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Excerpt from Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, for 1860 George, the Second, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ire and, king, defender of the faith, &c. To all whom these present letters shall come, greeting. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand six hundred eighty and six, Thomas Dongan, then lieutenant governor and vice admiral of New York, and its dependencies, under our predecessor, James, (the second) then king Of England, &c., did make and execute a cer tain grant, or instrument in writing, under the seal of the province of New York, in these! Words following. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.