Document: Patent of Daniel ———— for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0220a

Description

Patent. Daniel ————; 1 morgen of land on the East river, near Wolphert Gerritsen's valley, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-05-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-05-15

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Daniel [ blank ] a certain piece of land located on the East River in the little marsh beyond Wolphert Gerritsz' marsh for a house and garden, and a carpenter's yard; containing one morgen of land, 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_0220a.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.