Document: Patent of Anna, widow of Andries d'Angola, for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0169

Description

Patent. Anna, a negress, widow of Andries d'Angola; 3 morgens, 2 rods of land on Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-02-00

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-02-01

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Anna Negerinna, the widow of Andries d'Angola, a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan; its front is on Pieter Tamboer's land; its rear on Touchyn Briel's; it extends east by east 51 rods; north 30 rods; north north west 54 rods; north east and north east by east 41 rods; amounting in all to 3 morgens and 2 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland (no date).

References

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

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0169.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.