The most important source for the province is the _Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New York_ (Albany, 1856-83), edited by O'Callaghan and Fernow. Original material may also be found in the _Records of New Amsterdam_ (New York, 1897); Munsell's _Annals of Albany_ (Albany, 1850-59); the same compiler's _Collections on the History of Albany_ (Albany, 1865-71); and Valentine's _Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York_ (New York, 1843 ff.). For the Dutch period we have O'Callaghan's _Laws and Ordinances_ (Albany, 1868); for the proprietary government, "The Duke of Yorke's Book of Laws," in Linn's _Charter and Laws_ (Harrisburg, 1879); earlier in Vol. I of the _Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1809_ (New York, 1811); and recently in Vol. I of the _Colonial Laws of New York_ (Albany, 1894), while the last-named collection covers the period of the royal province, and is enriched by Cumming's _Historical Note_ and his comments on the various statutes and papers. The celebrated "Lauderdale Peerage Case," so important for understanding the marriage law of New York for the period between 1691 and 1772, may be found in the English _Law Reports_, X (London, 1885); and also abridged in Cook, _Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts_, XXXVII (Albany, 1887). In connection with this case several members of the American bar submitted written opinions, and three of those published are in the New York State Library: see Fowler, _Letter and Opinion_ (New York, May 11, 1885); Seward, _Answers to the Interrogations of Brodie and Sons_ (New York, June, 1885); and Webster, _Opinion on the Law of Marriage in the Colony of New York_ (New York, May 26, 1885). But far more conclusive than the views of the witnesses and expert advisers called at the trial is the remarkable paper of Rev. John Rodgers, found in the cabinet of President Stiles by the historian Holmes, entitled "A brief view of the state of religious liberty in New York 1773," in 2 _Mass. Hist. Coll._, I (Boston, 1838).