July 1834
Reel 26 New York Court of Errors (NYCE) Minutebooks, 1788-1829 (frames 1-66)
NYCE Cases: 1-24, January 1792-May 1828 (frames 67-624)
Cheesecocks Patent (frames 625-685)
State Courts Cases: 1-5, June 1796-May 1811 (frame 686 et seq.)
Reel 27 United States (U.S.) Court Minutebooks:
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1789-1802 (frames 1-25)
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New York, 1790-1800 (frames 27-49)
United States Supreme Court, 1790-1828 (frames 50-59)
U.S. Cases: 1-11, March 1795-September 1824 (frame 60 et seq.)