Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Old Saratoga and the Burgoyne Campaign: A Brief Sketch of the Early History of the Famous Hunting Grounds and the Campaign Which Ended in the Surrender of the British Army, at Saratoga, October 17, 1777, With Concise Descriptions of the Principal Places Connected With the Surrender
It appears that a remnant of the Mohicans quit claimed to the above grantees, any rights they might have in these lands.
The curious reader will find the original Indian deed in the Albany County Clerk's office, Liber 3 of deeds, page 193, to which are affixed numerous pic tures of animals, turtles, birds, &c., representing the Indian signatures.
Consent having been thus had of the Indian own ers, a patent for these lands in due form, since known as the Saratoga Patent. Was granted by Gov Thos. Dongan to said grantees and their associates. November 4, 1684. This instrument is recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, at Albany, in Liber 5 of Patents, page 159.
Thus passed from savage to civilized ownership, the lands whereon a century later should be fought one of the few decisive battles of the world's history.
The name Fort Saratoga, given in 1690, to a fort erected at the con?uence of Fish Creek with the Hudson, is said to be the first application by the whites of the old name.
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