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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. 367 words

Tliat by indenture bearing date the 29 day of September 1710 made between Robert Livingston of the mannor of Livingston & Alida his wife of the one part & Robert Hunter Esq'" Late Governour of this province of the otljer part the said Robert Livingston & Alida his wife for the Consideration y'in mentioned did give grant & Enfeoff & Release unto the said Robert Hunter his heirs & assigns AU that the said tract of Land witliin the bounds following to witt all that Certain tract of Land Situate Lying k being in tlie mannour or Reputed mannour of Livingstoii in Dutchess County in the said Colony of New York on tlie South Side of tlie river called Roeloflf Jansons kill and on the East Side of Hudsons river Beginning at a Landing place called Point Robert which is about two English miles to tlie Soutliward of tlie said Robert Livingstons mannour liouse and Runs South Sixty Seven Degrees thirty minutes E.ist one hundred and fifty two chains till it come to a piece of Land Called the pott and from thence South Eleven degrees Westerly one lumdred fourty & five chains & Six tenths of a chain to tlie fliatt Land from thence

MANOR OF LIVINGSTON. 721

North fourty five Degrees Westerly twenty five chains & Six tenths of a Chain Thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred and fom- cliaius & Seven tenths of a Chain from thence South fourty five Degrees Easterly fifty one chains & two tenths of a Chain from thence South Eleven Degrees Westerly one hundred & one chains from thence due Northw^est Three hundred & twenty chains to Hudsons river and from thence along the rivei- to the place of the first Station called point Robert wliich Said tract contains Six thousand acres be the Same more or Less To have & to hold the Said tract to the Said Robert Hunter his heirs & assigns to the Sole & and only proper use of her Late Majesty Queen Ann her heirs Successors & Assigns As by the same Indenture Containing therein Diverse other grants & priviledges within the mannor of Livingston & Diverse Covenants more fully may appear