Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

The Ranslaers came @ brought me the same orders which I thought not convenient to execute @ which brings his Maf soe great a Revenue should bee in the hands of any particular men The town of itself is upon a barren sandy spot of land, @ the inhabitants live wholly upon trade with the Indians. By the meanes of Mr James Graham Judge Palmer @ Mr Cortlandt that have great influence on that people I got the Ranslears to release their pretence to the town @ sixteen miles into the country for commons to the King with liberty to cut firewood within the Colony for one @ twenty years. After I had obtained this release of the Ranslaers I passed the patent for Albany wherein was included the afore mentioned pasture, to which the people apprehended they had so good a right that they expressed judging it not for his Maty 9 interest that the second town of the Goverment

themselves discontented at my reserving a small spot of it for a garden for the use of the Garrison

That the people of Albany has given me .£700

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is untrue I

near my P rquisits, viz, ten shillings for every house

am but promised £300, which is not

@ the like for every hundred acres patented by

me, established by a committee appointed by the Assembly for the establishing of all fees, where Cap 4 Santen may remember himself was chairman, Alsoe what they have given to those other Gentlemen I know nothing of it @ upon my word in Gen 1 have not got the fourth part of my Pquisits,