Document: Confirmation_of_letters_patent_issued_to_Anna_d_Angola

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_12943-78_V02_p126
Description

Confirmation by the New York provincial government of original Dutch letters patent that were issued on February 8, 1647 to Anna d'Angola, widow of Andries, for land in Manhattan. Anna was a Black woman and one of the first Black women to own land in North America.

Document Date
1667-10-19
Document Date (Date Type)
1667-10-19
Document Type
Patent
Letter
Document Type Unlinked
patent, letters
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Rights: This image is provided for education and research purposes, courtesy of the  New York State Library Manuscripts and Special Collections, Mutual Cultural Heritage Project. Rights may be reserved. Responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, reproduce or other use rest with the user. For additional information see our Copyright and Use Statement Source: New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records. Letters patent. 12943-78. Volume 2, page 126.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

To Party 1
To Party 1
Anna d'Angola (ID: 1609,000,069)
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Anna d'Angola, widow of Andries
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
New York provincial government
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New York State Department of State Bureau of Miscellaneous Records Letters Patent (Series 12943 _ 1667-1763)
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/88128