Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715 Land patent for Robert Livingston

GLC03107.00118

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GLC#
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Type
Documents
Date
1684/11/04
Author/Creator
Dongan, Thomas, 1634-1715
Title
Land patent for Robert Livingston
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket : Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 20.6 cm
Primary time period
Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
Sub-Era
Native Americans

Robert Livingston's original deed for a tract of land purchased from two Indians and located on the eastern shore of the Hudson River in a region known as Roeloffe Johnsons Kill. In return for this tract of land, Livingston's yearly "Quit Rent" due to his Majesty was twenty shillings. P. 2 contains a certification statement and signature by Lewis A. Scott. Written at Fort James (formerly Fort Amsterdam)

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