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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 253 words

And we do further give and grant unto the said Hobert Livingston, his heirs assigns for ever, that from henceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for the freeholders of t'io said Lordsiiip and Manor to Assemble and meet together, and to elect, choose, and send some fit person being a freeliolder and inhabitant within the said Manor, to be their representative, and to siit and vote in General Assembly of this Colony as the Ilrpresentrtive of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said Maiior to ail intents, constructions and purposes pursuant to a certain v.ritt or writs under tlie seal of the Province tliereof to be directed to constables of the said Lordship and Manor for the time being, or to one of them, which Election to be made by the direction and appointment of the said Constable or Constables, with subordination to the said writt and writts in the like manner as Sheriffs of Citys and Countys within the said Province do use to make tlie same, being assisted by a suitable number of the freeholders of the said Lordship and Manor in the making of a due and orderly return of then said Election by Indentures between them the said Constable or Constables and tlie said freeholders thereof to be made, sealed and executed in due form ; and we do further give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston liis lieires and assigns, that the representative for the said Lordship and Manor of Livingston, so chosen ano