Title
[Document, 1674 July 01]
Library Location
Name
James II, King of England, 1633-1701 (Author)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
July 01, 1674
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Appoints during his will and pleasure Major Edmund Andros Lieutenant and Governor of the lands given to him by Charles II. These lands extend from St. Croix near Nova Scotia to Pemaquid, northward to the Kennebec River and the River Canada, and southward along the ocean to the east side of the Delaware Bay, including Long Island, "Martins Vinyard", and Nantucket. All inhabitants of these lands shall give obedience to Edmund Andros according to the tenure of the Letters Patent of Charles II and such orders as Andros shall receive from time to time from James Duke of York. >From the Secretary's Office, New York, Lib. Records both Foreign and Domestic, 4. Examined by Goldsbrow Banyar. Entered before the Commission to settle the boundary between New York and New Jersey 31 July 1769.
Identifier
columbia.jay.12199