[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The royal charter gives as the date of this transaction October 24, 1080, but it is shown to have occurred in the early part ofthe year by the fact that the transfer was ratified at Fort James, in New York City, by Sir Edmund Andros, the Governor of the province, on April 1, 1080. The Governor's ratification was given in the following terms : "Sir Edmund Andros, Knight, Ac. Whereas Frederick Philipse, ot this city, merchant, hath made application unto me for a gi ant of a cer-tain creek or a river, called by the Indians Pocantico (whereon to set a mill), with a proportion of land on each side adjoining thereunto; the same lying within the bounds of the Indians' land at Wicker's Creek (the English corruption of the Indian name Weckquaesqueek) on the east side of Hudson's River; and, by my leave and approbation, hath made purchase thereof from the native Indian proprietors, the which they have acknowledged before me as likewise to have received full satisfaction for the same from said Frederick Philipse.