Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, and that this our present grant being entered on record, as is herein after particularly expressed, shall be good and effectual in the law to all intents, constructions and purposes whatsoever, against us, our heirs and successors, according to the true intent and meaning herein before declared, notwithstanding the not reciting, or mis-recital, not naming, or mis-naming of any the aforesaid franchises, privileges, immunities, offices, or other the premises or any of them, and although no writ of ad quod damnum or other writs inquisitors or penalties hath or have been, upon this account, had, made, issued, or prosecuted, to have and to hold, all and singular, the privileges, liberties, advantages, and immunities hereby granted or meant, mentioned or intended so to be, unto them the said rector and members of St. Peter's Church, on the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, and to their successors forever. In testimony whereof we ha^e caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province to be hereunto affixed, and the same to be entered on record in our secretary's office in our city of New York, in one of the books of patents there remaining. Witness our said trusty and well beloved Cadwallader Colden, Esq., our said lieutenant governor, and commander-in-chief of our said province of New York, and the territories depending thereon, in America, at our fort in our city of New York, by and with the advice and consent of our council for our said province, the 18th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1770, and of our reign the 10th. "^