[6] Colonial Documents, 1:86.
[7] "Annals of Albany," iii:287. The power of the patroons over their tenants, or serfs, was almost unlimited. No "man or woman, son or daughter, man servant or maid servant" could leave a patroon's service during the time that they had agreed to remain, except by his written consent, no matter what abuses or breaches of contract were committed by the patroon.
[8] "Burghers and Freemen of New York":29.
[9] "Land Nationalization,":122-125.
[10] Colonial Documents, vii:654-655.
[11] Colonial Documents, iv:673-674.
[12] "A Short History of the English Colonies in America":402.
[13] Yet, this fortune seeker, who had incurred the contempt of every noble English mind, is described by one of the class of power-worshipping historians as follows: "Fame and wealth, so often the idols of Superior Intellect, were the prominent objects of this aspiring man."—Williamson's "History of Maine," 1:305.
[14] The Public Domain: Its History, etc.:38.
[15] Pennsylvania: Colony and Commonwealth:66, 84, etc. Their claim to inherit proprietary rights was bought at the time of the Revolutionary War by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for £130,000 sterling or about $580,000.