1696

Thursday, September 3, 1696
Charles II confirmed the title of Godfrey Dellius, the Dutch minister at Albany, to the grant of land secured by him from the Mohawks, which, commencing at the northwest bounds of Saratoga, extended north on the east side of Wood Creek and Lake Champlain to "Rock Retzio " (Button Bay), with its eastern line crossing the falls at Middlebury. " This was the first paper title to lands in Addison County."

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