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The company organized its colonists by the establishment among them of distinct subordinate colonies, or independent lordships. The lord of the manor, the " pa- troon, " as he was styled, had to be a member of the Com pany. By planting a colony of fifty adults anywhere, ex cept on the island of Manhattan which was to be under the direct control of the Amsterdam chamber he became a feudal prince, with very extensive prerogatives and priv ileges, ruling over a broad extent of territory, of which ...he was the absolute owner. The colonists were to be sub ject to the patroon, whose service they might not leave * It is a small sum, but had it been placed at compound interest, at the rate of six per cent. , it would have amounted, at the end of two hundred and sixty-five years, to $122, 472, 860. 182 THE COLONIAL ERA without his permission. His lands might extend for six teen miles in length, or eight miles on either side of a navigable river if both banks were occupied. They might extend as far into the interior as "the situation of the oc cupiers " would permit.
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