Transcription
CATALOG NUMBER V 1741 C
OBJECT NAME Letter, newspaper clipping
DATE June 14, 1884
AUTHOR Ward Carpenter
RECIPIENT C. E. Van Cortandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mr Kane [Haine? As later?], Stevenus Van Cortlandt, ?? Brandeth,
[?? Haines?], Charles Webb (1763), John I. Kane,
PLACES Tarrytown, Van Cortlandt Manor, Mr Kane’s land, Brandeth’s
Beach, “mouth of Croton River”, Deer Island, Crawbucky Point,
Frederick Philips, Van Cortlandt Manor, Philips Manor, records
office of Secretary of State at Albany, North River,
(”Keightawank of Croton River”), Sing Sing brook, stream to north,
Croton on Hudson,
KEYWORDS boundaries of ownership on Croton River, Boulton’s History of
Westchester County, “Royal Patent”, ‘Royal Charter’ of Frederick
Philips, grooves on rock indication boundary,
Tarrytown June 14th 1884
Mrs. Van Co u-rtlandt,
Madam: —-
I received your / last note in due time. I desire to say that / when I wrote to you my first note in / answer to yours, as you will see, that I / was not positive about Mr Kane’s land, it / being so far down the River, On a more / careful examination, I find that tradition / seems to point to the grooves in the rock / on Brandeths beach as the “mouth of / Croton River”.
But in the ‘Royal Patent’ to / Philips (see Boultons History 1st [^ Edition] 1848) pages / 523 and 525) which is there described, as being / bounded by the land of Stevanus Van Cort - / landt, “and so eastward into the woods along” / “the said creek or river two English miles,” / “and from thence upon a direct east line +c.”
Now it has been satisfa[^c]torily ascer / tained that the southern line of the Van / Cortlandt Manor’ comes into a tree on the South / Easterly side of the Croton River, opposite Deer / Island. Now measuring 2 English miles / from said tree (and which is mark’d) along / the southerly, or south Easterly side, of the Croton
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It comes to that part of ‘Crawbucky / point’, where it leaves the sedge, / in other words becomes a true point / that is at low water. The terminus / is about 1200 feet, northerly from / Haines north line.
The ‘Royal Charter’ of Frederick Philips / in which the line between the manor / of Van Cortlandt and Philips Manor is / described, and which was copied / from the records in the office of the / Secretary of State at Albany, and found / in Vol. [II] of Boulton’s History of Westches / ter 1st Edition 1848. pa 423.
As I said above tradition seems / to point to a line farther down the river: — / see Boulton Vol. I Pa. 503. “On the margin” / “of the [^ river] are two deep gro[^o]ves, apparently” / “chiselled in a hard gneiss rock.” / “These marks indicate the commencement” / “ (?} of [^ the] two mile line of the manor of “ / “ Philipsburg, which according to the “ / “royal patent (see Voll II pa 423) extended “ / “ 2 miles north from the mouth of the Croton, “ / “until it struck the Southern line of “ / “Cortlandt Manor”. See on the old “map” /
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“In an old “map of the township of “ / “Bedford, Stamford, Greenwish, the “ / “North River, and Keightawank “ / “or roton’s River, by a survey. April “ / “ the 6th +c., 1763. By Charles Webb, “ / “surveyor”, two spots are marked. “ /
“ First, “the station fixed by Cortlandt “ / “ at the sand beach to measure up the “ / “river”. This lies nearly midway “ / “ between the Sing Sing brook, and the “ / “ next stream to the north.
“Secondly, a “rock four chains and “ / “sixty links north of the brook, “ (the first “ / “ above the Sing Sing brook)” fixed by “ / “Bedford committee to begin to meas - “ / “ up the River, (from the original map - “ / “ in the possession of the Hon. William “ / “ Jay, Bedford,
It would appear from the / above, that, none but the people, who / have acquired a right to the beach, by / long usage for fishing purposes, / can object to the application.
That, above the two mile point, / the fee simple is in the Van Cortlandt / Estate.
Yours very truly,
Ward Carpenter
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[LABEL]
Ward Carpenter
De Croton River
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H, R, B +c.
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[LEGAL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF LAND UNDER WATER, June 18, 1884]Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
