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seeme excluded out of his patent, if they lye out in y^ open river, 

 and may still belong to New Castle, and soe alsoe for those y* the 

 Quakers of New Jersey may pretend to; but in both these cases 

 the graunts alone must determine y° matter, w'^^'^ you may be well 

 advised upon', for here they are not, neither can we judge soe well 

 as our lawyers. . . ." ® 



Letter from Governor Carteret and Council to the Gover- 

 nor OF New York and His Council, Referring to the 

 Ownership of Staten Island 



(From " East Jersey Records," Vol. II, Liber 3, p. 171.) 



By the Hon^'^ Phillip Carteret Esq''. Governor of the Province 

 of East New Jersey under the Right Hon^'^, the Lady Elizabeth 

 Carteret Sole Executrix to the Right Hon^^^, Sir George Carteret 

 Kn'. & Bar'. Deceased Late Lord Proprietor of this Province and 

 his Councell 



To the Hon'''®, the Governor or Commander in Chief of all his 

 R: Highness Territories in America at New York and his Coun- 

 cell there. 



Whereas I have an order to Lay Claime to Staten Island as 

 properly and Justly belonging to the Lord Proprietor his Govern- 

 ment and Jurisdiction of this Province and cloth Appeare by his 

 R: Highness Grant under his hand and Scale bearing date the 

 lo*'' day of 7temb. 1680. Wherefore these are in the Lord Pro- 

 prietors Name and by Virtue of the said Grant to demand of you 

 the Surrender of the s*^ Island unto me with the Quiet possession 

 thereof, and that your Selfues or any other persone by your 

 Authority doe forbeare the Expressing eny Command Authority 

 or Jurisdiction within the said Island in which I doe Expect your 

 Speedy answer & Compliance — 



Given under my hand and Seale the 22^ July 1681. 



"3 Col. Doc, 286. 



