Document: Patent of Arent van Curler for a piece of land near Fort Orange (Albany)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0106a

Description

Patent. Arent van Curler; piece of land near Fort Orange along the Binne wech (Albany).

Document Date

1659-04-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1659-04-23

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Arent van Curler a small parcel of land located near Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck north of Reyer Elbertsz; it is in breadth along the inner road 12 rods; running westward into the woods 24 rods, coming to a point against the fence of Arent Andriesen Noorman, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 23 April 1659.

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_VHHpt2_0106a.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.