Your High Mightinesses' Humble Servants, The Deputies of the Chartered West India Company at the Assembly of the XIX. ( Signed ) Ant' Godin, Symon van der Does. Marcus van Valckenburch, de Moor, Jo» DE Laet, Diederich Scherff, PiETERzoNS, Abraham Oyens, J. Van der Nyenbur«, Wefrinck.'

' The above document will be found entire in Aitzema, Stoat en Oorhgh, folio, I., 902 ; 4to II., 912, -where it is signed by: Ketnibr Rkael, a. Pietersons, Didrich ScHEKr, Antoni Godin, Gerbit tan Ktburgb, Abraham Otens, I. DK Laet, Symon Verdoes, Albert Wtffbinck. Mabchs van Valckenburgh Johan de Moob, '

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Patent to Messrs. Godyn and Blommaert for a Tract of land on Delaware Bay. [ From Ihe Original ; and from the Eecord in Book G G., in the office of Ihe Secretary of Slate, Albany, N.T. ]

We, the Director and Council in New Netiierland, residing on the Island Manahatas and ia Fort Amsterdam, under the authority of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and of the Incorporated West India Company, Chamber at Amsterdam, hereby acknowledge and declare, that on this day, the date underwritten, came and appeared before us, in their proper persons, Queskakous and Eesanques Siconesius, and the inhabitants of their village, situate at the South cape of the Bay of the South River, and freely and voluntarily declared, by special authority of the rulers and consent of the Commonalty there, that they already, on the first day of the month of June of the past year, 1629, for and on account of certain parcels of cargoes, which they, previous to the passing hereof, acknowledged to have received and got into their hands and power, to their full satisfaction, have transported, ceded, given over and conveyed in just, true and free property, as they hereby transport, cede, give over and convey to, and for the behoof of, Mess" Samuel Godin and Samuel Blommart, absent; and for whom We, by virtue of our office, under proper stipulation, do accept the same, namely: the Land to them belonging, situate on the South side of the aforesaid Bay, by us called The Bay of the South River, extending in length from C.