Document: Patent to Margrietge Provoost

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0082

Description

Patent to Margrietge Provoost

Document Date

1657-04-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-04-23

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Margrietge Provoost a lot for a house and garden located within the limits of the sheep's pasture in this city, bordering on the north side the lot of Eysack Kip and on the south side the lot of the deaconry behind Geurt Coerten's lot; it is in breadth in front on the street or east side 30 feet; in the rear on the west side it is 30 feet, wood measure, in breadth; in length on the south side it is 9 rods and 3 feet; in length on the north side it is 9 rods and one foot, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 23 April 1657.

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_0082.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.