Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . squire, Seigneur of Sausmares, Lieu-tenant and Governor Genral undr his Ro3^all Highness,James Duke of York and Albany, of all his territoriesin America, To all to whom these presents shall comesendeth greeting Whereas there is a certain parcell of [*Capt. John Scott was a notorious adventurer, whose scan-dalous escapades kept the western towns in an uproar formany years. His principal scheme was to pretend to be theowner ot large tracts of land on Long Island, and then to
Records of the town of Smithtown, Long Island, [electronic resource] : with other ancient documents of historic value . squire, Seigneur of Sausmares, Lieu-tenant and Governor Genral undr his Ro3^all Highness,James Duke of York and Albany, of all his territoriesin America, To all to whom these presents shall comesendeth greeting Whereas there is a certain parcell of [*Capt. John Scott was a notorious adventurer, whose scan-dalous escapades kept the western towns in an uproar formany years. His principal scheme was to pretend to be theowner ot large tracts of land on Long Island, and then to sellthem to some credulous purchaser who found out too late thathis title was baseless. There can be no doubt but that thepretended agreement with Lyon Gardiner was entirely imag-inary, but it is equally plain that Richard Smith thought itadvisable to conciliate his good wilh The original p:ipersfrom which these copies are made are now in the possessionof Robert E. Smith, Esq. The exposure and llight of Capt.]ohn Scott seem to have rendered the whole agreement void.—\V. S. P.] RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF SMITIITOWN, 21. land situate lying and being^in the East riding of York-shire upon Long Island, commonlycalled or known by the name of Nes-aquake lands, bounded east ward bya certain runn of water called StonyBrook, stretching north to the Sound,and southward bearing to a certainefresh water pond called Raconka-muck, being Setalcott west bounds,from thence south west ward to thehead of Nesaquake River, and soalong the said river as it runs untothe Sound. Also another parcell ortract of land on the West side of thesaid river, extending to the wester-most part of Joseph Whitmans Hollow, as also to thewest side of Leading Hollow to the fresh pond Unshema-muck, and the west of that pond att high water mark, andso to the Sound, being Huntington east bounds: whichsaid parcell or tract of land, on the East side of NesaquakeRiver was heretofore granted by Patent unto RichardSmith, the pe
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