Document: Patent of Cornelis van der Donck for 50 morgens of land on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0045

Description

Patent. Cornelis van der Donck; 50 morgens of land called by the Indians Muscoote, on the north side of Manhattan Island, being a flatt entirely surrounded by a little kil coming out of divers swamps.

Document Date

1655-08-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1655-08-26

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Cornelis van der Donck a certain piece of land lying on the north side of the island of Manhattan, called by the Indians Muscoote, otherwise the Flatts, being entirely surrounded by a creek which comes out of several thickets; containing about 50 morgens, together with as much marsh or hayland as shall be parcelled out in proportion to other farms and uplands. 26 August 1655.

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_0045.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.