Image Text 6 Items Rip Van Dam indenture, February 22, 1731. Indenture from Rip Van Dam, New York, to John Mott, Oyster Bay, for the sale of 1,962 acres near modern day Commack and property on Sampawams Neck for £1210; the first was originally part of a larger property owned in common by several people and divided in 1726 by surveyor, Robert Crooke, with a recitation of the property's ownership history; Van Dam retains the right to mine minerals at Sampawams Neck; witnessed by Richard Van Dam, Joseph Simson, and Samuel Clowes; attested by Rip Van Dam before Phillip Van Cortlandt, member of the Council. View Item
Image Collection 22 Items Epenetus Platt collection, 1702-1848 (bulk 1702-1739) Collection relating to Epenetus Platt (1674-1744), landowner, member of the General Assembly, military officer, and trustee of the Town of Huntington, Long Island, N.Y. and the Platt family. Includes of receipts, letters, property records, forms printed by William Bradford or John Peter Zenger related to Platt's service in the General Assembly, items signed as trustee of Huntington, and a watercolor copy of the Platt family arms by A.B. Durand. View Collection
Image Text 4 Items Court of Chancery order, April 29, 1714. Order of the Court of Chancery, Robert Hunter, Governor, and Rip Van Dam, master of the court, in a lawsuit of William Lawrence against William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Sr., Joseph Hallett, James Jackson, and Samuel Moore, Jr. over a tract of land in western Queens called Van Harlem's lot; this order confirms an order of April 22, 1714 overturning an objection by the defendants and ordering them to pay costs to be determined by Rip Vam Dam. View Item
Image Text 4 Items Court of Chancery order, October 2, 1712. Order of the Court of Chancery, Robert Hunter, Governor, and Rip Van Dam, master of the court, in a lawsuit of William Lawrence against William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Sr., Joseph Hallett, James Jackson, and Samuel Moore, Jr. View Item
Image Text 4 Items Court of Chancery order, December 11, 1712. Order of the Court of Chancery, Robert Hunter, Governor, and Rip Van Dam, master of the court, in a lawsuit of Thomas Lawrence against William Hallett, Jr., Samuel Moore, Sr., Joseph Hallett, James Jackson, and Samuel Moore, Jr. over a tract of land in western Queens called Van Harlem's lot; the court orders Augustine Graham and [Pieter] Cortelyou, both surveyors who had been previously ordered to survey the land in question, to deliver their reports to the court and attend its next meeting. View Item