Document: Patent of Antony Congo for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0199b

Description

Patent. Antony Congo; piece of land on Manhattan Island, adjoining the above, 200x325 paces.

Document Date

1647-03-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-26

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Antony Congo a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan; its length along the public wagon road is 200 paces; its breadth 335 paces, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 26 March 1647.

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_0199b.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.