A History of New York From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dy
A History of New York From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dy
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859
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His patroonship of Kensellaerwick lay imme- diately below Fort Aurania, and extended for several miles on each side of the Hudson, beside embracing tho mountainous region of the Helderberg. Over all this he claimed to hold separate jurisdiction, independent of tho colonial authorities of New Amsterdam. All these assumptions of authority were duly reported to Governor Van Twiller and his council, by dispatches from Fort Aurania ; at each new report the governor and his counsellors looked at each... other, raised their eye- brows, gave an extra puff or two of smoke, and then re- lapsed into their usual tranquillity. At length tidings came that the patroon of Eensellaer- wick had extended his usurpations along the river, be- yond the limits granted him by their High Mightinesses ; and that he had even seized upon a rocky island in the 198 HISTORY OF NEW YORK. Hudson, commonly known by the name of Beam or Bear's Island, where he was erecting a fortress, to be called by the lordly name of Eensellaerstein.
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