You are hereby required to prepare a draft of letters patent of confirmacon for Robert Livingston of the manor of Livingston reciting jfirst the bounds of a patent granted to him by Colonel Thomas Dongan then Governour of this Province of New York bearing date the 4'^^ day of November 1C84 of a certain tract of land by Roelofl' Jansens kill on the East side ol Hudsons river as tlierein described then reciting the bounds of a patent granted by the s^ Colonel Dongan to the s^ Robert Livingston for Tackanick bearing date the 27th day of August 1685 adjoyning upon the .other tract of Land as therein described Then reciting the generall bounds of his mannor compreliended in another patent granted to him by the s^ Colonel Dongan bearing date the 22t»> day of July 1686 conteining the former two tracts of Land together with other lands adjoyning which he did purcliase of the Indians all which is by the last recited patent Erected into a manor by tlie name of tlie manor of Livingston and to the priviledges already granted to and enjoyed by him the priviledge to the ffreeholders of the s'l manor of choosing and sending of one Representative to serve in Generall Assembly of the Colony of New York at all times hereafter with the priviledge for the inhabitants within tlie s^ manor to choose two constables for the keeping of the peace & other publick services within the s'i manor and whereas the boundary of the s^ mannor by the s*l last menconed patent are described by naturall marks and boundaryes you are otherwise to describe the soile or ground of the s<^ manor with courses and distances alongst tlie same naturall mark and boundarys and where tlie Indian names of hills places or creeks are mistaken in the spelling you may amend the same and to add to the grant and confirmacon thereof an habendum of the same ground and premisses to the s^ Robert Livingston his heh-s & assigns forever to the sole & only proper use & behoof Vol.