Earl, J. Under the Dongan charter, in 1686, the crown of England granted to the city of New York all the land between high and low-water mark around the island of Manhattan, with jurisdiction over the same, and with power “to take in, fill, and make up and lay out all and singular the lands and grounds in and about said city and island Manhattan, and the same to build upon, or make u…
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