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Receipt for balance of lease of land at Montauk, N.Y., by Samuel Parsons, of East Hampton Township, N.Y., on behalf of the Selectmen [Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty] of said town, to the Montauk Indians, for the right of herbage [right to pasture one’s cattle on another’s land] for 12 years, payment of 24 pounds [48 pounds total to be paid], received by Seth Parsons, son of Samuel Parsons who negotiated first lease on May 15, 1699; March 3, 1702/3.