Author: Herbert L. Osgood

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9781440056819

Excerpt from The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2: The Chartered Colonies, Beginnings of Self-Government Upon conditions of plantation depended size and variety of estates Estates larger in provinces than in New England Proprietary reserves and manors Maryland The Carolinas The Jerseys. Pennsylvania The patroonships of New Netherland Colonies and small grants in New Netherland Question of mortmain in Maryland Proprietary income from land Alienation fines in Maryland Sales of land in Pennsylvania and Maryland Quitrents in all the provinces Forms in which quitrents were paid Struggles over quitrents in New Jersey Under Berkeley and Carteret Under the twenty-four proprietors Rents in New Netherland Quitrents in New York Policy of the early governors Policy of Governor Dongan Administrative machinery Development of land oflice' In Maryland. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.