Governm 1 late in practice w th in this his Ma ties Towne of New Yorke, under the name and style of Scout, Burgomasters and Schepens, which are not knowne or customary in any of his Ma tic8 Dominions To the end that the course of Justice for the future may be legally, equally and impartially administered to all his Matie » Subjects as well Inhabitants as Strangers Know all Men by these ;

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK.

Presents, That I Richard Nicolls,

Deputy Govern

to his Royall Highnesse, the Duke of York, by

Letters Pattents, bearing date the 12 th day of March in y e 16 th yeare of his Maties Reigne, Do ordaine, constitute and declare, that the Inhabitants of New Yorke, New Harlem,

virtue of his Mat

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w th all other his Ma ties Subjects Inhabitants upon this Island, commonly called & knowne by the Name of the Manhattans Island, are and shall bee for ever accounted, nominated and Established, as one Body Politique and Corporate under the Governm 4 of a Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriife, and I do by these P'sents constitute and appoint for one whole year, commencing from the date hereof, and

M Thomas Willett to bee M Cornelius Van Ruyven &

ending the 12 th day of June w ch shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1666 ; r r Oloife Stuyvesant, r Thomas Delavall, John Brugges, Mayor,

M John Lawrence to bee Aldermen, & M Allard Anthony to be Sheriffe r