New York (Colony). Council

Order of the Governor, Richard Nicolls, and the Council overturning the verdict in favor of the Town of Huntington by of the Court of Assizes held at New York in the matter of John Richbell vs. Town of Huntington; Richbell had appealed the jury's decision to the Governor and Council and was awarded possession of Lloyd Neck; signed by Richard Charlton, clerk of the Assizes.

Copy of an order of Gov. Richard Nicolls in a dispute between John Richbell, Oyster Bay, and John Conklin, Southold, ordering that Richbell be given immediate possession of Lloyd Neck. Followed by a copy of an order dated September 28, 1665, by the Governor, Richard Nicolls, and the Council overturning the verdict of the Court of Assizes in the matter of John Richbell vs. Town of Huntington in favor of the Town of Huntington; Richbell had appealed the jury's decision to the Governor and Council and was awarded possession of Lloyd Neck; signed by Richard Charlton, clerk of the Assizes.

Notes documenting various people representing Queens County in the General Assembly, serving on the colonial Council, or otherwise mentioned in the Assembly's proceedings, 1688-1694; includes John Bound [i.e. Bowne] and Nathaniel Pearsall, both Quakers, who were dismissed from the General Assembly for refusing to take an oath, and John Treadwell who was dismissed after "scandalous" allegations were made against him.

Copy of an order of the Council of the Province of New York, Cadwallader Colden, Esq., Lieutenant Governor, presiding, and including Daniel Horsmanden, Oliver De Lancey, William Smith, John Watts, and Joseph Reade; the order directs the Attorney General to file suit to return possession to the Corchaug Indians of the land they formerly occupied at Indian Neck unless the current landowners can come to an agreement with the Indians within the next few weeks; copied and signed by Goldsbrow Banyar, deputy secretary; leaves separated.

Decision of John Nanfan, Governor, the Council, and the Court of Chancery in Thomas Lawrence's lawsuit against William Hallett, Sr., William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Isaac De Riemer and his wife, Aeltie, Richard Ashfield and his wife, Maria, and John Jefford over a tract of land in western Queens formerly owned by Warnaer Wessels, deceased. Wessels had bargained to sell the land to Jefford, but died before delivering the deed to Jefford; Wessels's heirs sold the property to the Halletts who then sold it to Moore. Meanwhile, Jefford sold the land to Lawrence.