However, in an 11th hour surprise, Beverly Robinson reached into his coat pocket and produced a deed dated August 13, 1702 which included language covering the whole 205,000 acre parcel and extended the Eastern border all the way to CT. 20 Nimham and Munroe were allowed to briefly inspect the document and just as Munroe "was about to point out some mark of Fraud attending it... one of the Gentlemen of Council took the Same from him, and turning himself to the Petitioners told them that they had best go Home about their Business..." 21. The deed having never been seen before, nor recorded or registered with New York State, was either entirely fake or had been "surreptitiously obtained" from the named Indians, likely under duress or by

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