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125. Nov. 3rd, 1667 an order was issued, levying taxes for the Ses- 

 sions house in the West Riding of Yorkshire to be built at Grave- 

 send. (Col. Doc. 14: 603.) 



126. 1668. On 19th of Feb. 1668, Gov. Nicolls issued "The Gov- 

 erno""^ WarrS sent to y« Constable and Overseers of each Towne 

 in y« West Riding, About y« Payment of their Proportions to- 

 wards y® Sessions House. 



£.- s. d. 



Gravesend 16 04 05 



New Towne 26 02 31^ 



Bushwick 05 II 2Y2 



Amesford 13 19 yy^ 



Bruycklyn 15 03 1 1 



fiflat Bush 19 03 08 



New Utricht 07 



Staten Island 06 14 iqI/^ " 



no GO GO 



(Col. Doc. 14: 604, 605.) 



127. 1685. Governor Dongan to Earl of Perth: "Your agents 

 have dispersed printed papers, to y^ disturbance of y® inhabi- 

 tants of Staten Island, It hath been in the possion of his 

 R" High^^ above 2g years (except y^ little time y« Dutch had 

 it), purchased be Governour Lovelace from y^ Indyans, in y^ time 

 of S"" George Carteret, without any p^'tences 'till y'" agents made 

 claime to it, it is peopled with above two Hundred ffamilyes. . . . 

 N. York, ffebruary y« 13th, 1685. Tho : Dongan." 



(Col. Doc. 3: 354.) 



128. 1877. " In 1668 the Island ' was adjudged to belong to New 

 York' because one of the outlets of Hudson River ran around 

 the Island. . . . The Duke of York himself appears to have had 

 his doubts about the matter, for it is said that when this question 

 of jurisdiction was first agitated, he decided that all islands lying 

 in the river, or harbor, which could be circumnavigated in twenty- 

 four hours, should remain in his jurisdiction, otherwise to New 

 Jersey. 



Christopher Billop, being then in the harbor in command of a 

 small ship called the Bentley, which it is also said he owned, un- 

 dertook the task of sailing around the Island, and accompHshed it 



