Title
[Document, 1675 September 23]
Library Location
Name
Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 (Author)
Mamahackickan (Author)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
September 23, 1675
Language
English
Physical Description
3 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
In exchange for a sum of wampum and other goods in an annexed schedule, the Sachems and Indians hereby acknowledge that they are fully satisfied for themselves and all others concerned, their heirs, and successors, and grant to Edmond Andros, for and on behalf of the Duke of York, all the land lying west of the Delaware beginning at a creek next to the cold spring above Matinicom Island about eight or nine miles below the falls and as far above the falls as below, together with all the islands except Peter Alrick's island. Any persons admitted to the land by the Governor or his successors shall be allowed full, peaceable and quit possession of the land by the Indians. Signed by mark by Mamahackickan et al, and Mathian Nicolls et al. From the New York Secretary's Office, Lib Records both foreign and domestic begun 4 November 1674, 57 f. Entered before the Commission for settling the boundary between New York and New Jersey 1 August 1769.
Identifier
columbia.jay.12299