Document: Patent of Peter Meersen for a lot at Fort Orange (Albany)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0101

Description

Patent. Peter Meersen; lot at Fort Orange, west of the wagon road (Albany).

Document Date

1658-10-31

Document Date (Date Type)

1658-10-31

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Pieter Meersen a lot for a house and garden located at Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck to the west of the wagon road 5 rods in breadth; to the north of Pieter Broun 7 rods in length; to the east of the wagon road 5 rods in breadth; to the south of Barent Albertsen 7 rods in breadth, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 31 October 1658.

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_0101.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.