Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715 Land patent for Robert Livingston
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00129 Author/Creator: Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1685/08/27 Pagination: 3p. + docket 31.5 x 19.4 cm Order a Copy
An expansion of Livingston's original tract of land at the Roeloffe Johnsons Kill to add an additional 600 acres of land (these being adjacent to the furthest expanse of the Province of New York on the border with Connecticut, and therefore not adjacent to his previous grant of land), for an annual rent of eight shillings. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)
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