" Know all men whom this may concern, that we the inhabitants of Minussing island, whose names are underwritten do declare unto all men, we came not hither to live without government as some suppose, an J therefore do proclaime Charles the Second our true Lord and King, and doe voluntary submit ourselves and all our lands that we have bought of the English and Indians under his gracious protection, and do expect according to his gracious declaration unto all his subjects which we are, and desire to be subject to all his wholesome laws that are just and righteous, according to God and our consciences, to receive, whereunto we do subscribe.

The mark of Taylor Johnson. ^ Peter Disbrow,

The mark of Moses. Joim Coe.

Samuel Allin. The mark of Thomas Stedwell.

Tiie mark of Robert Hudsone. William Odell.

John Bmndish.

The mark of Frederick Hermanson. The mark of Tiiomas Applebe."

To this declaration is appended the following agreement and orders, (showing the bounds of the future township of Hastings.)

" We do agree that for our land bought on themayn land, called in the Indian Poningoe, and in English the Biaram land, lying between the aforesaid Biaram river and the Blind brook, bounded east and west with these two rivers, and on the north with Westchester path, and on the south with the sea, for a plantation, and the name of the town to be called Hastings.

And now lastly we have jointly agreed that he that will subscribe to these orders, here is land for him, and he that doth refuse to subscribe hereunto we have no laud for liim."^