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sec cause to make any small dam across the said river, it shall 1>3 lawful for 

 either party to fix the end of their dam of each other side, without lett or moles- 

 tation."" Frederick Piiilipse, 



Jonx Pell. 



Frederick Philipse being now vested in the fee simple, tho whole 

 territory was by royal charter, erected into the lordship and manor of 

 Philipsborough, to be holden of the king, in free and common soccage, 

 its lord yielding, rendering, and paying therefor, yearly and every year, 

 on the feast day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the 

 fort in New York, the annual rent of ^4 1 2s. 



THE ROYAL CHARTER. 



"William and Mary, by the grace of God, &c, king and queen of England, 

 Scotland, France and Ireland, defenders of the faith, &c, to all to whom these 

 presents shall come, greeting: Whereas, the Honorable Richard Nicolls, Esq., 

 late Governor of our Province of New York, &c, by a certain deed or patent, 

 sealed with the seal of our said Province, bearing date the 8th day of October, in 

 the year of our Lord, 1666, pursuant to the authority in him residing, did give 

 and grant unto Hugh O'Xeale and Mary his wife, their heirs and assigns, all that 

 tract of land upon the main, bounded to the north by a rivulet called by the 

 Indians, Meccackassin, so running southward to Xepperhan, from thence to the 

 kill Shorackkapock and to Paparinnemo, which is the southermost bounds, then to 

 go across the country, eastward by that which is commonly known by the name 

 of Bronx's river, together with all the woods, marshes, meadows, pastures, waters, 

 lakes, creeks, rivulets, fishing, hunting and fowling, and all other profits, 

 commodities and emoluments to said tract of land belonging, with their and 

 every of their appurtenance, to have and to hold unto the said Hugh O'Xeale and 

 Mary his wife, their heirs and assigns forever, as by the said deed or patent, re- 

 lation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear ; and whereas, the 

 said Hugh O'Xeale and Mary his wife, by their certain deed or writ, dated 30th 

 day of Oct., in said year of our Lord, 1666, did sell, alien, assign and set over all 

 and singular their right and title and interest of in and to the aforenamed tract 

 of land and premises, unto Elias Doughty of Flushing, in the Co. of York, on 

 Long Island, unto the said Elias Doughty, his heirs and assigns forever, as by 

 the said deed or writing, relation being thereunto had, as may more fully and 

 at large appear ; and whereas, the said Elias Doughty by his certain deed or 

 writing, bearing date 29th day of Nov., in the year of our Lord 1672, for the 

 consideration therein expressed and mentioned, did assign and set over, all and 

 singular his right and title and interest, of, in and to the aforementioned tract of 

 land and premises unto Thomas Deleval, Esq., Frederick Philips and Thomas 

 Lewis, mariner, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns forever, as by the said 

 deed or writing relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear; 

 and whereas, the said Thomas Deleval, in and by a certain codicil annexed unto 

 his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the 10th day of June, in the 



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