tract on the west side of the Hudson River opposite the promontory of Anthony's Nose, which he also purchased from the Indians, was, by King William the Third through his Governor, Benjamin Fletcher, on the 17th of June 1697, erected into " the Lordship and Manor of Cortlandt." The original Manor-Grant covering two skins of vellum beautifully written, and bearing the Great Seal of the Province, its opening words highly ornamented, still exists in perfect preservation. Above the writing is an elegantly engraved border nearly two inches in width, of rich Italian arabesque design of fruits, flowers, figures and birds, in the centre of which appear the arms of England in full. The initial letter " G " of " Gulielmus," the King's name in Latin, with which the instrument commences, is very large, is richly ornamented, and has within it a bust portrait of William wearing the large peruke, and full laced scarf, of that day. The great seal attached is that brought over by Governor Sloughter in 1691, made pursuant to a warrant of William and Mary bearing date the Slst of May 1690. It has upon its obverse the Arms of England as borne by the Stuarts with the addition of a shield of pretence in the centre, charged with the lion rampant of the house of Nassau ; and, on its reverse, full length effigies of the King and Queen, the latter holding the orb and sceptre, and kneeling at their feet an Indian man and woman, the former offering a roll of wampum, and the latter a skin of a beaver. The legend around the obverse is in Latin, signifying " The seal of our province of New York in America," that around the reverse, also in Latin, is, " William III. and Mary II.