Civil List and Forms of Government of the Colony and State of New York, Compiled from Official and Authentic Sources

＂The New York Civil List for 1867 (the thirteenth year of its publication) is herewith presented. ... The Public Records in the office of the Secretary of State, and all other authentic sources of information, have been resorted to for the purpose of rendering the work as accurate and reliable as possible. ... Persons desiring to consult the records relative to any one office or branch of the government, are referred to the very full index given at the close of the volume.＂

Chapters include: Dutch Government, English Government, Revolutionary Government, First Constitution, Second Constitution, and Third Constitution. Topics cover Conventions, Elections and Electors, Executive Department, Administrative Officers, Canal Department, State Prisons, Public Instruction, Judicial Department, Legislative Department, Civil Divisions and their Officers, Federal Government, and more.