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Baltimore, July 6, 1886.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

Paoe.

Topography, Boundaries and Ge-

OLO(iY, 1-9

Bv J. Thomas Scharf, A. M., LUD.

The Indians of Westchester County, 9-20

By James Wood.

The Discovery and Settlement of

Westchester County, 20-31

By James Wood.

The Origin and History of Manors IN New York, and in the County of Westchester, 31-160 a

Parts :

1. The Indian Owners of New Nethorland ami of Westchester.

2. How tlie Indian Title vested successively in the Dutch West

India Company, the British Crown, and the Independent State of New York.

3. The Dutch in New Nethcrland.

4. The Colonization by the West India Company.

5. The Nature of the Dutch System of Government and Law,