[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] caveats, both dated March 13, 1787. The first is the "Caveat of Mary Van Wort against granting the ap-plication of Isaac Recjua and Gabriel Requa, for two thousand feet of land underwater at Tarrytown land-ing, unless that there be twenty feet reserve for her from the south boundary of her house." (Vol. xliii, p. 162.) The second is the " Caveat of Gilbert I )rake against granting to Mary Van Wort, or any other person, two thousand feet of the land under water, from high watermark, opposite Tarrytown landing." (Vol. xliii, p. 168.) The document proceeds to say that it was " By the particular request of Captain Frederick Philipse that an interval should be left be-tween the store and dwelling-house of the said Gilbert Drake, and was to be appropriated to the use of a public slip, and the said Gilbert Drake was the first person that docked, or caused docks to be laid on each side (if said slip, and is ready to attest to the bounda-ries thereof. The said slip has, since the period of the late war, been claimed and taken up by ( 'aptain Glodc Rcqua's sons, and publication has been made by way of advertisement, that he intends to make application to the Land-Office for a grant of land under water two