Fletcher, our Captain General aud Governor-iu-Chief of our said province of New York and territories dependant thereon in America, &c., prayed our grant and confirmation of all the afore-recited tracts and parcels of land and premises within the limits and bounds aforesaid ; and likewise that we would be grticiously pleased to erect the said tracts and parcels of laud, within the limits and bounds aforesaid, into a lordship or manor, by the name or title of the manor or lordship of Morrisania, in the county of Westchester ; and whereas, it is publicly manifest that the said Col. Lewis ilorris, deceased, in his lifetime, and our said loving subJL-ct, his nephew and sole and only heir since his decease, have been at tcreat charge and expense in the purchasing, settling and improving of the said tracts and parcels of laud, whereon considerable buildings have likewise been made ; and our said loving subject, being willing still to niiko further improvements thereon-which reasonable request, for his furtlicrencnuragement, we bein-r willing to srrant : and know ye, that we, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere^noti.m, we have given, granted, ratified and cnufirmcd. and by these'prescnts do for us, our heirs and successors, give, grant, ratify and confirm xinto the said Lewis Morris, his heirs and assignees, all the aforesaid tracts and parcels of land within the hmits aud bounds aforesaid, containing the quantity of one thousand, nine hundred and twenty acres of land, more or less, tocrether with all and evjry tiie me^uuges, tenements, buildings, houses, out-