Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I
any Exception whatsover, nothing being reserved nor retarded by the said
Sellers to wr hom the said Seigniory belongs as sole heirs of the late M. Pierre Raimbault their Father
in his life time Lieut: General for his Most Christian Majesty of the Jurisdiction of this City, to which
him made by His said Most Christian
said Sieur Raimbault the said Seigniory belonged by Grant to
Majesty according to the Patent of Ratification of the thirtieth of April One thousand seven hundred
& thirty seven duly enregistered at the Superior Council of Quebec, formal conveyance whereof the The Present Sale made on condition pay from this day and render to the Domain of His Majesty, our Most Sovthat the said Purchasers
said Sellers promise to immediately give the said Purchasers
:
ereign Lord the King of Great Britain all the Rights and Duties for which the said Seigniory is bound to
Him
;
and besides give the price and sum of Ninety Thousand livres current Money of this Province half of which in gold and silver Specie and the other half in Merchandize at the prices current in this City, which the said Sellers acknowledge
Purchasers
;
and Confess
to
have now received from the said
The said Sieurs Robertson & Livingston Declaring that three-fourths of the said Seigniory will belong to them and the other fourth will belong to said Seur Benjamin Price
--in consequence whereof the said Sellers consent that said Purchasers enjoy, do with, and dispose of, the said Seigniory and its Dependancies, as to them will seem good and enter therein in good Seizin and