New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-29
THELNrNG>ToN MANOR ANDrIrLE



Though il vas obviously Tor the Interest OF the
Colony o. N.w York in is earlier STAGES that 40
great landed estates should ba conferred apon iudi
vlaa.s and though considerable care was taken
o. prevent 81 h an evil as the growth OF landed
srts,ocracy. it is vel known tina, schemng and un-
..-lpui01s persons succeeded Ia many cases
DO becoming the possessors OF enormous tracts
o.. Wild land, some OF which have remained IN
,ha hands of their families o. the present dag,
and have been sources # wealth through the
the reus pail by the .armc who have cleared and
titled them rs tenants These estates were pro-
cured by various means, IN most cases iraldueut
indeed II ~ may iulge by tie records OF the times
: was thou hr Is yeuial thing 20 cheat Colonial
Governor into the grant % a hundred thousand
acrss OF and. or % conniye With hirl n the iraliu-
'.nt creation of patent, rs il vas 10 cheat the
Post. Office when the rot,s we're high, and a sheet
eat u two had to pas twice the postage % the
SANE sheet sent whole TIE extent to VIII ch these
rsuds were carried AZ wei. as their conse' uences
o4 the prosperity OF To- Co.)ny Is quite windy He'
,.-.b.l IA Cadwalaler Go lens ,moral IN " Toe
-,stso. ,b. Lands ira to- Progilce " New YorA
,r-.sr which +. given % the lsi volume o.. ths
Documentary History OF New fork, and which
those who are curious o. his subiert w find
vel worth reading
In tbs active scramble Tor great estates Robert
LIVINGSTON. a shrewd Scotonmau Residing AZ Al
bsnv. was IA early and sx. u. clmfet.,o-. o.
Nov. d. le-0. ne obtained f-1m tie Council Of tn
Colony license T. purc lse from the Indians
$780,. f..f ...,,., go, ia. Holden H,...r f ..--...,
,.yl given points This lcerse permitted h.m O.
boy $40 acre, only the points wee however u
mile. or thereabou from each other. H. made
this purchase and took a convey ance Of the and
from tie Indians that deed Vas ior 900 acres Of
meadow land thin the limits specified AMI 200
ares o.. woodland lying behind i. tbs, II seems
rom NJ Co.oens Memorial, vas very common
way of set' 1r around he ga res'rietIa, which
bad been SO up a-arst tie forms..0u ~ these
estates A. is license was hr 300 acres an4 DE-
SAD b. aal bought 80 much. 90 thought vas gwen
. tne sl4fi9aa. 4 -ll ares ~ woodland and le
,0. a ree1la- patent ~ the whole. shortly a'ter
he appeared before ID, Co.ucl Nth a petition
.vttlg firth that thif tract Wa ~ good aud,
snt TIA, be- wanted Icelse d bay farm If GO
acres n another place conveying .ts Impress 1n
o. course hat he meai''t0 settle there bin
SIT lis "a, granted, srd the bird bought a.
patented j. was directly 10 the rear O.. the hr,t
trlct AID some = niles distant. Llyng.t0a's plan
va. thu. b. ,-e way u successful execution r.
bad one narrow strlr u miles D. Z ou tie r.er.
aad these roo acres d. niles bees et MN ge, he
c,ur,-r te,vesn ths two ani rs purpose would
D.. s.-r-r'. si-f ard liz fsrrf. r.-av.r ryrv- ID I'D
io-. Accordingly ln loco. o. representing % tn.
Governor that the Two Tracts were adjacent ard
tatne wanted u have then both put i1to one deed
he obtained third pateLt Tor them both .oge,hef
In drsw.ne ;h.s pa.ent he took care " make tie
BOUNDARIES such as he desired, point on Which the
Governor wis naturally not inormed-sn thu. the
Mano- o; $4,000 acres was created The Oi.
OWN, map of the Manor, which We have hal
engraved or tie pu,pOse illustrates the oper