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of him tne s'^ Robert Livingston his heirs & assigns forever under the same yearly Quitrent as formerly of twenty eight shillings saving & reserving out thereof the quantity of six thousand acres of land within the bounds of the s^ mannor already purchased from the st^ Robert Livingston for the use of her late majesty her heirs successors and assigns forever &c And for your soe doeing this shall be yo^' sufficient warrant Given under my hand and scale at ffort George in New York ye ffirst Day of October in y® second yeare of y® raigne of his majesty king George Annoq Dm 1715.

Ro Hunter. To David Jamison Esq"^ Commissioner for Executing ye Office of Attorney Generall of ye Province of New York ^ By his Excellencies Commands H Wileman.

GOV. HUNTER'S PATENT. 1715.

George, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the feith, &c. To all to whom these presents shall come. Greeting: Whereas, our loving subject, Robert Livingston, by virtue of a patent under the seal of the Province of New York, bearing date the fourth day of November, one thousand six hundred and eighty four, is seized and possessed of a certain tract of land, lying and being on a creek on the east side of Hudson's river, commonly called or known by the name of Roeloffe Johnsons kill, it being in three plains called Nekankook, Nuhpa, Wuhquaskaka, and two or three other small flatts or plains, containing in all about one hundred morgan or two hundred acres, together with eighteen hundred acres of wood land, lying and being between a small creek or kill lying over against katskill, called Wackanekasseck, and a place by the Indians called Swaskahampka, to the south of Roeloffe Johnson's kill, that is to say, two hundred acres alongst