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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03107.00129 Author/Creator: Dongan, Thomas (1634-1715) Place Written: Fort James, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 1685/08/27 Pagination: 3p. + docket 31.5 x 19.4 cm Order a Copy

An expansion of Livingston's original tract of land at the Roeloffe Johnsons Kill to add an additional 600 acres of land (these being adjacent to the furthest expanse of the Province of New York on the border with Connecticut, and therefore not adjacent to his previous grant of land), for an annual rent of eight shillings.

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