Document: Patent of Francisco for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0199a

Description

Patent. Francisco, a negro; piece of land on the public wagon road, Manhattan Island, containing 200x335 paces.

Document Date

1647-03-25

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-25

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Francisco Negro a certain piece of land located on the island of Manhattan bounded on the north by Gerrit Hendricksz and on the south by Antony Congo, Negro; its length along the public road is 200 paces, and its breadth 335 paces, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 25 March 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_0199a.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.