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,

established in New Netherland, and of the Patroonships.

6. The Patroonsliip of Oolen-Douck.

7. The Capture of New Nethcrland from the Dutch, and the

Creation of the Knglish ' Province of New York."

8. The English .System in the Province of New York under the

Duke of York as Lord Proprietor. "J. The Manors in New York, what they were not, and what they were.

10. The Franchises, Privileges, and Incidents, of Manors in the

Province of New York, and in the County of Westchester, and the Parishes in the latter.

11. The Churih of Enj;land I'arochial Organization in Westchester County, and its Relations to tlie Manors.

12. The Manors and the County in their Mutual Kclations, and

the Origin and Formation of the latter.

13. The Manor of Cortlandt, its Origin, Special Franchises,

Division, First Lord and his Family, Particular Histoi-y, and Topography,

14. The Manor of S< ars<lale, iU Origin, Local History, Ac^oiniug Patents, its First Lord and llis Family, Division, »nd Topography.

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The Colonial Period, 1683-1774, . 161-177

By Rev. William S. Coffey, A. M.