John Archer, of Westchester,^ his heirs and assignees, fourscore acres of land and thirty acres of meadow, lying and being betwixt Brothers'' River and the watering place at the end of the Island of Manhatans ; and if the land be not fit to cleare for the plow or hoe, this land is to lye together; and if there be not all such land together as there should, or if there should happen eight or ten acres of land that is not for such use, then the said Archer is to have it with the rest ; and he shall have equal right privilege in the commons as any other man shall have within that Patent that hath no more arable land ; and the meadow is to be mowed all. As witnesse my hand this 1st of March, 1666. As witnesse, if there should lye any more land, that is to say, between thirty and forty acres, it is all in common, and I am to give the said Archer vl firme bill of sale under my hand and seal.

" Elias Doughty.

" I, Elias Doughty, do own to have received full satisfaction of the said Archer for the said lands and meadow ; the house is yet to be : and he, the said Archer, is to have his within the abovesaid tract of land. September the 18ih, 1667.

" It is to be understood that Mr. John Archer is to have the freshest meadow (boggy) that lyeth in the north side of Westchester path between the Patent of Mr. O'Neale, within his second purchase, upon consideration that the said John Archer shall pay to the said Doughty, &c. &c. ; as witness my hand.