Document: Patent of Johannes la Montagne for land on Manhattan Island (Harlem)

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NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0216a

Description

Patent. Johannes la Montagne, councillor of New Netherland; 100 morgens of land on Manhattan Island, situate in the flat between the hills and kill and a point stretching between two kills, called Rechgawanes, to the East river, which land belonged to the estate of the late Hendrick Foreest, and Avas purchased by Mr. la Montagne at public auction for 1,700 guilders (Harlem, N. Y.).

Document Date

1647-05-09

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-05-09

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, William Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Egbert Woutersz a piece of land, called by the Indians Apopcalyck located on the other side of the North River, west from Manhattan and stretching along the river from Dirck Straatemaker's creek to the Gemoenepan or Jan Eversz' creek, N. E. by E. and S. W. by W. to the creek running between the woods and the marsh and reaching W. N. W. to the woods, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 10 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_0216a.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.