Adolph Phillipse' Including in the said Northerly Line all the Meadows, Marches, Coves, Bays, and Necks of Land and pennensulaes that are adjoining or Extending into Hudson's River within the Bounds of the said Lines, and from said red ceader tree another Due Easterly Line Runing into the Woods Twenty English Miles, and from thence along the Partition Line between our Colony of Conecticut and this Our Province untill you come into the place where the first Easterly Line of twenty miles Doth Come, the Whole being Bounded on the East by the said Partition Line between our said Collony of Conecticut and this our Province, and on the south side by the Northerly Line of the Mannor of Philipseburghe to southward of Kightawank Creeke aforesaid, and on the west by the said Hudson's River, and on the North side from the aforesaid red ceader tree by the south Line of the Land of Mr. Adolf Phillipse. And also a Ceartain parcel of Meadow Lying and being situate upon the West side of Hudson's River Within the said High Lands over against the aforesaid Hill called Anthony's Nose, Beginning on the South side of a creek called by the Indians Sinkeepogh, and so along said Creeke to the head thereof and then Northerly along the high hills as the River Runeth to another Creeke Apinnapink, and from thence along said Creeke to the said Hudson's River.''

From this description we are able to see the outline and appreciate the extent, and area, of this magnificent Manor of Cortlandt, which contained on the East side of the Hudson River 86,213 acres, and on the West side at least 1,500 acres, making altogether the enormous total of Eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and thirteen acres of land.