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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 269 words

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