Document: Patent of Matys Jansz for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0154

Description

Patent. Matys Jansz; 50 morgens of land, called Papperimemin, at the end of Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1646-08-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1646-08-18

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Matys Jansz a certain piece of land located on the end of the island of Manhattan known by the name of Papperimemin; containing 50 morgens, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 18 August 1646.

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_0154.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.