New York State, Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers, 1857-1938

Source Information

New York State Archives
Ancestry.com. New York State, Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers, 1857-1938 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019.
Original data: New York State Governor extradition requisition and mandate registers and blotters, 1857-1938. New York (State). Governor, Series A0599. New York State Archives, Albany, New York.

About New York State, Extradition Requisition and Mandate Registers, 1857-1938

This collection consists of several unique types of requests regarding prisoners made to or by the governor of New York State between 1857 and 1938, including requisition and mandate requests, restoration of citizenship rights, and the commutation of sentences. For more information on this collection, please visit the Finding Aid page on the New York State Archives site.


Information found on each record varies, but may include:

  • the name of the individual
  • any known alias names
  • case number
  • prison
  • warrant, sentencing, restoration, or commutation date and place