Document: Patent of Augustyn Herman for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0218

Description

Patent. Augustyn Herman; lot near fort Amsterdam, and adjoining the company's land, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-05-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-05-15

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_L7

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Augustyn Herman a small parcel of land located on the island of Manhattan near Fort Amsterdam, bounded on the east by the land of Dirck Cornelisz; extending from the corner of Burger's board fence until the outermost post 16 rods, 9 feet and 7 inches; north along the Company's land 16 rods and 7 feet; west along the Company's land 20 rods; south along Burger's land 16 rods, 4 feet, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 15 May 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_0218.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.