Document: Patent of Jan Pietersen for a lot on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0204b

Description

Patent. Jan Pietersen from Amsterdam; 4 morgens of land on Long Island; comes out in the river between Ryer Lambertsen and Claes the Norman.

Document Date

1647-03-29

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-29

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Jan Pietersz van Amsterdam a small piece of land lying on Long Island, which comes out upon the river between Reyer Lambertsz and Claes de Noorman; containing according to the survey 4 morgens, with the express conditions, that he, Jan Pietersz Borsin, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 29 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_0204b.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.