Document: Patent of Evert Jansen for a lot on Mahattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0168

Description

Patent. Evert Jansen; a lot on the Graft, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-02-08

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-02-08

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_R3

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Evert Jansz a certain lot located east of the lot of Claes van Elslant being separated by a road; its length on the north side or on the canal is 8 rods 7 feet; on the south side its length is 8 rods, 3 feet; on the west side its breadth is 5 rods, 7 feet; amounting in all to 48 rods, 4 feet, 5 inches, with the express conditions etc...

Done in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 8 February 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_0168.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.