Document: Patent of Cornelis Dircks for land on Long Island

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Cornelis Dircksz, Ferryman, a certain piece of land both maize and woodland located on Long Island behind the land previously granted to him; it is located between the land of Herry Breser and another parcel, extending along the marsh of the aforesaid Herry until the aforesaid parcel, and to and through the wood and maizeland until the clearing of Claes Cornelisz Meutelaer; between both west by north and west north west 172 rods; its breadth behind in the woods to the aforesaid Herry north east by east 59 rods; further on to the maizeland east a little south 45 rods; further through the maizeland to the marsh south east by east 109 rods; amounting in all to 12 morgens and 157 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 12 December 1645.