Document: Patent of Jacob van der Veer for a lot near fort Altona (Wilmington, Delaware)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0125

Description

Patent. Jacob van der Veer; lot near fort Altona (Wilmington, Del.).

Document Date

1661-04-08

Document Date (Date Type)

1661-04-08

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Jacob van der Veer a lot for a house and garden located at Fort Altenae on the South River of New Netherland; it is in breadth on the street or east side 60 feet; in length along the south side along the plain of the aforesaid fort it is 100 feet; on the west side along the marsh it is 60 feet in breadth; on the north side next to Tomas Bruyn it is 100 feet in length, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 8 April 1661.

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_0125.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.