The conditions for new-planters in the territories of his Royal Highnes the Duke of York. New York (Colony). Governor (1664-1668 : Nicolls) This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B09600 of text W23270 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing N1141). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B09600 Wing N1141 ESTC W23270 69648843 ocm 69648843 185016 2240866284

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 2, no. B09600) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 185016) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2883:39) The conditions for new-planters in the territories of his Royal Highnes the Duke of York. New York (Colony). Governor (1664-1668 : Nicolls) 1 sheet ([2] p.). Printed by Samuel Green. [Cambridge, Mass.: 1665] Signed: R. Nicolls. Publication data suggested by Wing (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in: Massachusetts Historical Society Library. eng Nicolls, Richard, 1624-1672. Land grants -- New York (State) -- Early works to 1800. Migration, Internal -- New York (State) -- Early works to 1800. New York (State) -- Public lands -- Early works to 1800. New York (State) -- Emigration and immigration -- Early works to 1800. New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. eebo The conditions for new-planters in the territories of his royal highnes the Duke of York. New York 1665 2 399 5 0 0 0 0 0 125.31 F The rate of 125.31 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2010-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2010-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2010-07 Sampled and proofread 2010-07 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2011-06 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
THE CONDITIONS FOR NEW-PLANTERS In the Territories of His ROYAL HIGHNES THE DUKE OF YORK

THE Purchases are to be made from the Indian Sachims and to be Recorded before the Governour .

The Purchasers are not to pay for their liberty of purchasing to the Governour .

The Purchasers are to set out a Town , and Inhabit together .

No Purchaser shall at any time contract for himself with any Sachim , without consent of his ●ssociates : or special Warrant from the Governour ?

The Purchasers are free from all manner of Assessments or Rates for five years after their Town-plot is set out , and when the five years are expired , they shall only be liable to th● publick Rates , and Payments according to the Custome of other Inhabitants both English and Dutch.

All Lands thus Purchased , and possest shall remain to the Purchasers , and their Heires , as free Lands to dispose of as they please .

In all Territories of his ROYAL HIGHNES , Liberty of Conscience is allowed , Provided such Liberty is not converted to Licentiousness , or the disturbance of others , in the exercise of the Protestant Religion .

The several Townships have liberty to make their peculiar Laws , and Deciding all small Causes within themselves .

The Lands which I intend shall be first Planted , are tho●e upon the West side of Hudson-River , at , or adjoyning to the Sopes , but if any number of men sufficient for two or three , or more Towns , shall desire to plant upon any other Lands they shall have all due encouragement proportionable to their Quality , and undertakings .

Every Township is Obliged to pay their Minister , according to such agreement as they shall make with him , and no man to refuse his Proportion , the Ministers being elected by the Major part of the Householders Inhabitants of the Town .

Every Township hath the free choice of all their officers both Civil , and Military , and all men who shall take the Oath of Allegiance to his Majesty , and are not Servants , or ●ay-labour●●s ▪ but are admitted to enjoy Town-lotts are esteemed freemen of the Jurisdiction , ●nd cannot forfeit the same without due process in Law .

R. Nicolls .