The deponent, 53 years old, resident in Pennsylvania, knows certain inhabitants of Montague and Sandy Town, and that these towns, except for a certain settlement at Mackhackamack, belong to New Jersey. The deponent also knows Minisink Island, but does not know any trees on it or along the Delaware which were marked as the boundary between New York and New Jersey. The deponent says that Mashippenkun k belongs to New Jersey. He believes that the land on the Fishkill is under the government of New Jersey, and that the inhabitants of Sendiaweghwangh near the Delaware pay taxes to New Jersey. Signed, Jacobus Quick, his mark. In Jay's hand.
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United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Jay, John, 1745-1829