Below are some of the more prominent published collections of sources related to New York for both its colonial and early national periods. Additional printed sources for early New York can be found in various historical journals, including The Quarterly Journal of the New York State Historical Association and New York History. For help locating any of the volumes listed below, consult our Finding Published Sources page.

Colonial

The Andros Papers, 1674 - 1677, eds. Peter Al Christoph and Florence Christoph, trans. Charles A. Ghering, 2 vols. (Syracuse, 1990)

Calendar of N.Y. Colonial Manuscripts: Indorsed Land Papers, in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York, 1643 – 1803, rev. rep. (Harrison, 1987)

The Colden Letter Books, 2 vols., New-York Historical Society, Collections, vols. 9-10 (New York, 1876-1877)

The Colonial Laws of New York, from the Year 1664 to the Revolution…, ed. A. Judd Northrup, et. al., 5 vols. (Albany, 1894)

Colonial Records of the New York Chamber of Commerce, 1768 - 1784, ed. John Austin Stevens, Jr. (New York, 1867)

The Correspondence of General Thomas Gage with the Secretaries of State, 1763 – 1775, ed. Clarence Edwin Carter, 2 vols. (New Haven, 1931)

Correspondence of Jeremias van Rennselaer, 1651 – 1674, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer (Albany, 1932)

Correspondence of Maria van Rensselaer, 1669 – 1689, ed. A. J. F. van Laer (Albany, 1935)

Correspondence of the Van Cortlandt Family of Cortlandt Manor, 1748 – 1801, ed. Jacob Judd (Tarrytown, 1977)

Documents Relative to New Netherland, 1624 – 1626, in the Henry E. Huntington Library, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer (San Marino, 1924)

Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York; Procured in Holland, England and France by John Romeyn Brodhead, Esq…, eds. E.B. O’Callaghan and Berthold Fernow, 15 vols. (Albany, 1856-1887)

Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, ed. A. J. F. van Laer, trans. Jonathan Pearson, 4 vols. (Albany, 1869-1912)

Ecclesiastical Records of the State of New York, eds. James A. Holden, et al., 7 vols. (Albany, 1901-1916)

In Mohawk Country: Early Narratives About a Native People, eds. Dean R. Snow, et. al. (Syracuse, 1996)

The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden (New York, 1937)

The Livingston Indian Records, 1666 – 1723, ed. Lawrence H. Leder (Gettysburg, 1956)

Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1668 – 1673, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer, 3 vols. (Albany, 1926-1932) 

Minutes of the Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer, 2 vols. (Albany, 1922-1923)

Minutes of the Court of Rensselaerswyck, 1648 0 1652, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer (Albany, 1922)

Minutes of the Executive Council of the Province of New York: Administration of Francis Lovelace, 1668 – 1673, ed. Victor Hugo Paltsits, 2 vols. (Albany, 1910)

Narratives of New Netherland, ed. J. Franklin Jameson (New York, 1909)

New Netherland Documents Series: Council Minutes, ed. and trans. Charles T. Gehring, 2 vols. (Syracuse, 2000)

New Netherland Documents Series: Correspondence, ed. and trans. Charles T. Ghering (Syracuse, 2000)

New York Historical Manuscripts: Court of Assizes, 1665 - 1682, eds. Peter A. Christoph and Florence Christoph (Baltimore, 1983)

New York Historical Manuscripts: Council Minutes, 1638 - 1682, eds. Arnold J. F. Van Lear and Charles A. Ghering, 3 vols. (Baltimore, 1974-1983)

New York Historical Manuscripts: General Entires, 1664 - 1682, eds. Peter A. Christoph and Florence Christoph, 2 vols. (Syracuse, 1982)

New York Historical Manuscripts: Registrar of the Provincial Secretary, ed. and trans. Arnold J. F. Van Lear, 2 vols. (Baltimore, 1974)

The Papers of Sir William Johnson, eds. James Sullivan, et al., 14 vols. (Albany, 1921-1965)

Records of New Amsterdam from 1653 - 1674, eds. Berthold Fernow and Edmund Bailey O’Callaghan, 7 vols. (New York, 1897)

Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y., eds. Joseph Osborne et al., 5 vols. (Sag Harbor, 1887-1905)

Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island, New York, ed. Benjamin D. Hicks, 8 vols. (Jamaica, 1896)

Records of the Town of Southampton with other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, eds. William S. Pelletreau et al., 8 vols. (Sag Harbor, 1874-1930)

Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, ed. and trans. A. J. F. van Laer, in New York State Library 90th Annual Report, vol. 2, supplement 7 (Albany, 1908)

Early National

The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay…, ed. Henry P. Johnston, 4 vols. (New York, 1890-1893)

Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States: Canadian Relations, 1784 – 1860, ed. William R. Manning, 3 vols. (Washington, 1940)

The Documentary History of the State of New-York, ed. E. B. O’Callaghan, 4 vols. (Albany, 1849-1851)

Ethan Allen and His Kin: Correspondence, 1772 – 1819, ed. John J. Duffy, 2 vols. (Hanover, 1998)

The Law Practice of Alexander Hamilton: Documents and Commentary, eds. Julius Goebel, Jr., et al., 5 vols. (New York, 1964-1981)

The Life and Writings of De Witt Clinton, ed. William W. Campbell (New York, 1849)

Memoirs of Aaron Burr with Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence, ed. Matthew L. Davis (New York, 1837)

Millard Fillmore Papers, ed. Frank H. Severance, Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society, vols. X-XI (Buffalo, 1907)

The Minute Book of the Committee of Safety of Tryon County, the Old New York Frontier, eds. Howard J. Hanson and Samuel Ludlow Frey (New York, 1905)

Minutes of the Albany Committee of Correspondence, 1775 – 1778, ed. James Sullivan 2 vols. (Albany, 1923-1925)

Minutes of the Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies in the State of New York, ed. Victor Hugo Paltsits, 3 vols. (Albany, 1909-1910)

The Minutes of the Common Council of the City of New York, 1785 – 1831, 19 vols. (New York, 1917-1930)

The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, eds. Harold C. Syrett, et. al., 27 vols. (New York, 1961-1987)

The Papers of William Livingston, eds. Carl Prince, et al., 5 vols. (Trenton, 1979-1988)

The Political Correspondence and Public Papers of Aaron Burr, ed. Mary-Jo Kline, 2 vols. (Princeton, 1983)

Proceedings of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs Appointed by Law for the Extinguishment of Indian Titles in the State of New York, ed. Franklin B. Hough, 2 vols. (Albany, 1861)

Public Papers of Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor of New York: 1807 – 1817, ed. Hugh Hastings, 3 vols. (Albany, 1898)

Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777 – 1795, 1801 – 1804, ed. Hugh Hastings, 10 vols. (Albany, 1899-1914)

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York; from January Term 1799 – January Term 1803, ed. William Johnson, 3 vols. (New York, 1808-1812)

Reports of Cases of Practice, Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New-York; from April Term, 1794, to November Term, 1805…, ed. William Coleman (New York, 1808)

Reports of Decisions in Criminal Cases Made at Term, at Chambers and in the Courts of Oyer and Terminer of the State of New York, ed. Amasa J. Parker, 6 vol. (Albany, 1858-1872)

Reports of Joseph Ellicott, ed. Robert W. Bingham, 2 vols. (Buffalo, 1937, 1941)

The Selected Papers of John Jay, eds. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll, et. al., 5 vols. (Charlottesville, 2010- )

State of New York: Messages from the Governors, ed. Charles Z. Lincoln, 11 vols. (Albany, 1909)