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[Petitions of Ephraim & Gasparus Herman.]
To the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary and his Hon-
ourable Council
The humble petition of Ephraim Herman of the Town of
Newcastle on Deleware River Humbly Sheweth.
That your Petitioner by Letters patients from his Royal
Highness his Government of New York hath granted unto
him a Tract of Land lying on the West Side of Deleware
River near the mouth thereof bounded on the East with
Deleware River, on the South with a Thorough fare and
Duck Creek on the West with a Line drawn North West
along by the Land now in possession of Christopher Ellit to
the Head of the Cypress Swamp, and on the North with a Run,
and small Creek called Winsocco alias Morris Listens Creek,
running through the middle of the aforesaid Swamp contain-
ing and laid out for 1280 acres of firm Land together with all
marshes and Swamps therein and thereunto contiguous
Also one other Tract of Land containing four hundred Acres
within four miles of the said Town of New Castle along the
Road Side, together with severall Houses and Lotts within the
said Town, as may be made appear to your Lordship all which
your Petitioner is informed and doth Verily believe may be
within the Bounds of this your Lordships Province of Mary-
land, Granted by his late Majesty of Blessed memory unto
your Lordships late Father Cecilius &c. of noble memory his
Heirs and successors.
In confidence whereof with all due Acknowledgment of and
Submission to your Lordships Right and Dominion thereunto,
Your Petitioner in most humble manner now makes this his
most humble Address to your Lordship with all Humility
imploring your Lordships Gracious Acceptance of such his
Acknowledgment and Submission to your Lordships Right
and Dominion as aforesaid and that your Lordship to Corpo-
rate and Confirm his Equitable Right and Property of and
unto the premises would favourably please to Grant unto your
Petitioner your Lordships Letters Patents for the same upon
the Conditions and Terms in your Lordships conditions of
plantations now in force within this province expressly men-
tioned and set forth, taking your Petitioner into your Lord-
ships most Gracious protection to the great Encouragement
of others ready and willing to acknowledge and Submit to
your Lordships said Right and Dominion over your said pro-
vince and to become humble Suitors to your Lordship in the
like Cases
And your Petitioner as in all Duty Bound shall pray &c.
Eph: Herman Signed
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