Document: Patent of Lammert van Valeckenborch for a lot on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0192

Description

Patent. Lammert van Valckenborch; lot south of fort Amsterdam, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-03-16

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-16

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_H1

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Lammert van Valckenborch a certain lot for a house and garden located south of the fort and bounded on the east end by the lot of Jan Evertsz; it extends along the road or on the east side 9 rods, one foot; on the south side in front of the house one rod, 3 feet; on the west side next to the lot of Jan Evertsz 8 rods, 9 feet; on the north side towards the fort one rod, 3 feet; amounting in all to 11 rods, 7 feet, with the express conditions etc...

Done in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 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_0192.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.