Document: Patent of Big Manuel for land on the island of Manhattan

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0125

Description

Patent. Big Manuel, negro; 4 morgens, 380 rods land on the island of Manhattan, east of the above last-mentioned lot.

Document Date

1645-10-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-10-19

Document Type

Patent

Original Farm or Grant

original_grants_and_farms_Big Manuel - 1645-10-19

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Groot Manuel, Negro, a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan on the east end of Tosschyn Briel's land; it extends along the land of Anna Negra east a little south 67 rods; south east by east a little south 14 rods; south a little west 24 rods; west 51 rods; west north west 40 rods along the end of the aforesaid Briel's land; and further to the place of beginning north north east 25 rods; amounting in all to 4 morgens, 386 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 19 October 1645.

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_0125.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.