This charter of privileges to the "patroons" by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) established the patroon system of land tenure in New Netherlands and New York.
Under this charter a few patroons secured control of most of the land among the Hudson River. Some of the land grants, such as those to Killian van Resselaer, were enormous.
This system was an attempt by the WIC to make the colony more attractive for settlers.
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