George the Second, by the grace of God, of Great Brittain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting ...
Contributors: Hawley, Thomas, 1688-1738.; Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II); American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by J.P. Zenger
Published: 1731
Place of publication: [New-York
Language: eng
Subjects: Land grants -- New York (State); New York (State) -- Public lands.; Westchester County (N.Y.) -- History.; Dutchess County (N.Y.) -- History.
Other titles: Letters patent to Thomas Hauly, Nathan St. John, Samuel Smith, Benjamin Benedict and others of four several tracts of land
Notes: LC copy from the Peter Force collection.
Evans 3454
Caption title.
Letters patent to Thomas Hauly, Nathan St. John, Samuel Smith, Benjamin Benedict and others of "four several tracts of land ... being part of the lands lately surrendered up by the colony of Connecticut ... and added to our ... province of New-York... containing in the whole fifty thousand acres..."
Dated on p. 8: At Fort George in the city of New-York, the eighth day of June ... One thousand seven hundred and thirty one.
Signed by Clarke, for Governor Montgomerie.
Signatures: A-B².
The land granted, known as the East or Hawley's patent, was a portion of the strip adjudged to New York in May 1731, annexed to Westchester and Dutchess counties, and called the "Oblong" or "Equivalent lands".
The grantees were residents of Ridgefield, Conn. to which a part of at least of the new grant had belonged under an earlier Conn. patent in 1714.
Imprint information from Evans.