History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
And we do hereby likewise Ordain and Direct, that the North Bounds of our County of Ulster shall begin at the Mouth of the said Sawyer's Creek or Brook, and extend from thence West to the utmost extent ol Our said Province.
And We do hereby further Ordain and Direct, That the County of Dutchess do and shall contain All the Lands between Hudson's River and the Colony of Connecticut, from the North Bounds of the County of Westchester to the South Bounds of the County of Albany.
And Our Royal Will and Pleasure is, and We do hereby Direct and Require, That Our Surveyor General of Our said Province of New York, shall, with all convenient speed, Run, and Survey the Partition Line between the Counties of Westchester <& Dutchess, the Partition Line between the Counties of Dutchess and Albany, and the Partition Line between the Counties of Albany and Ulster.
In Testimony Whereof, We Have caused these Our Letters to be Made Potent, and the Seal of Our Province of New York to be hereunto affixed. Witness our Trusty and Well-beloved William Cosby, £stj., Captain General and Governour-in Chief of Our said Province of New York and the Territories depending/ thereon in America, Vice-Adniiral of the same, and Colonel in his Majesty's Army, &c. in and by and with the Consent and Advice of Our Council of Our said Province, at Fort George in Our City of New York, the Twenty nineth Day of August, in the Seventh Year of Our Reign Annoq; Dom. 1733."