[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Know ye that by virtue of the commission and authority unto me given under His Royal Highness, I have given and granted and by these presents do hereby give, ratify, confirm and grant unto said Fredeiick Philipse, his heirs and assigns, the afore-recited creek or river parcels of lands and premises herein before expressed and set forth, to-gether with all the woodlands, meadows, pastures, marshes, fishing, hawking, hunting and fowling, as also the privilege of erecting and building a mill, making a dam, or whatsoever else shall be necessary and requisite thereunto, with all profits, commodities and emoluments unto the said creek, river and land belonging, or in any wise appertain-ing, to have and to hold the said creek or river and land, w ith their and every of their appurtenances, to the said Frederick Philipse, his heirs and assignees forever, he making improvement thereon according to law, and yielding and paying therefor yearly and every year unto his Royal Highness a quit rent, one bushel of winter wheat in New York unto such officer or officers as shall be empowered to receive the same. Given under my hand and sealed with the seal of the Province, in New Y'ork, the first day of April, in the thirty-second year of his Majesty's reign, Anno Domini, 1080." This purchase was followed by a series of purchases from the Indians, at later dates: namely, on April 23, 1681, April 8, 1082, September 6, 1682, May 7, 1084, etc. The parcels of land thus successively purchased