It was expressed in the mortgage that Archer was to dehver the deeds unto Steenwyck, which the latter promised to return on payment of the money. <= The above mentioned sums were increased by the additional mortgage of 24,000 guilders in 1676, payable seven years thereafter as appears from the following document: --

This indenture, made the twenty-fourth day of November, in the 2d year of the reign of our sovereign lord, Charles the Second, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the faith, and Anno Domini 1670, between John Archer, owner and proprietor of the manor of Fordham, upon the main, near Spiting Devil, on the one .part, and Cornelius Steenwick, of

o N. Y. Col. MS.S. vol. ii. p. 625.

b "S. Y. Col. MSS. vol. ii., p. T21.

c It iJooij not apiiea*- that the ileedg were ever retnrned to .Archer or hie heirs. Indeetl from that day to th-; pr.-.-.-ru, the Archi-r funiilj- have alw.tyi ciiseiairued the p'ls.^ossinii n! .my anciriit de<,i'.s ^s-.;.••..•\ r. Tlw Dnrcti K'.'fornied Church of Ne\s- York to whoiti .Mar^r iP'f.a St.-..inv><-kiihi' wi !..\v of Cornelius and wifuof ilouricos Selyus; cuaveycil the .Mauur la IC.M, rclusi; auj f.\ami.aL.iioa of llieir papers.

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the city of New York, mercliant, on the other part, witnesseth, that the said Julm Archer, for, and in consideration of the sum of twenty-four thousand ■niildcrs eeawant, or the value to him paid, secured to be paid at or before the cMealin"' and delivering of these presents by the said Cornelius Steenwick, whereof and wherewith he, the said Jolm Ai'cher, doth acknowledge and confess him- 6<.lf to be fully satisfied, and thereof doth clearly acquit and discliarge the said Cornelius Steenwick, his heirs, executors, and administrators, liath allowed, granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents doth fully, clearly and absolutely alien, grant, bargair. and sell unto the said Cornehus Steenwick, his heirs and assi"-ns forever, all his right, title and interest in the town and manor aforesaid, together with all the messuages, tenements, buildings and fences thereupon, and all the land improved or other ways now in the tenure or occupation of him the said John Archer, and others, his tenants or assigns, and also all and all manner of rents, duties, and profits received or may be received, and payable for and in respect of every or any of the said bargained premises, and also all and singular deeds, patents, evidences and writings, touching and concerning the same and the privileges therein contained, to have and to hold the said manor of Fordham, with the messuages and all and singular other the premises by these presents nranted or intended to be granted, bargained and sold, with their and every of their appurtenances, unto the said Cornelius Steenwick, his heirs and assigns to the only proper use and behoof of him, the said Cornelius Steen^vick, his heirs and assigns for ever, provided always, nevertheless, and upon the condition that if the said Jobu Archer, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, or any of them at or in the new dwelUng Iiouse of the said Cornelius Steenwick, situate and being in the city of New York, shall pay unto the said Cornelius Steenwick, his heirs, executors, or administrators or assigns, that value of twentyfour thousand guilders, or the value, within the time and term of seven years after the date hereof, that is to say, before the 24th day of Novem!)er, which shall be in the year of our Lord, 1CS3, and also paying a yearly interest for the same until the principal be paid, at the rate of six per cent., as allowed by law, and that -without fraud, or henceforth this present indenture or bargain and sale shall cease determine, and be utterly void and of none effect to all intents, construction or purpose ; and that then also it shall and may be lawful for the said John Archer, his heirs and assigns to enter into and upon the same bargained premises, wholly to re-enter, and the same to have again, and to possess as his and their former estates, anything contained in these presents to the contrary notwithstandin'^ • and whereas the same John Archer, at or before the ensealing and delivery of'these presents, hath deUvered to the said Cornelius Steenwick certain deeds, patent evidences Ln writing, wliich he hath concerning the said bargained premises, he, the said Cornelius Steenwick, for himself, liis heirs, executors and administrators, doth by these presents covenant and grant to and with the said John Archer, his heirs and assigns, and every of them, that if the said John Achor, &c.