In the spring of 17 14 a rate was levied on ye proprietors of ye township of Bedford, in proportion to their several properties therein, for ye raising ye sum of £50 for ye discharging of her majesties dues of quit rent for ten years.

The proportion of Col. Jacobus Van Cortlandt for 2565 acres in ye north west corner of ye patent lands was . jQ6 08 06 For his vineyard purchase, 607 acres . . . . 1 10 05 For his right in Dibble's purchase, 762 acres . . 1 18 00 For his right in ye new purchase . . . . 2 13 04

The following document is extracted from a manuscript volume entitled " the receipt book of the quit rents of Bedford, paid from 17 14 to

" Received of Mr. Jonathan Miller and Joseph Seeley the sum of fifty pounds, proclamation money, being in full for ten years quit rent for the town of Bed-

Witness my hand this 1st dav ) of May, A. D. 1714. ' J % .£50, procl. money.

Upon the 12th of October, 1705, John Dibble, by a bill of sale, conveyed all his right, title and interest in the town of Bedford to Jacobus Van Cortlandt. This individual subsequently became invested in the rights of Jonathan Miller on the 15th of October, 17 13, and Zachariah Roberts, on the 13th of October, 17 17.

The last Indian deed for lands in Bedford bears date 23d of January, 1722, wherein Lackawawa and Peparinuk and Moses, Indian natives and owners of ye land on ye north side of Cross River, in ye bounds of Bedford, for ye sum of twenty pounds, conveyed to Joseph Seely and his heirs, &c, "being on ye north side of ye Cross River, so called, and bounded as follows : Easterly by a brook that runeth into sd river, westerly by a brook yt runs to ye Cross River, northerly by two black ash trees, southerly by ye above Cross River, &c