[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] In this case, however, a " direct east " line does not mean a " due east " line. The Van Cortlandt patent starts at the same point on the Croton River, and runs "due east," whereas the Philipse Manor line bears about southeast, or S-48° E., by the magnetic needle, in this present year, 1885. The wedge-shaped piece of territory, with the sharp end touching the Croton River, which thus lies be-tween the Van Cortlandt Manor on the north, and the Philipse Manor on the south, belonged to what was known as the West Patent of North Castle, which, on February 14, 1701, was granted under the signa-ture of John Nanfan, Lieutenant-Governor, and under the great seal of the province of New York, to Robert Walters, Cornelius Depeyster. Caleb Heathcote and seven others associated with them, the whole em-bracing. " by estimation, about five thousand acres of profitable land, besides wastes and woodlands." This territory was lir.-<t organized into the township of North Castle, but was afterwards set oft" on March 18, 1791, into a separate township under the name of New Castle.1